Reigning UFC light heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira, will defend his 205-pound title against No. 1-ranked division contender, Magomed Ankalaev, atop the upcoming UFC 313 pay-per-view (PPV) event, locked and loaded for tomorrow night (Sat., March 8, 2025) at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the UFC 313 co-main event, lightweight highlight reel, Justin Gaethje, returns to rematch Rafael Fiziev with Dan Hooker hurt.
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“I’d like to say that I see in this fight everyone is against me,” Ankalaev said during the UFC 313 press conference (watch it here). “Everyone is saying, ‘Chama! Chama! Chama!’ But guess what? Chama time is over. After this Saturday night, after the fight, you will all love me. The same people that are saying ‘Chama’ now are going to be saying ‘No Chama!’ It’s Ankalaev time.”
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TILT! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) continues its 2025 pay-per-view (PPV) schedule on Sat., March 8, 2025, with a high-stakes clash between 205-pound kingpin, Alex Pereira, defending his Light Heavyweight crown against formidable No. 1-ranked contender, Magomed Ankalaev, in the five-round main event. In UFC 313’s electrifying co-headliner from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Lightweight fan-favorite and former interim champion, Justin Gaethje, will rematch the dynamic Rafael Fiziev in a three-round rematch, stepping in on short notice after Dan Hooker’s withdrawal due to injury. UFC 313 will also feature a hard-hitting Heavyweight battle between Curtis Blaydes and promotional newcomer, Rizvan Kuniev, alongside a Lightweight showdown with Jalin Turner facing Ignacio Bahamondes, and so much more! UFC 313’s start time is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET (“Prelims” undercard) and 10 p.m. ET (PPV main card).
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Gut health expert Professor Tim Spector has issued a stark warning about the dangers of excessive fasting. Speaking on Richard and Izzy Hammond’s podcast ‘Who We Are Now’, the King’s College London professor explained that prolonged fasting could damage the gut lining.
During the podcast, Izzy queried whether microbes would consume the body if one didn’t eat at all, asking: “Would you eat yourself?” To which Professor Tim simply replied: “Yes”, before elaborating on the process that occurs during sleep when microbes become active.
He described how, typically, an overnight or 24-hour fast can be beneficial, saying: “Every night you stop eating…is that if you stop eating all these speeded up microbes and these other guys come out, like this cleaning team of specialised microbes that aren’t interested in bits of food, they tidy up your gut lining, because your gut lining has little bits of sugar.
“They nibble away at your gut lining and tidy it up, so generally, if it’s just an overnight fast or 24 hour fast, you get a nice haircut on your gut lining which makes it much more efficient, much better for your immune system.”
Professor Tim added that while a clean gut is desirable, overdoing it with longer fasts can lead to problems: “Everyone’s really happy to have a nice clean gut every night and if you overdo it, if you do a three or four day fast, they can eat so much you might start getting leakiness in it so you can overdo the fasting.”
Striking a healthy balance is crucial when it comes to eating habits, as Professor Tim points out: “It’s trying to get this balance right so that’s why doing anything to excess always has some risk attached to it, but what you should be doing is not snacking late at night to give your gut time to recover and that’s much better for your immune system, for your metabolism.”
Some people have subsequently asked if intermittent fasting is safe.
The answer isn’t straightforward. Results vary greatly among individuals, influenced by dietary choices, timing of meals, and duration of fasting periods. Professor Tim isn’t alone in cautioning against taking intermittent fasting to extremes without proper understanding.
Nutritionist Louise Pyne speaking to The Standard highlighted this: “One intermittent fasting study, which restricted participants to intersperse daily caloric restriction with unrestricted eating actually found that participants ended up eating more on the unrestricted days in anticipation of having to fast the following day, and furthermore, they also ended up exercising less.”
She suggests a gentler approach may be preferable for many: “A more relaxed version of intermittent fasting, which revolves around timings as opposed to calorie counting might be more achievable for most people.”
