Elon Musk acted like a jerk, and Tesla stock paid the price

captain morgan

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Danbones

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Buying Tesla after big stock market losses has paid off in the past

In the last two days, Tesla shares have fallen 15.3 percent; a two-day loss of 15 percent or more has only occurred six times since its IPO in 2010.

When averaged out a week later, it has returned 3.96 percent, trading positively about 67 percent of the time, according to an analysis using Kensho.

In the month-later period, the average return goes up to 19.25 percent, trading positively 83 percent of the time, according to Kensho.

But in the past, the stock was able to rebound after big equity declines.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/29/buy...k-market-losses-has-paid-off-in-the-past.html

"It isn't about knowledge, its about how to use knowledge." - Alvin Toffler.( Future Shock)

Musk is gambling a little... he has to meet bond payments in the not too distant future, and this is his way of creating some money flow to deal with that. I bet just the "navigation for robots", and the "production of robots with robots" and the 'battery developements" type things will put him in the black.
 
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Hoof Hearted

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Dixie Cup wrote...

"He seems to be displaying signs of dementia. My Mom eventually became totally paranoid and unreasonable until, towards the end, she couldn't remember anything".

Are you talking about Musk, or Hoid?
 

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I really have to laugh at the Elon Musk detractors. Here is a man who created several major companies out of nothing and continues to lead the way in a variety of technologies. Does anyone else have a reusable booster rocket yet?


And the supreme irony? Musk is a go for broke capitalist; exactly the sort of entrepreneur people like CM, Eaglesmack, and Petros normally idolize. Go figure.



The 7 Biggest Moments of Elon Musk's Extraordinary Career

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Elon Musk Biography: Success Story of The 21st Century Innovator




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A Comprehensive List of Elon Musk’s Breakthroughs in 2017

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Hoid

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Tesla up over $40 a share on massive volume.

$4 billion in revenue crushes shorts again.

Biggest day in Tesla history.
 

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I'm pretty sure tagging up with NASA and sending a car on a tour of the solar system clued some people in and they are dumping stocks as fast as they can without attracting unwanted attention.
 

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the final tally is Tesla up over 16% on the day - shorts lost perhaps $2 billion

closes at just under $350 a share on volume of 22 plus million - that is a lot of money being spend on tesla today

meanwhile GE was down 7 cents to 13.17
 

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Tesla stock stopped trading at 2pm,pending news.

Recently we found out that Saudi's have taken a 3-5% position in Tesla and this morning Musk tweeted he was considering taking the company private at 420 a share.

The stock was up $25 a share on high volume.