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

[Todd Burch]

OT before market open:

Elon said the May 16th date is important, for his appearance on the All In Podcast/Summit. Anyone figured out why?

This happened on that day in the past, among other things of course:

I think he meant that May 16 was important because that's when he mentioned political attacks would increase on him, and that was before Business Insider contacted him about the story we can't discuss here.

 

[Krugerrand]

On the site in general, sure. But in the investors thread?
Investors should never, ever, consider themselves 'fans'. I'm sure kodak had a lot of investors who were fans. I'm absolutely obsessed with tesla and LOVE my car! and am definitely a fan most of the time, but as in investor, I try to wear a different hat. Constructive criticism of the company is valuable.

Elon admits he makes mistakes (overengineering the model X, over-automating during early model 3 ramp up etc). He probably knows he makes mistakes with tweets too. Its fair for us to spot those mistakes and criticize bad choices.

Note I said ‘to choose’. I CHOOSE to talk about the positives. That’s a very rational choice I make for many reasons, one of them being look around you. Virtually no one is able to be rationally negative and imo constructive criticism is often a catch all for *I’m upset and mad and someone needs to listen to my complaint and then do what I want so it will make me feel better*. Have a good and objective look. There’s real science on the topic.

Choosing to be positive doesn’t mean I ignore any and all that might be construed or viewed as a negative. I read it, I hear it, I process it, and then I toss it because I don’t actually see it as anything worth being concerned about. Tossing happens exceedingly more frequently then it did 5-10 years ago.

So again, to be perfectly clear, I’m not against discussing perceived company negatives. I’m against the emotional dramatics that come with the negativity and that create irrational outbursts and made up fairy tales of doom. I’m not against constructive criticism. I’m against the emotional dramatics that are almost a prerequisite nowadays.

 

[Ohmster]

“Doesn’t pass the smell test”….

Opinion: How Elon Musk is adding fuel to a growing backlash against ESG

Elon Musk referring to ESG as a leftist conspiracy against business could embolden like-minded politicians and result in delaying or blocking legislation and regulations

www.theglobeandmail.com

 

[TheTalkingMule]

Investment should not be based on being a fan.

Sweet Jesus help us.

This is a fan site, populated by fans of Tesla that are also investors. You're gonna get some positive sentiment.

And some trolls. (not implying you)

 

[Todd Burch]

Investment should not be based on being a fan.

I *became* an investor because I was a fan.

I *remain* an investor because of the business fundamentals.

 

[Billionaire]

If the stock doesn't go up soon, I'm going to have to change my name.

 

[Todd Burch]

Just think, slimy ol' Bill Gates is lining his pockets now with dirty money.

I think we have a little MMD, then go green. Just a guess.

 

[Discoducky]

I *became* an investor because I was a fan.

I *remain* an investor because of the business fundamentals.

I watched some videos, realized that was the future and became a fan, watched a show that opened my eyes to FUD, then bought an S which made me smile and realized it would make everyone smile, then worked for them and then retired.

 

[TheTalkingMule]

The TSLA options market is trying to drag the entire US market down again. Lets see who wins out. I don't think it has the power to overcome positive macros and the uptick rule. We'll see!

 

[MABMAB]

Sweet Jesus help us.

This is a fan site, populated by fans of Tesla that are also investors. You're gonna get some positive sentiment.

And some trolls. (not implying you)

And a group think that segregates parties to one end or another!

 

[Matias]

Still manically searching for it. Constructive that is.
Haven't seen any for a long long time.

Just personal diatribes and lies.

In that case this is not very good investment site?

 

[Drax7]

Great reversal price action
closing above yesterdays high 721
would be very positive

 

[henchman24]

Looks like the wider market is responding to an options overhead coming off. Maybe this can spark the rally.

 

[Chenkers]

I don't have Level 2 access like @viridi but it sure looks like a lot of spoofing going on this morning since they can't use conventional short selling.

 

[Matias]

If this drops to 500, I will propably get back on board. Number is based on completely arbitary point, that I sold approximately there and it is a nice round number.

 

[DaSwede]

OT before market open:

Elon said the May 16th date is important, for his appearance on the All In Podcast/Summit. Anyone figured out why?

This happened on that day in the past, among other things of course:

I think he refers to Twitter CEO tweets discussing the number of bots vs. real people using Twitter and how they get to the number of less than 5% of fake accounts.

 

[henchman24]

Nasdaq held the overall 11,300 retest and VIX under 30. Volume isn't strong, but up compared to late last week.

 

[SN_8]

In that case this is not very good investment site?

You might be onto something.

If this drops to 500, I will propably get back on board. Number is based on completely arbitary point, that I sold approximately there and it is a nice round number.

 

[bkp_duke]

Nasdaq held the overall 11,300 retest and VIX under 30. Volume isn't strong, but up compared to late last week.

It all depends upon the Fed and Russia on if this is a dead cat bounce vs. bottom out.

 

[Matias]

You might be onto something.

LOL