Pyne explains the potential benefits of this approach: “Keeping your food consumption within a 10 hour timeframe which means eating dinner slightly earlier and pushing breakfast to mid-morning has been shown to improve cholesterol levels, reduce weight and lower blood pressure in scientific studies.”
Fasting might just be the secret to a longer life, but it all hinges on the duration and timing of the fast. Dr Julia Jones has revealed some intriguing insights on the matter, suggesting that a well-executed fast could potentially extend one’s lifespan by two decades.
Speaking on This Morning, she advised: “Just to give our system a rest, so try and leave 16 hours overnight, fasting, and then eat within an eight-hour period.”
Dr Jones further explained the benefits of this approach: “A lot of research is now showing that we’re just eating too often, and we’re eating the wrong things obviously, but we’re eating too often. To give your digestive system a rest, and let other cellular pathways and important housekeeping processes kick in, can help reset those cells.”
One unfortunate aspect of the world of Miles & Points is that loyalty program devaluations are bound to occur.
Sometimes, we’re at least given the courtesy of advance warning, but all too often, you wake up one morning only to find that your points are less valuable or less flexible than they were went you went to sleep.
While you can never fully protect yourself and your points, there are some steps you can take to at least mitigate the chances that you’ll get stung by loyalty program devaluations.
Loyalty Program Devaluations Are Never Pleasant
Loyalty program devaluations are as inevitable as they are unpredictable (and unfortunate). As members, we’re at the mercy of whatever programs decide to do, and there’s not much we can do to avoid them outright.
In the last couple of years alone, there have been a number of significant loyalty program devaluations that turned once compelling programs and sweet spots into things to avoid altogether.
Some of the more prominent ones that come to mind include:
Devaluations also rear their ugly heads in many forms, including (but not limited to) the following:
Increasing the number of points required for a specific flight/hotel stay
Increasing the amount of taxes and fees required for a specific itinerary (while the cost in points remains the same)
Increasing the thresholds for attaining elite status (or weakening the benefits offered at various tiers)
Removing a transfer partner (therefore making your points less flexible)
While loyalty programs usually try to spin the devaluations as enhancements or providing better value to members, the opposite is almost always the case.
When Lufthansa recently announced “exciting changes” coming to its Miles & More program, it portrayed a shift from fixed pricing to dynamic pricing as wholly positive. However, the cost for many awards is increasing – sometimes significantly – and the value of your miles in the program is decreasing.
One of my favourite devaluation announcements came from Cathay Pacific Asia Miles, which published a reference to devaluing the program in an FAQ on its website, only to dodge its own question altogether and remove it a few hours later.
Some airlines offer an announcement and detailed breakdown of changes in advance of them taking effect, which at least offers members the chance to redeem points at the current levels before they change. This seems like the minimum courtesy a program could offer its members.
Otherwise, program devaluations are made quietly, and members of the Miles & Points community are left to their own devices to piece everything together. Casual enthusiasts might not even realize that their points have been devalued.
Furthermore, with many programs moving away from fixed costs and venturing towards dynamic pricing, devaluations are becoming harder to detect.
A common practice these days is for programs to list “starting at” prices for redemptions. While you may find flights at those levels – often referred to as “Saver” awards – the sky’s the limit for anything above that.
Lastly, in Canada, some devaluations hit harder than others, in that we’re often subject to sub-par transfer ratios to programs.
Earlier this year, Flying Blue raised the minimum price for transatlantic business class redemptions from 50,000 miles to 60,000 miles. On paper, that’s an increase of 10,000 miles, but with the transfer ratio taken into consideration, it’s actually moved from 66,667 MR points to 80,000 MR points.
At that price, you’re much better off booking transatlantic flight rewards through Aeroplan (availability permitting), since you’ll pay 60,000–70,000 points (assuming you book with a partner airline such as Swiss or Turkish Airlines). Plus, Membership Rewards points transfer to Aeroplan at a 1:1 ratio.
How to Protect Your Points from Devaluations
With the above in mind, let’s explore some of the ways you can protect your points from devaluations, which recognizing that you’re bound to encounter one (or more) during your Miles & Points journey.
