Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable

[S3XY]

Damn you, you just cost me $525! But now I have an almost complete set of little Teslas... just waiting on a Y.

Nice! But I prefer to work on collecting the full size versions.

Happy New Year all!

 

[saniflash]

I continue to believe that DITM long-dated CALLs have a good risk/reward with regards to premium & leverage, e.g. Mar 2022 200 CALLs offer a leverage of 1.33, at a time premium of $9

even if the stock price is cut in half tomorrow due to some macro events, I believe you could still roll them out.

 

[Highway2Heel]

I just realized that tang spelled backwards is gnat.

Another fun fact is TSLA went up an additional $10 while I figgered that out...

 

[⚡️ELECTROMAN⚡️]

Also in relation to earlier posts on Motley Fool, Motley Fool are clueless.

Not all of the Fools are fools. I received an email this morning from Motley Fool Stock Advisor that had this to say about TSLA:

"Tesla — Up 674% vs. S&P's 17% since Tom's January recommendation

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is probably the most controversial stock on the public markets, especially given the leadership of its brash and unpredictable but visionary CEO, Elon Musk. Tom recommended it in January; here's why we believe the stock could run even higher:

• We're confident it has already won the race to become a true next-generation car company — and that it's just getting started as it looks to become a multicategory disruptor in energy and technology.
• Tesla's loyal base of customers and followers wants the company to succeed in its broader mission to improve the environment. That creates buy-in among customers that can last a lifetime — something rival automakers can only wish they had.
• Tesla is making one of the boldest attempts in history to disrupt industries that the world desperately needs to have disrupted; its broader aspirations give it even greater potential."

I know co-founder David Gardner has held and recommended buying TSLA for years. Tom Gardner (The Tom mentioned in the first quoted sentence) is the CEO and brother of David. I'm not sure if Tom's January recommendation was his first time recommending it or not.

It's hard to find good help. Apparently some of the annalists they've hired are a little clueless.

 

[Mo City]

Creeping up on $700B. This is crazy. We'll get Q4 deliveries prior to Monday open. Based on what happened when Q2 and Q3 were reported, it's hard to predict how the market will react.

I seriously doubt $1T happens next year but you can't rule it out.

 

[SO16]

I got my brother to invest in TSLA last year. He keeps selling and buying it back.
He tells me I should "lock" in the profit's. It has crossed my mind to take some off the table...but I keep pulling the sell orders as I don't need the cash now...and the SP just keeps sailing past those sell prices.

Last one was 700 (3500)....I said last year if it hit that I would sell some....nope not a chance now..HODL!

So who is farther ahead?

 

[DutchDriver]

I seriously doubt $1T happens next year but you can't rule it out.

Thats 'just' 50% increase.
This year was more than 600%

 

[woodisgood]

Creeping up on $700B. This is crazy. We'll get Q4 deliveries prior to Monday open. Based on what happened when Q2 and Q3 were reported, it's hard to predict how the market will react.

I seriously doubt $1T happens next year but you can't rule it out.

1T is definitely happening in 2021. JMHO.

 

[keydiver]

A remarkable admission if true. Sometimes I think this guy is a bot, mostly just posting anti-Tesla articles, or Tesla-competition articles and quoting the most Tesla negative thing.

Is this guy really a board member of a Mercedes dealership? If so, he's probably got deep pockets. But, boy what hate.
https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.Mercedes-Benz_Cars_Česká_republika_sro.2f058917f6ce0fde695afedc5b3f4d94.html

Actually, upon further investigation, it looks like he might be the CFO of Mercedes's Central Europe operations. Wow.

 

[Unpilot]

So who is farther ahead?

I have him beat by a "smidge"

I define a "smidge" as at least a small island...or a mountain.

 

[BornToFly]

I'm turning into Buffet - The richer I get, the cheaper I get... I don't want to see my account value go down for anything. I said I would buy a Roadster when I hit a much lower target than I'm at now, but I just can't pull the trigger!

 

[Singuy]

Second largest tech tuber reviews the Model Y. This is how FUD have consequences. This was not a positive review IMO. Bit of a mix bag plus a huge rant about why Tesla sucks by bringing up FUD.

 

[StealthP3D]

I mean, I only saw the results of the public research papers. And they certainly aren't using higher than normal laser energy.

I'm not going to discount real work that has been done in LiDAR even if I am convinced it's not necessary and most likely a waste of resources for autonomy.

I'm not discounting that processing has improved LIDAR. That is true. I'm saying it is still not good enough to see through commonly encountered weather.

 

[Nocturnal]

I'm turning into Buffet - The richer I get, the cheaper I get... I don't want to see my account value go down for anything. I said I would buy a Roadster when I hit a much lower target than I'm at now, but I just can't pull the trigger!

Same. I think that's moving from a "poor" mindset (I want to buy stuff) to a "rich" mindset (I want my wealth to grow). My roadster buying target was somewhere below this, now it's 1k but decent chance that moves up as well.

 

[Silent Ludicrosy]

When TSLA breaks $700 but my Tesla Tequila didn’t arrive for new year’s eve...

 

[Causalien]

I'm turning into Buffet - The richer I get, the cheaper I get... I don't want to see my account value go down for anything. I said I would buy a Roadster when I hit a much lower target than I'm at now, but I just can't pull the trigger!

I never get the Buffet kind of mindset. The richer I get, the more I spent. Reasoning being that my time is better saved to pursue what I am going after right now.

Then I have another extreme. Too lazy to actually go through with the act of buying. I want to just pay someone to do the buying for me, but haven't actually converted enough asset to cash flow yet to afford that. So there's this weird combination of top of the line stuff and things very worn down and almost broken in my possession

 

[Drumheller]

When TSLA breaks $700 but my Tesla Tequila didn’t arrive for new year’s eve...
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Maybe we will get it by the time the second batch is for sale. Maybe

 

[2daMoon]

Okay, who let the guy with the hammer start banging on the SP?

 

[steve3]

Troy has his delivery estimate out now...

183,712 / 502,692

https://mobile.twitter.com/troyteslike

 

[Curt Renz]

Even though today is a Thursday, it is a weekly options expiration day because of the holiday tomorrow. Big call option writers (mainly hedge funds and market makers) may want to protect some of their positions by attempting to push the TSLA share price downward into today's close. They can cover any shorts on Monday, but the options expire today. They would likely prefer a close at $700, although $710 may be more reasonable. However, they'll have to fight the money managers performing end-of-year window dressing.