America’s largest public pension by assets has rejiggered its tech investments, bulking up an already large bet on electric vehicles.
Calpers bought 2.3 million more Tesla shares to end the third quarter with 9.0 million shares. Tesla stock doubled in the first nine months of 2023, after a 65% plunge in 2022, but so far in the fourth quarter, shares are down 14%. Newsletter Sign-up In contrast to Tesla, Rivian reported a stronger-than-expected third quarter in early November, and raised production guidance. The report, however, came after Rivian in October lowered its forecast of sales for the quarter, and said it would raise more funds by issuing convertible notes. Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe just got a raise in his base salary to $1 million a year from $650,000, the company announced in late August.
Palantir’s earnings reports have been strong this year. CEO Alex Karp told Barron’s in August that Palantir will become “the most important enterprise company in the world,” driven by its work on artificial intelligence.