Recent content by haid

Remember that scene in "Hunt for Red October" where the Russian sub took the safety device off the torpedo so that it could be used in close proximity? That's kind of like what is happening ...

A Concentrated Portfolio

I want to thank you for this suggestion. I just suggested to my son that I would guarantee up to one share a month if he put it in a separate account. As a young man about 30, the pull to day trade is strong. And while he can still do that, I hope he will see the value of buy and hold for at...

Austin has massive bedrock. It makes building above ground easy and below ground difficult. This is why there are so few buried power lines. I am not saying The Boring Company couldn't tunnel. It would just be more challenging and undoubtedly slower.

If naked short selling is common, why is this not the subject of a class action lawsuit? There has to be some sort of penalty for this behavior. The aggrieved party is anyone who has their shares eligible for borrowing. I would think naked shorts not only deny someone the cost of share...

Huh? The original author was discussing naked shorts which is illegal in most circumstances. This is the creation of a supply of shares out of thin air (selling without securing borrowing someone else's shares). The rise you point to is explained by excess demand without sufficient supply. In...

I'm not saying there are not situations where the dead center of the lane is not the best place to be. But there are situations when the center is not the safest place. Since computers are not controlling all cars/trucks on the road, there is uncertainty. Space in the lane represents the margin...

According to wikipedia, "Autopilot for HW2 cars came in February 2017. It included adaptive cruise control, autosteer on divided highways, autosteer on 'local roads’ up to a speed of 35 mph or a specified number of mph over the local speed limit to a maximum of 45 mph." So... why re-train...

Suggestion: context aware lane tracking I can see an argument for robotically centered driving but it is not the way people drive. In a two lane undivided highway, we naturally put a little extra room near the traffic heading at you from the other direction. When we pass a truck, we naturally...

How about no. Let others deal with endless logistics details. If it is not shipping for Tesla, why bother. There are plenty of problems to work on.

I suppose, more to the point, the trucking company wouldn't have to declare a profit (and pay taxes) until it sells the shares.

I'll hazard a guess... If you buy shares on the open market, your purchase time is set at that moment. But if you barter for shares, it might look like the stock is a long term capital gain from the purchase time for the carrier/trucks. I don't know if such things are possible/legal. Its...

Any car manufacturer can make a lot of cars. To be competing with others on car manufacturing speed is to be playing the game on their turf. Production numbers are good to have and all, but kind of miss the point. The point was about proving profitability for the quarter. After that goal is...

I've had my Model 3 for 2 months. I've given maybe 8 test drives to friends. At least one is ordering and another is trying to figure out how to pay for it. Some others already have an order in but have never seen or driven it in person. As these puppies spread across the country there will be...

It is not either/or. By making shareholder profit, the entire auto industry has to take notice. If Tesla was not a financial success, nothing would change and Tesla would eventually run out of money. The only way to make a real dent is to show the world that sustainable is the only way of the...