general motors had a rough end to the year with sales falling so fast that toyota motor sold more cars in the us than the detroit auto maker for the first time yet gm stock took off signaling that wall street isn’t worried the stock market is forward looking and investors don’t really care what happened three months ago as long as it isn’t too big a surprise what will matter for gm in 2022 is increasing production after a year of semiconductor shortages and product recalls as well as output of electric vehicles