Keep Transferable Points Transferable
The best points to earn are transferable points, which give you the greatest flexibility for redemptions.
In Canada, the best points to earn for travel are American Express Membership Rewards (which transfer to eight airline partners and two hotel partners) and RBC Avion points (which transfer to four airline partners).
Transferable points are valuable as they offer access to multiple programs
When planning out a redemption, your best bet is to keep your transferable points in your account until you’ve found a flight or hotel stay that you’d like to book. Then, transfer them out, and book right away to secure it at its current price (or leverage an award hold until your points arrive).
If you were to speculatively transfer your transferable points into your loyalty program of choice, should that program devalue unexpectedly, all of your points eggs are in one points basket, and you could be out of luck.
Credit Cards with Transferable Points
Credit Card
Best Offer
Value
Earn & Burn (with Purpose)
If you’ve been around the Miles & Points world for a minute, you’ve likely heard people recommending that you earn and burn as often as possible.
Unfortunately, points are a terrible investment, and they don’t tend to appreciate over time. If you hold out on a redemption for too long, there’s a good chance that you’ll have to pay much more than you would have if you booked much sooner.
While earning points across multiple programs certainly gives you more options, I’d recommend that you set a clear goal, focus on the points programs that will help you meet that goal, and then book it as soon as you reach it.
Protect your points from devaluations by strategically earning and redeeming
For example, my entry into Miles & Points came with wanting to fly in business class for our honeymoon (way back in 2018).
We set our goal of flying with Turkish Airlines using Aeroplan points, and then worked backwards from there by paying for as much of our wedding as possible with credit cards that earned Aeroplan points and American Express Membership Rewards points.
It didn’t take long to earn enough points to book our flights, at which point we set a new goal of earning hotel points for some aspirational stays along the way, and continued onward from there.
Having a clear goal in place will help you create a plan on how to get there, and you can be intentional with your points strategy.
Knowledge Is Power
Oftentimes, the same flight can be booked with multiple programs, which means that even if the flight you’ve had your eyes on is devalued in one program, it’s likely still available for less through another.
Let’s use a hypothetical situation to illustrate this.
All of these programs are accessible through transferable points programs and/or co-branded credit cards in Canada (or by converting points from within the Avios ecosystem).
British Airways flights can be booked with a variety of loyalty programs
If the cost were to increase in one program, then your first bet should be to look at the cost available through other programs, and then transfer your points accordingly. (This is another reminder to keep your transferable points flexible for as long as possible).
In fact, this is exactly what happened last year when American Airlines and Alaska Airlines flights were devalued from British Airways Executive Club, but they were still bookable through Qatar Airways Privilege Club at the old prices (at least temporarily).
By simply converting your British Airways Avios into Qatar Airways Avios (instantly and at no cost), you could book the same flights at the pre-devaluation prices.
Book Now (and Think Later)
Lastly, if you’re able to be flexible with your travel plans, it’s worthwhile to consider pouncing on opportunities as they come up and then planning a trip around it afterwards.
After all, you’re only ever guaranteed the price at which you can book something today – it could rise tomorrow, and then you’re out of luck.
If you’ve had your eyes set on a particular redemption and it becomes available either through an unexpected award drop or at saver-level pricing, consider booking it right away and building a trip around it later.
If your plans change, you should be able to cancel your booking for free or at a reasonable cost, which is something that you can’t often do with cash bookings for the same things.
For example, one of the most valuable uses of Marriott Bonvoy points was to make a five-night award booking at the JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge in Kenya.
Redeem Marriott Bonvoy points at the JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge
While Marriott Bonvoy has used dynamic pricing for quite some time, the cost in points has been far more attractive than the cost in cash, and there was plenty of opportunity to score outsized value.
Not long ago, you could book a stay for as few as 75,000 points per night (rising to about 120,000 points per night). These prices were very attractive given that cash prices hover at $1,750 (USD) per night or more.
