OMG, I'm not sure what's going on with the tsla stock but I'm buying as much as I can. This is Christmas in April
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I'm not sure what's going on
Me too getting in and will see if we're right! I think we are!You have convinced me.
If you made money off of Tesla stock, it would probably be through stock price appreciation. Other companies, like Amazon, have also had a fair bit of criticism in the past.Forgive the naive question, but in spite of having worked on the tech side of markets, I'm fuzzy on some very basic issues. My question is by what mechanism would I make money buying Tesla stock.
Let's say I have faith in Musk's views, and the cars are great. But the analysts are almost unanimous in pointing to all the traditional stock buy criteria being negative. And there's a lot of ignorant luddite and deliberate short position negative press. So, if I buy Tesla stock, where/how will I make money? On dividends? On the stock price itself going up so I can sell at a profit? Isn't a lot of buying required to drive the stock price up? With all the negativity, no matter how great the cars, no matter how many they've sold by year end, what would motivate enough others (like me) to put money into Tesla shares to drive stocks up - ahead of anticipated share price rising? Can someone please explain without acronyms, in elementary arithmetic terms?
If you made money off of Tesla stock, it would probably be through stock price appreciation.
Tesla can also buy back shares or provide dividends, which would make the price of the remaining shares go up. But overall, assuming things at Tesla are going well, then additional demand for the stock, buybacks, and/or dividends are the only avenues for Tesla's share price to go up.Thanks, so it IS a matter of confidence rising, for all the reasons
you mention and beyond, so people will be buying the stock, thus pushing
its price up, nothing else, really. If the company is doing well, selling
lots of cars, happy customers, none of that is enough for someone who
holds Tesla shares - if other people aren't buying the stock, because
there is no other mechanism for the share price to go up, is that correct?
You said in elementary arithmetic terms, right?Forgive the naive question, but in spite of having worked on the tech side of markets, I'm fuzzy on some very basic issues. My question is by what mechanism would I make money buying Tesla stock.
Let's say I have faith in Musk's views, and the cars are great. But the analysts are almost unanimous in pointing to all the traditional stock buy criteria being negative. And there's a lot of ignorant luddite and deliberate short position negative press. So, if I buy Tesla stock, where/how will I make money? On dividends? On the stock price itself going up so I can sell at a profit? Isn't a lot of buying required to drive the stock price up? With all the negativity, no matter how great the cars, no matter how many they've sold by year end, what would motivate enough others (like me) to put money into Tesla shares to drive stocks up - ahead of anticipated share price rising? Can someone please explain without acronyms, in elementary arithmetic terms?
You said in elementary arithmetic terms, right?
Well, elementary arithmetic is based on Peano's axioms. Let's start there:
Peano's Axioms
1. Zero is a number.
2. Ifis a number, the successor ofis a number.
3. zero is not the successor of a number.
....
Let me know when you're ready for the next lesson.
So no, I think it's a terrible time to buy.
Hhhmm, where do I start with the way your analyzing what is happening? When no one wants to buy that's when you want to buy the stock. It's cheaper to buy tesla now then 2 weeks ago. If you are waiting for the good times then it's too late because the price of the stock will be higher. When you are willing to buy, I'm willing to sell and when you are wanting to sell then I'm wanting to buy.
I really don't know why it's so hard for people to comprehend "buy low, sell high." The only reason why you shouldn't buy now is if you couldn't ride the bad days. The price will go up eventually.