The Wheels Are Coming Off Tesla TSLA's myriad quality problems in China have put the bloom off the rose there. Stocks quotes in this article: TSLA After today's brutal miss on the jobs number -- 559,000 actual vs. a 671,000 estimate was a 16.7% miss -- the normal feedback loop commenced. Economy not that hot = interest rates down (the yield on the 10-year UST has ticked down today to 1.58%) = Nasdaq up. This has been the state of affairs in 2021. Is what it is. I don't fight it, I just use these mindless bounces to reset my short positions. Without entering into a long-winded diatribe about Elon Musk, Bitcoin, self-driving, etc., let me just note one key point that has become increasingly apparent to those of us who actually analyze fundamentals this week: the wheels are coming off Tesla (TSLA) . That is true both literally - Tesla has announced two separate recalls this week, the first covering 5,974 Models 3/Y in the U.S. and 734 in China over potentially loose brake caliper bolts and the second covering 7,696 3/Ys in the U.S. owing to potentially loose seatbelt fastener connections - and figuratively.