After the most recent devaluation, in which Marriott Bonvoy seemingly raised the ceiling on award prices, the lowest price you’ll see in the next 12 months is 196,000 points per night, though it often costs 200,000 points per night or more.
I’m personally kicking myself for not taking advantage of a stay when I had the chance, since now I’m going to have to fork over way more points than I’d like to for the same experience.
Of course, this begs the question of whether you’re doing something because you want to or just because you can, which is a topic for another article.
Conclusion
It’s impossible to avoid loyalty program devaluations, since we’re left at the mercy of whatever changes (good or (more often) bad) the programs decide to make, with or without notice.
As frustrating as it is, there are some ways in which you can protect your hard-earned points from devaluations, which we’ve explored in this guide.
With more and more programs moving to dynamic pricing, I’d encourage everyone to earn and burn as often as possible to ensure you can get the best value from your points.
Goldman Sachs‘ latest cost-cutting initiative, internally nicknamed “Project Voyage,” will ask select managers to move from central hubs like the bank’s downtown New York City office to emerging locations like Salt Lake City and Dallas — or leave the company.
According to a Bloomberg report, the investment bank is shipping its managers to growing locales to help develop talent pipelines in regions where the company is growing, thanks to the efforts of mainly junior-ranking employees.
Moving managers to Dallas and Salt Lake City could also allow Goldman to capitalize on office space. The cost of renting a commercial office building in Manhattan was about $80 per square foot, compared to around $26 per square foot for Salt Lake City and Dallas.
Meanwhile, Goldman is building a $500 million campus in Dallas in 2028 and is on track to increase its current headcount of 4,600 employees in the area to 5,000 by the time the office opens.
Living and working outside of NYC also provides employees more value to their paychecks — NYC’s cost of living is 130% higher than the national average, with a median rent of $7,749 per month, per Payscale. Meanwhile, Salt Lake City’s overall cost of living is 10% higher than average, with a median rent of $1,944 per month, and Dallas’ cost of living is 2% higher, with a median rent of $1,497 per month.
As part of Project Voyage, Goldman Sachs is gearing to cut around 3% to 5% of its 46,500-person workforce in the coming months. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that Goldman will make cuts in the spring this year, instead of in September as the bank has done in recent years.
According to Business Insider, Goldman divisional heads are currently determining who to cut and relocate. Some jobs that are lost through cuts this spring will be backfilled with roles outside of New York in lower-cost locales like Dallas.
In the long term, Goldman seeks to reduce expenses by $1.3 billion overall by laying off some employees and moving others to lower-cost locations. The bank first voiced the objective at its first-ever investor day in 2020, per Bloomberg.
Project Voyage began in the fourth quarter of 2024 as a multi-year initiative to save the company money, per BI. The layoff and relocation plan affects multiple divisions across the bank, including global banking and markets, engineering, marketing, and operations.
According to the WSJ, the layoffs will focus on decreasing the number of vice presidents at Goldman. VPs, a group between associates and managing directors, are a large and costly part of the bank, with their ranks ballooning out far enough in recent years that VPs have been reporting to other VPs instead of managing directors, per BI.
Glassdoor data shows that a Goldman VP can cost the bank up to $325,000 in base pay per year. Third-year VPs can earn over $1 million in salary and bonuses, a Goldman headhunter told eFinancialCareers.
The Justice Department has launched an investigation into soaring egg prices – probing whether producers have illegally conspired to restrict supply behind the veil of a rampant bird flu outbreak, according to a report.
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Egg prices have nearly doubled over the past year as producers blame a rampant bird flu outbreak. Christopher Sadowski
Egg prices have nearly doubled over the past year, and shoppers have been left to fight over a few cartons as some grocery shelves lay bare.
Prices have surged at the grocery store, with the cost of eggs jumping 15.2% in January – the largest increase since June 2015, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That growth has largely been blamed on a rampant bird flu outbreak that has forced farmers to cull sick flocks and resulted in a nationwide shortage.
