Tesla IPO

[doug]

Basically you buy a share at a peak (~$22 for TSLA) and sell at a low point while keeping the difference as a profit.

See here: Shorting Stocks

Err.. you mean you sell shares that you don't actually own, and then buy to cover after the price falls.

 

[Iz]

Closing price today was 21.29.

 

[PopSmith]

Err.. you mean you sell shares that you don't actually own, and then buy to cover after the price falls.

Almost always, yes.

Most "short sales" involve borrowing shares from a broker, selling them at a peak, and then re-buying that same amount of shares after the price falls. The shares are "returned" to the broker and the price difference (assuming it's positive) is kept as a profit.

 

[doug]

Yeah I know what a short sale is. :smile:
Just that above you basically said buy high and sell low, which is a losing proposition.

 

[PeterW]

http://venturebeat.com/2010/12/23/w...uld-teslas-stock-drop-short-sellers-think-so/

 

[EV_de]

down to 26,27 USD (-12,70%)

cause of ? - Beijing (Peking) registration restriction ?

 

[Adm]

The initial investors have not been allowed to sell their stock until today and today they have. Check the volume of trading today. I'm wondering what the right price is to start buying....

 

[Fr23shjive]

The initial investors have not been allowed to sell their stock until today and today they have. Check the volume of trading today. I'm wondering what the right price is to start buying....

Source? Not that I dont believe you but all I've heard is they had 2 sell rating from 2 different analysts. I havent heard anything about initial investors selling.

 

[Fr23shjive]

To be honest I just think this is a lot of investors taking profits before the end of the year.

 

[tennis_trs]

Source? Not that I dont believe you but all I've heard is they had 2 sell rating from 2 different analysts. I havent heard anything about initial investors selling.

Looks like Adm is correct. Do a quick search (I expect that any link I put up may be stale before too long) I looked at news on the TSLA page at finance.yahoo.com

 

[TEG]

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/tesla-shares-zapped-with-17-drop-2010-12-27?siteid=yhoof
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-...uly-after-lock-up-period-ends.html?cmpid=yhoo
http://www.fool.com/investing/gener...tor-shares-plunged-what-you-need-to-know.aspx
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Tesla-Motors-lockup-period-rb-1533945250.html?x=0&.v=2
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Tesla-Stock-Could-Get-siliconalley-3412648111.html?x=0&.v=1
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS...S&feedName=cyclicalConsumerGoodsSector&rpc=43


More Tesla employees are probably in a position to buy Roadsters now...

 

[zack]

Tesla stock takes 20% hit on uncertainty

http://www.dailytech.com/Tesla+Stock+Takes+a+20+Percent+Hit+on+Uncertainty/article20502.htm

 

[tennis_trs]

http://www.dailytech.com/Tesla+Stock+Takes+a+20+Percent+Hit+on+Uncertainty/article20502.htm

He didn't cover the fact that restrictions on many shares had just changed! Unless I somehow missed reading that part.

 

[Cobos]

Not to mention that the share price is still alot over IPO and still a lot higher than the $20 I've convinced myself is the limit before I buy my 100 shares or so. I was sitting here most of monday hoping the shares would dip down around or below $20. So no purchase yet for me..

Cobos

 

[PeterW]

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/65539902/

 

[JRP3]

Not to mention that the share price is still alot over IPO and still a lot higher than the $20 I've convinced myself is the limit before I buy my 100 shares or so. I was sitting here most of monday hoping the shares would dip down around or below $20. So no purchase yet for me..

Cobos

Me too. I was almost tempted around $25 or so but held off. Probably a mistake.

 

[TEG]

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...s-in-on-tesla.html?surround=etf&ana=e_article

 

[Nichen]

Hi guys, sorry if this is a dumb question. I'm not very used to the stockmarket. I was just wondering if you are still able to buy shares from Tesla Motors?

 

[dsm363]

Yeah, it's a publicly traded company now so the stock is available

 

[trevorlsciact]

Hi guys, sorry if this is a dumb question. I'm not very used to the stockmarket. I was just wondering if you are still able to buy shares from Tesla Motors?

Just to elaborate on dsm's post, you are not buying shares from Tesla per say, the only way to do that is during a public offering. But yes, you can buy shares at market value.