Craig Trudell
Craig Trudell is a Bloomberg News journalist and editor, named managing editor for global business coverage in the Americas in 2026 after serving as Bloomberg’s global automotive editor and holding earlier automotive reporting and team-lead roles across the U.S., Asia, and Europe.
AI Capex Boom Meets Higher Rates and Public-Market Scrutiny
Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow framed the day’s tech selloff as a test of the AI trade’s practical limits: higher rate expectations after a solid jobs report, pressure on chip stocks after Broadcom’s outlook, and the capital demands of SpaceX’s looming IPO. Across interviews with economists, executives and investors, the program argued that enthusiasm for AI and space infrastructure remains strong, but the market is increasingly focused on whether compute, energy, supply chains and public investors can absorb the scale of spending required.
Ferrari Needs Only a Few Hundred Buyers for Its $640,000 EV
Bloomberg’s Craig Trudell argues that Ferrari’s first fully electric car, the $640,000 Luce, is facing a backlash less because of its technology than because critics do not think it looks like a Ferrari. But he says the commercial bar is much lower than broad approval: Ferrari may need only a few hundred wealthy buyers, especially if owning the EV helps them secure access to more coveted future models.