Tesla, The Cartel, And The Big Short

Summary

  • The “cartel” of institutional ownership has a powerful tool with which to support Tesla’s stock price: not selling the stock.
  • The situation is not dissimilar from that of subprime mortgage-backed securities circa 2007.
  • Increasing unit losses as the company scales up its sales volume indicate that Tesla, in truth, has increasingly negative gross margins.
  • Increasing negative gross margins and long-tailed service costs mean that Tesla, with or without Solar City, is doomed.
  • An “amazing” Q3, year-end bonuses for the fund managers, and then; the crunch?

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