Barron's Latest Picks And Pans: Tesla, Sony, Cloudflare, Lucid And This Leading Chipmaker

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With Tesla Inc TSLA leading the way, "It’s Not Just Tesla. 8 Other Stocks to Play the Future of Transportation," by Lauren R. Rublin, considers the outlook for automakers old and new, and the technologies shaping the EV industry’s future.

"Nvidia to Pay $5.5 Million to Settle SEC Charges," by Sabrina Escobar, details why NVIDIA Corp NVDA will pay a $5.5 million fine to the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle charges related to the impact of cryptocurrency mining on its gaming business.

In "Cloudflare’s Stock Is Sliding. A Higher Revenue Forecast Isn’t Helping," Logan Moore writes about why shares of Cloudflare Inc NET were falling a day after the web security provider reported rising revenues.

"Lucid Beats Sales Estimates. Why That Didn’t Help the Stock," by Al Root, explains why beating first-quarter sales estimates, didn't keep shares of Lucid Group Inc LCID from sliding at the end of the trading week.

In "Why Sony Should Buy Final Fantasy Maker Square Enix," Tae Kim writes that as Sony Group Corp SONY battles its gaming rival Microsoft Corp MSFT, the acquisition of another Japan-based gaming company may be exactly what the PlayStation owner needs.

See Also: Benzinga Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Disney, Apple, NVIDIA, Tesla And Why Meta Is Blaming Apple For User Loss

Also in this week's Barron's: 

Travel Is Recovering, but Travel Stocks Aren't. Where the Opportunities Are.

Gold Rises as Investors Seeking an Inflation Haven Pour Into Gold ETFs

Treasury Traders' Take on Jobs Report: It Won't Make Fed Move Faster

SpaceX Shows What's Possible for Investing in Space

Used Car Prices Dropped. Here's Where The Deals Are.

At the time of this writing, the author had no position in the mentioned equities.