It’s the deadliest avian flu outbreak in US history – with more than 150 million chickens, turkeys and egg-laying hens dead since 2022, according to the Agriculture Department.
But consumers also have shared concerns on social media that egg producers have been colluding to benefit from the bird flu outbreak, potentially withholding their supply to further raise prices.
The country’s largest egg producer, Cal-Maine Foods, has repeatedly raked in higher profits as egg prices soared.
Some grocery shelves have been left bare as the nation faces a short supply of egg-laying birds. JOHN G MABANGLO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Its stock has surged more than 100% since 2022, when the avian flu started to significantly spread.
Farmers have alleged major egg producers have been slow to rebuild their flocks to keep supply low and reap the benefits as steady demand sends price sky-high.
Major companies, meanwhile, have argued that it takes time to re-build their flocks, especially as they use caution not to infect facilities again.
Some of the nation’s egg producers were recently found guilty in a similar scheme.
Consumers have shared concerns on social media that egg producers have been colluding to benefit from the bird flu outbreak. Christopher Sadowski
In 2023, a federal jury in Chicago ruled that Cal-Maine, Rose Acre Farms, United Egg Producers and US Egg Marketers restricted their supplies for four years starting in 2004 to boost their profits.
The defendants have since challenged the verdict and asked for a new trial, or for the original decision to be reversed.
Shoppers have been slapped with staggering price tags at the grocery store – as much as $12 at some locations. The average price for a dozen eggs has jumped to $5 across the country, according to the Labor Department.
But wholesale prices have risen to $8 a dozen, so retailers are losing out big on the cooking staple.
President Trump has vowed to lower stubbornly-inflated prices at the grocery store, most recently blaming his predecessor Joe Biden for the rising egg prices during his address to a joint session of Congress earlier this week.
The Agriculture Department last month announced plans to invest as much as $1 billion into tackling the rising costs – including $500 million for more biosecurity measures at farms, along with funding to help farmers and vaccine research for chickens.
“For now, Ukraine is ground zero in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against the West” — but, warn Mark Toth & Jonathan Sweet at The Hill, if Russia wins, whether “on the battlefield or at the negotiating table,” Europe’s “thin red line in Eastern Europe will become even thinner.” The threat is now; Europe needs to step up, especially with Trump waffling on his support for Ukraine. “London and Brussels” must understand: They’re “asking 39 million Ukrainians to defend the European continent” from Putin. But “340 million Americans need to understand this too. For now, it is Europe’s thin red line in Ukraine, but if Ukraine falls, Europe will become our thin red line, and potentially we will find ourselves in harm’s way.”
Middle East watch: Egypt’s ‘Do-Nothing’ Plan
Commentary’s Seth Mandel is furious that “Cairo has been, and continues to be, an impediment to a solution to the Palestinian element of the Arab-Israeli conflict.” If the Israel-Hamas war resumes, “Egypt will once again have the chance to play a constructive role by allowing temporary Palestinian resettlement so that Israel can end Hamas once and for all.” But it won’t, because Egypt prefers to “complain about Israel and the lack of a two-state solution.” The plan Egypt and its Arab partners released “is a white flag” surrender to “Hamas and its associated Iranian proxy goon squads” — and essentially does nothing. Bottom line: “Egypt doesn’t care what happens as long as it happens to someone else.”
Liberal: Trump Should Rein in DOGE
President Trump has only been in office a six weeks, but The Liberal Patriot’s Ruy Teixeira argues that the “drive to trim government” via his Department of Government Efficiency is already “falling short” — by going too far. “Nothing makes voters more nervous than the possibility that entitlements — Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security — will be interfered with by DOGE’s actions or Trump’s future plans.” So it’s “not surprising” voters’ “enthusiasm for DOGE, [Elon] Musk and the actually-existing project of overhauling government (as opposed to the theory) is rapidly ebbing.” Trump should remember his “mandate was to shake up the system by pursuing popular priorities Democrats were ignoring, especially on illegal immigration” — not “to do whatever excites his base the most.”
