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  1. MartinAustin

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

    Have to say, I don't know how to enjoy this feeling any more, there have been so many days when I was just "conditioned to endure the fall." I must have forgotten what it felt like on the way up to $414.50 ($6218 on the old scale where I first bought in 2013 at $38) because it sure feels like...
  2. MartinAustin

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

    That is a very interesting thought... the Tesla Insurance payment for my wife and I might fall by $100 or more if we start using FSD for $99/month. IOW it would be cheaper to pay for and use FSD than to not use it.
  3. MartinAustin

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

    Elon said "hardware 6 or 7" with reference to higher computing power built into the car. It's probable that any apps that users may be using during charging will consume an ever-smaller fraction of the CPU (think... watching TV/movie... ordering stuff on Amazon etc.)
  4. MartinAustin

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

    "Cybertruck Dynamic Systems, Inc." Later renamed to...
  5. MartinAustin

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

    TSLA is increasing after investors read my forum post. Now up to $162 Folks, I was just kidding, I am not privvy to that confidential hiring information... oh my what have I done 🤣
  6. MartinAustin

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

    And... Rob Mauer is hired as the new VP Investor Relations at Tesla!!!! (in my ideal world)
  7. MartinAustin

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

    LOL the CNBC knuckleheads are trying to explain why TSLA is up, even though they're claiming the earnings report is a "miss"
  8. MartinAustin

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

    Bug in the website? Or... is the Performance Model 3 actually cheaper than the long-range variant (in the USA) once you take the "savings" into consideration?
  9. MartinAustin

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

    I think the consensus among bears and shorts right now is "job well done." Projects have been closed down prior to the obviously very new and very real, pertinent information coming at the end of the day. They will be feverishly working through it this evening generating their FUD angles...
  10. MartinAustin

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

    The Model 3 Performance will not work as a distraction. Business news will ignore it. The stock market will ignore it.
  11. MartinAustin

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

    What happened to that Model 3 Performance reveal that everyone was so confident about?
  12. MartinAustin

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

    RE: the layoffs... just my $0.02 Tesla has always been a lean company, always watching expenses. Up until the last 3yrs when they started accumulating money, they had to watch where every cent went and were always trying to strip parts out of their cars to reduce costs. The "Q1 layoffs" seem...
  13. MartinAustin

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

    Drew: LOL it's as simple as it has been described by Drew. After 18yrs he has decided to leave and enjoy his new life with company stock. He was hired into a very lean startup in 2006 and all we have to do is look to other engineers hired in the early days to see who has grown with the company...
  14. MartinAustin

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

    If that assumption is correct... sure. Investors who have waited until the last moment will coordinate the mailing of a postmarked check with the sale of stock. The IRS takes several days to cash checks
  15. MartinAustin

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

    Is it a possibility the American stock market will be depressed on Monday because some investors will be selling stocks to pay tax bills? April 15th would be pretty much the last time to do that
  16. MartinAustin

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

    The Cybertruck is $80,000. Minimum price for any basic MIC vehicle is probably $500,000
  17. MartinAustin

    Israel/Hamas conflict

    Just keep it all in the same thread, but change the title to "U.S. agression around the entire globe results in resistance from rest-of-world." That way we can discuss all sorts of conflicts in the same thread
  18. MartinAustin

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

    For years, Tesla has been getting deeper into people's wallets than legacy car companies can. When I bought my Model S in 2013, I had been driving a 2002 Civic for 11yrs and a Hyundai Elantra was one of my options for replacing it. Then my TSLA stock took off, and instead of leaving it in my...
  19. MartinAustin

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

    HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!!! Tesla does not seek, need or want an "image" - they just want to sell cars & replace all the gas-guzzlers. And that includes all the cheap cars that are all that poor i.e. normal people can afford
  20. MartinAustin

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

    THIS is why I'm happy my Cybertruck reservation number is like #1,300,000 😀 Meanwhile TSLA is singing "knock, knock, knockin' on $180's door... hey... hey... hey"
  21. MartinAustin

