Wall Street got a hard slap after the bell on Jan. 29 when Tesla, Meta, and Microsoft dropped their earnings reports, each showing numbers that didn’t hit the targets analysts had set. Investors saw their hopes crash as three of the biggest tech giants struggled on multiple fronts—electric vehicles,

Tesla said it sold 1.79 million vehicles in 2024, the first drop in more than a dozen years despite offers of 0% financing, free charging and low-priced leases