From the right: Don’s ‘Impossible’ Border Win
President Trump’s chief accomplishment, ending the border crisis, “wasn’t supposed to be possible under existing law,” according to former President Joe Biden, his allies and the media, recalls Mark Krikorian at Commonplace. Yet Trump did it “in just a few weeks,” as “apprehensions of illegal aliens at the southern border fell” 90% in February. This “happened because the Trump administration reversed Biden’s policies,” ending catch-and-release and the CBP One app. Another factor: “Prospective illegal aliens must also be deterred by the realization that if they somehow slip past the Border Patrol, ICE will be waiting for them in the interior.” “There’s still more to do, but it turns out that ending the mass migration crisis wasn’t that difficult after all — you just needed to want to do it.”
Culture critic: Tech & Families vs. the State
“For all the talk of technology and the state, there should be much more talk about the other institution that is perpetually at war with it: the institution of the family,” contends Katherine Boyle at The Free Press. “There is no greater decentralized authority than that of the family” — and the tech sector, too, needs “the freedom that comes from ensuring that no central authority can ever control, stifle, or break the long arc of creation and innovation.” “It’s in the best interest of both tech and the family” to ally, but there’s “nothing that focuses us more on the future” than a family, “because no company can compete” with its longevity; it’s “built” for “scale, for infinity, that will continue long after we’ve left this earth.”
Defence contractors like BAE Systems (LSE:BA.) often prove to be great dividend shares to hold over the long term. This particular FTSE 100 operator has grown its annual dividend every year since 2012.
It’s long record of payout growth reflects BAE’s market-leading position and the resilient nature of defence spending. Demand for weaponry and related hardware remains broadly stable regardless of broader economic conditions.
In fact, the outlook for defence spending is stronger now than it has been for decades. And so holders of the Footsie company can realistically expect dividends to keep growing as sales (likely) strengthen, at least over the near term.
Further growth expected
My optimistic take is shared by City analysts. As the table below shows, dividends on BAE Systems shares are tipped to keep rising through to the end of 2026:
Year
Dividend per share
Dividend growth
Dividend yield
2025
35.92p
9%
2.2%
2026
39.50p
10%
2.5%
Encouragingly for investors, these dividend projections are well covered by expected earnings over the period, too. So even if profits are blown off course — for instance, by supply chain issues or project delivery problems — the company could still be in good shape to meet broker forecasts.
Dividend cover rings in at 2.1 times for each of the next two years, beating the widely regarded minimum level of 2 times that investors crave. This should give the company the flexibility to meet payout forecasts while also continuing to invest for growth.
Strong foundations
That’s not to say I’m expecting profits to disappoint over the next couple of years. BAE Systems’ sales and operating profit rose 14% and 4%, respectively, in 2024, to £26.3bn and £2.7bn.
With a strong order book — the company’s order backlog rose £8bn last year, to £77.8bn — the business has strong earnings visibility over the period too.
On top of this, the FTSE 100 company has considerable financial resources it can call upon to grow dividends in line with forecasts. Free cash flow remains strong and was an impressive £2.5bn in 2025, helped by strong customer advances and impressive operational cash conversion.
BAE’s £1.5bn share buyback programme (due to complete in 2026) underlines the robustness of its balance sheet.
A top buy?
BAE Systems’ soaring share price has had a negative impact upon the company’s forward dividend yields. For the next two years they sit some way below the FTSE 100 forward average of 3.5%.
Still, I believe the prospect of rapid, inflation-beating payout growth in the years ahead makes the stock worth serious consideration for passive income.
There are hazards the company may face further down the line. Particularly troubling is the prospect that US defence spending will fall under President Trump’s efficiency drive. The US is the company’s largest single market.
But on balance, I think BAE Systems shares are an extremely attractive option for both growth and dividend investors, supported by surging defence spending by non-US NATO countries.
