Why do I say the things you list are only a small part of what is going on here? Because those things are barely relevant, in and of themselves. However, they do help illuminate the fact that the investing public has been deceived. People were told Tesla was a zero, the competition was just around the corner, the more cars Tesla makes, the more money they lose, they are only a going concern thanks to massive government incentives that they desperately need, Tesla doesn't have anything special or unique, Elon Musk is a crazy self-centered person who only wants attention, he doesn't know how to run a company, Tesla is only a car company....wait, that last one is important. You mean Tesla is really NOT only a car company???
If I was lied to about all of those other things, maybe it really is true that Elon Musk knows what he's doing and it's not just a car company! Maybe those other people were right! Maybe Cathie Wood knows what she's talking about.
Never under-estimate how long it takes investors, in the aggregate, to catch on to the truth, no matter how simple and obvious that truth may seem to you. This isn't about S&P 500 inclusion anymore than stock trading is about investing.
Now we own a stock that everyone wants a piece of for future growth and security in the new age we are entering. It will go up and down with the market and with instantaneous supply/demand considerations but it will never go back to where it was just a few short months ago. As far as upside? In the short-term I continue to believe Tesla will decouple from reality and reach dizzying new highs. Along the way it will have sharp drops. When those will happen, or how deep they will be, no one knows but it's a good bet there will be a drop of significance before Q2 earnings are announced. But depending upon how TSLA performs through this week and into next week, the drop may or may not take us lower than we are now. And the old adage "Time in the market beats timing the market" really is true! Ignore it at your own peril!
I'm gonna kick back and watch this all unfold and not worry about a hundred dollars here or there.