It's great to have confidence but what if Elon/Tesla doesn't change at all? Are we in for another 40 percent decline because of some errant tweet(I know folks are getting tired of hearing this but it happened and can happen again)? This is what institutions are wondering and especially now with yet another SEC plan, will Elon comply(doubtful) or will he be entrapped by some short sellers etc. etc. Im sounding like a broken record but more than anything they need to address their abysmal messaging(which I think we're pretty much in agreement with) and if Elon plays teenager games on twitter can't see that happening.
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Tesla, TSLA & the Investment World: the Perpetual Investors' Roundtable
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j6Lpi429@3j
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elon isn't a 60+ dude in a suit like 95% of auto CEOs seem to be. So he is kinda stupid on twitter. So? Welcome to 2019. Most auto CEOs probably had their grandchildren set up their twitter account.
I dont think tesla should apologise for being the one car company on earth whose CEO somehow manages to be in touch with young people and what they talk about/care about.
If you want to invest in a steady, old-school traditional auto company, go buy some Ford stock. Dont expect it to keep you in retirement though...
I dont think tesla should apologise for being the one car company on earth whose CEO somehow manages to be in touch with young people and what they talk about/care about.
If you want to invest in a steady, old-school traditional auto company, go buy some Ford stock. Dont expect it to keep you in retirement though...
j6Lpi429@3j
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Would it be such a bad thing if the forum throttled posts so everyone could only post X times per day? Ideally that would be scaled somewhat based on how many of those posts were considered informative.
As long s the status quo isn't a US govt. agency and you're not risking 40k employees, billions of dollars invested by share holders etc.
RobStark
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Most people say that. Yet, advertising moves the sales needle.
Sameway most people say they are better than average drivers or are smarter than average.
I positively guarantee a minimum 10%(I think more like 20% depending who they chose of course) rally if that were to happen.
But we would probably need to be below 100 for that to happen so you're probably right.
Yes. My data shows advertising can be effective.
I mean Jesus are we really questioning the effectiveness of advertising?
$379.49...and I bought a little here, y'know cause the CEO said it was going private at $420...easy $40 right?
Oh, did I mention his Twitter account sucks?
Did he actually say that Tesla is going private?
Brace yourselves...this is gonna be a bumpy ride:
"Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured."
Totally agree. But the cars won’t be purchased if people only read negative press. Around these parts that is becoming a real problem. In my military days we would have called this a “target rich environment”. Federal and provincial incentives, decent main corridor Supercharger coverage (although no where near as good as Chademo and CCS hence the need for a Chademo adapter), high price of gas, huge middle class, mild climate. But we are seeing it all the time now. More Leafs, more Bolts, but Tesla???, “didn’t they go under last year”.
Real story. Last week at work walking thru the shop. About 8 employees talking about what EV they would buy with conversation going something like this.
“Tesla’s are cool but I would rather buy a Bolt made in North America then see my money go overseas to an Italian company”. I had to stop and correct him but he then corrected me and told me that no, they are assembled in California but all the parts come from Italy. I was busy, had to leave it at “you might want to research that”
How about a little PR indicating that these cars are built in North America with American labour run by North American power made by North American water falling over North American turbines...or (eek) American coal generation.
Potential customer communications? Fail. We have tried for eight months to get clarification on whether there will be a Chademo adapter for the model 3. Not an important issue for most but it is for us because of where we travel in the province. We have tried phone, email to various addresses, opened a twitter account to try Elon directly, smoke signals, whatever. Our Vancouver sales rep assured us that we need not worry as it would be out in a couple months as it already existed for the S and the X and just needed to be tweaked for the three. That was 6 months ago. Seriously? I get it, it’s not important for most buyers but it makes the difference between staying an all EV family for us or having to get a gasser if we go to a Tesla model 3. Sorry. Can’t afford a model S...and it would be tight in the garage.
I love and support Elon and would bear his children...and that’s a trick because
A. I’m a dude
B. My wife is a retired soldier who would kick his ass.
But they need to put some basics of a successful car company in place.
Communications team
Public relations Team.
Just sayin.
It boils down to this: Do you believe Tesla will be bankrupt?
If not, then just suck it up, and let it play out toward the company mission statement.
I personally don't think Tesla will go bankrupt. They've passed that chasms before - roadsters, ramping of S to 5k/month, and ramping of 3's. They're generating revenue, and most of the profits go back into the company for growth. Thus if there's any financial issue, at worst is that they can slow down the growth, and the vision will be delayed, but the company will not go bankrupt.
So with this perspective, these shareholder's billions invested should be held until the vision is realized, not the day-to-day or month-to-month stock price movement which you agree are manipulated by the media, oil/auto/dealership industries, etc. As the mission is realized at each step, there'll be an inflection where the FUD will have no effect, and the profits will be huge.
Mark my words!
X Fan
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+1
Couple the fact that most of Phoenix metroplex is a simple grid whereby most metro areas are not.
EVNow
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What are you talking about ? Unless he deleted it - I don't see *any* links since 25th.
“Am considering” doesn’t sound like a 100% done deal to me. And yes, I purchased about 50k worth of shares at that time too. I should have sold those in December but didn’t. I can only blame myself for that one.
Why are you posting so much today?
My bad...he responded to, not retweet. During the leaf blower stupidity.
bdy0627
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At least some, if not most, of this current action is a REALLY intense bear attack with heavy shorting focused on ripping down through the $250 support. That obviously then triggered some substantial selling. Not saying there isn't institutional selling, but this stock is uniquely traded as a result of being poorly distributed with consolidated insider ownership and heavy short interest. At times, that dynamic produces big drops that can look like heavy institutional selling even though it's really basically an intense bear attack. This is why TSLA is so intensely volatile, with huge drops and rapid climbs. Take a look at this chart from July 2017 when there wasn't even any news going on, just an orchestrated bear raid surrounding the July 4th holiday. Stock rapidly dropped from $386 to $306 (21%). This was near the ATH level, so there certainly was some profit taking, but the point remains. High volume red candles yet it wasn't because institutional longs were dumping. Look at the rapid recovery over just 5 weeks. That's just TSLA.
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