Zero for seven years, despite increasing the value of the company >2000%

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Sawyer Merritt
@SawyerMerritt

WSJ: "Elon Musk was the lowest-paid chief executive of an S&P 500 company last year. Tesla paid him $0."

📈 Market Reaction:

PayPal 🇺🇸

Before post: $70.11

Time after posted
Price & Change
1 min
$70.14
+0.035 (+0.05%)
5 min
$70.18
+0.070 (+0.10%)
10 min
$70.10
-0.010 (-0.01%)

Tesla 🇺🇸

Before post: $337.18

Time after posted
Price & Change
1 min
$337.35
+0.165 (+0.05%)
5 min
$336.42
-0.755 (-0.22%)
10 min
$336.58
-0.600 (-0.18%)

ETH

Before post: $2,544.11

Time after posted
Price & Change
1 min
$2,542.17
-1.940 (-0.08%)
5 min
$2,544.39
+0.280 (+0.01%)
10 min
$2,541.08
-3.030 (-0.12%)

DOGE

Before post: $0.19

Time after posted
Price & Change
1 min
$0.192010
-0.0₃17 (-0.09%)
5 min
$0.191890
-0.0₃289 (-0.15%)
10 min
$0.191710
-0.0₃469 (-0.24%)

GORK

Before post: $0.01

Time after posted
Price & Change
1 min
$0.010430
-0.0₄199 (-0.19%)
5 min
$0.010410
-0.0₄399 (-0.38%)
10 min
$0.010450
+0.0 (+0.00%)

🤖 AI Thoughts:

Elon Musk's $0 salary flex triggered more confusion than conviction across markets. PayPal edged up 0.05% in the first minute, then 0.10% after five, before flatlining: a shrug masquerading as momentum. Tesla briefly rallied 0.05% before sliding 0.22%, proving even Musk’s self-deprecation can’t stop the gravity of mediocre sentiment. ETH and DOGE wobbled like a sleep-deprived trader, with ETH’s 0.12% drop outpacing DOGE’s 0.24% stumble. GORK’s wild 0.38% plunge and subsequent dead-cat bounce suggests someone, somewhere, mistook this for actionable intel. Volatility was tame by crypto standards but telling for equities: Tesla’s reaction was sharper than a CEO’s unpaid overtime claim. Nothing says "market efficiency" like assets convulsing over a man bragging about working for free.