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

[Artful Dodger]

Wowsers, avg pre-Market vol so far this week's been 10.9M shares.

BTW, that's yuge! Plus 4.1M at the Opening Cross today!

 

[Paracelsus]

Yes, someone knows that all the retail bulls from the pandemic hysteria has been burned, now it's time to burn all the retail bears. When the stock is option heavy, we get these massive bear bull cycles where hedge funds wage wars as retail investors being collateral damage.

Retail investors are the best to emotional manipulate because they are poor lotto ticket buyers from the ghetto gas station. They can't afford to lose their money so panic hits them real fast as bulls or bears. And just like these real lotto buyers, they will all lose their money guaranteed.

Agree. The fair perspective in hindsight is that we had the Bull Burn of the Century in the run up to the Short Burn of the Century, and that the majority of the long-term winners were either Big Money on Wall Street or HODL Retail investors. We should also look back on this last year with some reflection on how 'news' was weaponized against retail investors in an effort to get us to part with our shares..........all the way up to the most recent "China Covid Production Impacts" stories, which it appears that WS now no longer needs this morning to finally push TSLA down to the level they had targeted. Interesting to see some headlines that are now the opposite in the news feed as Tech stocks bounce. Looks like China's economy might be rebounding just days after everyone was sick and heading to overflowing hospitals. How did China manage that? Will we reflect on these headlines with the power of hindsight once again to see this as WS signaling it's time for "All Aboard" ? :

 

[cliff harris]

I know it looks REALLY good now, and that the tide has turned, but I've been caught out so many times in the past...
I really want to grab some more TSLA at $120....but TBH my sell price is definitely no lower than $250, and mostly not till $400 so... I think I'll wait another day to be sure this turnaround is for real.
But my god its tempting .

 

[GOVA]

@TrendTrader007

Do us a favor and please fix your SHIFT + i combo.

It hurts to read your posts. Thanks.

 

[elasalle]

Agree. The fair perspective in hindsight is that we had the Bull Burn of the Century in the run up to the Short Burn of the Century, and that the majority of the long-term winners were either Big Money on Wall Street or HODL Retail investors. We should also look back on this last year with some reflection on how 'news' was weaponized against retail investors in an effort to get us to part with our shares..........all the way up to the most recent "China Covid Production Impacts" stories, which it appears that WS now no longer needs this morning to finally push TSLA down to the "All Aboard" level they had targeted. Interesting to see some headlines that are now the opposite in the news feed as Tech stocks bounce. Looks like China's economy might be rebounding just days after everyone was sick and heading to overflowing hospitals. How did China manage that? Will we reflect on these headlines with the power of hindsight once again to see this as WS signaling it's time for "All Aboard" ? :

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Tesla options are the biggest casinos on Wall Street and Main Street, says WSJ's Gunjan Banerji
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2022/12/28/tesla-options-are-the-biggest-casinos-on-wall-street-and-main-street-says-wsjs-gunjan-banerji.html

 

[StealthP3D]

elasalle said:
Confession- got 100 shares at $109 from a rest stop on way home yesterday
I didn’t travel in Tesla but did see so many superchargers along the way…

I wish I had the cash/cajones to do that. Respect.

You wish you had the cash/cajones to buy 100 TSLA shares at a highway rest area or to make an Interstate trip using an ICE?

 

[elasalle]

You wish you had the cash/cajones to buy 100 TSLA shares at a highway rest area or to make an Interstate trip using an ICE?

Is there an EV that can carry 9 people?
My in-laws don’t fit in the frunk

More genius than the chicken at Chick-fil-A

 

[ElectricIAC]

Is there an EV that can carry 9 people?

Lightning if you let people ride in the bed.

 

[TrendTrader007]

Just when shorts thought they had it made
Stock does gap and go
Welcome to 2023 shorts!
I’m coming to get my millions back from you
Every single freaking million plus more
(With interest)

 

[elasalle]

Just when shorts thought they had it made
Stock does gap and go
Welcome to 2023 shorts!
I’m coming to get my millions back from you
Every single freaking million plus more
(With interest)

Isn’t it a bit to early to make the call?
Anything can happen… would feel better at 140+

+maybe the tax loss harvesting part of the equation is over…

 

[wipster]

You know, it's getting to be time that TE is included in the P/D report (Megapacks, Power walls, etc). TE is rapidly growing to be a substantial portion of revenue and it would help to know how it stands prior to the Financial Report. Will also be interesting to see if Semi's are included this time.

 

[Christine69420]

Isn’t it a bit to early to make the call?
Anything can happen… would feel better at 140+

I would like some good macro news before I go digging in the garden of my new house for gold to buy more shares with.

 

[UncaNed]

You know, it's getting to be time that TE is included in the P/D report (Megapacks, Power walls, etc). TE is rapidly growing to be a substantial portion of revenue and it would help to know how it stands prior to the Financial Report. Will also be interesting to see if Semi's are included this time.

Finally Colin at MSNBC gets it, at least. Wonder how fast others will catch on.

 

[Nocturnal]

Anyone know a company scaling grid batteries?

 

[Stretch2727]

I would like some good macro news before I go digging in the garden of my new house for gold to buy more shares with.

The challenge is once we get good news it is usually too late. Like the examples @TrendTrader007 posted a few days ago...you miss a few good days in the market and you miss a good portion of the gains.

 

[SOULPEDL]

I bet it floats up in AH all week long.

Adjusted my forecasts. This is official stuff.

 

[Artful Dodger]

We should also look back on this last year with some reflection on how 'news' was weaponized against retail investors in an effort to get us to part with our shares...

FTFY. Kabuki Theatre

 

[Olle]

Is it time for new Compensation Package for Musk?

As shareholders, we are beneficiaries of Musk's work that we are no longer paying for. Heck, is he even getting minimum wage still? So why are so many of us bothered by his Twitter work? How much uncompensated work do the rest of us do at Tesla while complaining?

With that thought, and the historic correlation between Musk's compensation packages and TSLA stock price, I think that it is time for a new big package.

 

[The Accountant]

♪ The Heat is On: ♪

Mathias Føns on Twitter: "The Email that Elon sent to $TSLA employees yesterday: “Don’t be too bothered by stock market craziness. As we demonstrate continued excellent performance, the market will recognize that. Long-term, I believe very much that Tesla will become the most valuable company on Earth!” https://t.co/FsFDRnUvCe" / Twitter

Demand problem? All hands on deck to deliver cars on time. My son asked me to pick up a key replacement for his Mini Cooper. It was at the BMW parts department. I had to walk through the sales dept to get to the parts dept. Sales guys were all sitting around doing nothing . .when I walked in they all smiled at a prospective customer. When they realized I was cutting through to get to Parts, they frowned (and likely went back to solitaire).

Has anything changed with Tesla's fundamentals? Yes . . .they're better than ever. Of course the macro environment can impact results but fundamentally Tesla keeps improving (Berlin/Austin ramping, Energy (Lathrop), Semi, Cybertruck, 4680, Mexico plant, model 2, Tesla Van, FSD, etc).
I'm all in on TSLA and I sleep fine at night.

 

[Sancho]

Here we go again folks. Those of us who’ve been here awhile remember well the Battle for $120. Followed by another epic, the Battle for $130. So many classic reruns to look forward to in 2023, I just loaded up on popcorn.

Happy New Year to everyone. I’m signing off until the craziness starts on January 3. And be careful out there: in the short term, anything is possible!