Global user growth, especially in emerging markets, is forecasted to add measurable upside to the "Twitter stock price forecast", as international ad demand expands and CPM rates rise steadily. The near-annual increases we're familiar with today began in 1975, which is when the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) was tethered as Social Security's inflationary measure. This is an index with more than 200 spending categories that's reported monthly by the BLS and can provide quick year-to-year comparisons to determine if prices are, collectively, rising (inflation) or dropping (deflation). For Musk, Tesla’s shares remain his primary source of paper wealth, though he has also turned his stake in SpaceX into a personal lending tool . But it was proceeds from selling Tesla shares that helped Musk complete his acquisition of Twitter, now known as X . AI-based ad optimization may increase advertiser ROI, positively feeding into the "Twitter stock price forecast" over the next 6 months. This impact is being considered in forward P/E valuations.