Here's one version of our standard spiel on TSLA:
June 13, 2012*From our June 29, 2010 post "Who Wins in the Tesla IPO?" (TSLA):
Yesterday the stock closed at $29.66.
Although it is smack dab in our Energy/Policy/Alt wheelhouse we have very few posts on Tesla.
On a personal level I didn't have much interest in government subsidized $100K playthings.
On the other hand, as an investment the stock always seemed to be in stronger hands* than the battery companies or other fashion-forward issues, poo-pooing it didn't seem like good advice for our readers.
So I didn't post much on TSLA....
Some serious money is listed. and here we are, almost three years later going back to earth2tech:This is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy...
I went over some of my reasons for shying away from IPO's when A123 came public in September, 2009.
(priced at $13.50, first day close $20.29, close yesterday $9.88)
I am interested in the VC biz and here earth2tech did a bang-up job...
Tesla’s stock soars over 20% on profit, sales news
Tesla’s stock is soaring Monday morning on news late Sunday night that the company will turn its first profit in the first quarter of 2013, for both non-GAAP and GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles). Tesla had already given guidance last month that it expected a non-GAAP profit next quarter, but now Tesla says it will be profitable in Q1 for GAAP, as well, regardless of non-cash options and warrant-related expenses....MOREFisker on the other hand....wait, they're circling the drain. A123 went BK and the Chinese bought the battery tech.
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