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Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock has been hammered in recent weeks. On 21 January, the day after the US President Trump’s inauguration, Tesla stock was trading for $424. At the time of writing, the stock is at $258. This means the stock is down 39% over the six-week period. As such, a £10,000 investment then would be worth just £6,100 now. In fact, given the appreciation of the pound over the period, the forex-adjusted figure would be closer to £5,700. It goes without saying, but this would be a very disappointing investment outcome.
So, why has it happened?
Tesla boss Elon Musk has a position within the new administration and seemingly the ability to exert influence government policy. This may have buoyed some retail investors following Trump’s election, but the excitement is fading. And there are more factors at play.
Deteriorating fundamentals paint a worrying picture
The latest figures show Tesla’s fundamentals are deteriorating. Analysts have drastically cut 2025’s earnings per share forecast to just $2.85, which is a staggering 66% lower than estimates from two years ago and 12% below mid-January projections. Revenue estimates have been revised down by $4.3bn to $112bn.
Adding to investor concerns, three Tesla insiders — including Elon’s brother Kimbal — have planned significant stock sales for 2025 worth approximately $300m. These planned sales, while scheduled in advance, are bound to harm investor confidence.
Valuation remains stratospheric despite decline
Despite the recent pullback, Tesla’s valuation metrics remain eye-popping. The current price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio stands at 108 times, based on trailing 12-months earnings of $2.23 per share. While this represents a 21% discount to Tesla’s five-year historical average P/E of 138 times, it’s still dramatically higher than competitors and other tech giants.
Meanwhile, Tesla’s P/E-to-growth ratio, which measures price relative to earnings growth, sits at 6.6 —significantly better than it was a couple of months ago, but still vastly elevated compared to traditional automakers and other technology and even AI companies.
Margin compression threatens growth story
Tesla’s operating margin has contracted alarmingly — from a peak of 16.8% in 2022 to just 7.2% in 2024, with Q4’s margin falling to 6.2%. This margin erosion reflects intense pricing pressure and the company’s struggle to maintain profitability while pursuing affordability. The automotive gross profit situation is particularly concerning. In Q4 2024, Tesla generated $3.29bn in automotive gross profit, less than it produced in Q3 2021 ($3.67bn) with half the deliveries. This dramatic efficiency decline explains why Tesla’s earnings power has weakened despite increased deliveries.
The verdict: proceed with extreme caution
Tesla remains a polarising investment. Bulls point to upcoming projects like the Robotaxi pilot in Austin this June, while bears highlight the company’s valuation disconnect, declining margins, and management’s tempering of growth expectations.
Though Musk has called 2025 Tesla’s “most pivotal year,” the realities of slowing growth and intensifying competition suggest investors should approach with extreme caution. What’s more, with Musk distracted by DOGE and SpaceX, among other things, Tesla’s AI future (Robotaxis and robotics) isn’t being sold as well as it has been.
Despite my personal appreciation for Tesla as a brand, at current levels, the stock’s risks simply outweigh the potential rewards. I will not be adding the shares to my portfolio.
Adriana Lima poses on Vogue Brazil’s March 2025 cover. Photo: Zee Nunes
Adriana Lima is back on the cover of Vogue Brazil for March 2025, marking her first appearance in nearly a decade. The 43-year-old Brazilian supermodel graces the issue with two striking images, proving her enduring presence in fashion.
In the first cover, Adriana wears a dramatic red Valentino gown with ruffles and sheer lace, creating a bold yet elegant statement. Photographer Zee Nunes captured the high-fashion moment in a studio setting. Styled by Leandro Porto under the fashion direction of Rita Lazzarotti, the look is both powerful and timeless.
Adriana Lima wears Tiffany & Co. ring on Vogue Brazil’s March 2025 edition. Photo: Zee Nunes
The second cover offers a close-up of Adriana’s flawless features. She wears a dazzling Tiffany & Co. ring, drawing attention to the subtle yet radiant makeup by Frank B. Her hair, styled by Junya Nakashima, adds to the effortlessly chic aesthetic. Shot in New York, this edition of Vogue Brazil is now available on newsstands.
