Hogfighter
Professional Lurker
GS as a counter party that provides hedge for Tesla is being hurt with SP between $327.5 and 600 something... Lower price works better for them, theoretically. Though I believe they've re-hedged the hedge, so probably don't care much...
And I think you're seeing connection where it doesn't exist.
Incompetence and short-sightedness of GS analyst is perfectly valid explanation, rather than conspiracy theory.
The GS analyst was a Maryland lacrosse player, then became an analyst. I grew up in Maryland and also played lacrosse. Literally the last people in the world I would ask for investment advice are lacrosse players from Maryland.
Now, if I wanted to chug beers with someone, that's another story.