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

    I finally read the Reuters article, and they are doubling down... incorporating Elon's tweets. Wow, it is a scatterblasting hit piece of a calibre Kolodny could only dream about. Trying to hit so many targets 🤷
  22. MartinAustin

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

    AH jump of $4 on the Robotaxi reveal tweet
  23. MartinAustin

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

    Won't the FSD-only robotaxi be cheaper to build? No steering wheel or pedals... more profitable? Are bears hoping that investors aren't reading that article properly?
  24. MartinAustin

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

    The Kolodinator AI has been woken up and is scrambling to generate a CNBC article as we speak
  25. MartinAustin

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

    Nothing to worry about. The reaction is stalled and the stock is climbing.
  26. MartinAustin

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

    I'm willing to say zero. Employees buy stock thru an ESPP or are awarded actual stocks in a Stock Award program. There are no options.
  27. MartinAustin

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

    Wrong. No need to "observe Troy" whatever that is or means. I am bullish on the company long-term, and know that, because it is a ratings magnet, and truly important... it is frequently manipulated. Therefore I am realistic about the stock. It was almost guaranteed to fall vs. the close...
  28. MartinAustin

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

    People jumping in before the close? Maybe good info leaked
  29. MartinAustin

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

    Just go to any car loan calculator. You will see that, over a 5yr loan, the payments for an extra $12,000 borrowed are about $200/month if the interest rate is 6%. (figures are approximate) If the interest rate falls, the payments fall, making the monthly loan cost for lifetime FSD less than...
  30. MartinAustin

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

    When you're cutting & pasting a CNBC article into this forum and not admitting it, you know your strategy needs a tune-up
  31. MartinAustin

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

    Why is TSLA up so much today? Doesn't seem to be a macro thing...
  32. MartinAustin

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

    You seem to be under the impression that Tesla is going to win an award from the ad-driven motoring press 🤣
  33. MartinAustin

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

    Tesla's mission is to get all the other car manufacturers to start making BEVs as well as Tesla. Are you under the impression they want to have a monopoly on BEVs?
  34. MartinAustin

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

    The SpaceX show on X has 2.9million simultaneous viewers right now. For reference, America's highest rated TV channel Fox News has 2 million viewers during its primetime slots. CNBC has like 100,000 viewers 🤣
  35. MartinAustin

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

    TSLA up 3.6%, NVDA down 1.4%, I'll take it
  36. MartinAustin

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

    Are people dumping their TSLA so they can raise funds to buy NVDA? That explanation comes to mind
  37. MartinAustin

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

    The sky is falling!!! Tom Zhu just sold $120,000 worth of Tesla stock. Not 120,000 shares... $120,000-worth. He's buying himself a Cyberbeast? https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1318605/000197292824000001/xslF345X05/edgardoc.xml
  38. MartinAustin

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

    What a clusterphilter. Once again... Elon advised them to get one factory working nicely before starting any others. Boy, I sound whiny today
  39. MartinAustin

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

    He evidently had no plans to get a Cybertruck and certainly did not have a reservation placed within the first week in 2019 - which is what corresponds to the Cybertrucks getting delivered now. I am happy that my reservation is like #1,300,000 because I want bugs to be worked out and whatever...
  40. MartinAustin

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

    The Hans-And-Lars X livestream revealed nothing new
  41. MartinAustin

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

    (ordinarily I don't feed the bears) Totally agree that buyers of a $25,000 car aren't going to be turning it into a $37,000 car by adding that option. Autonomy is $199/month. At the moment. Who says it will stay at that price? Might come down Plus... people who can hire someone else's...
  42. MartinAustin

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

    My limit order to buy at $173.89 triggered at the open 😀 OK no more dry powder let's go baby!!!
  43. MartinAustin

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

    TSLA has been bouncing off the $177 region for a while. But... the highs and lows are trending down since last July. I wonder if $177 is a floor, or just a boundary it wants to push through
  44. MartinAustin

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

    Down 6% on no particular news? Dry powder... engage!!!
  45. MartinAustin

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

    $204 OK, we're almost back to where we were just before Tesla released their earnings report 🤣
  46. MartinAustin

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

    This is an example of how Tesla gets marketing done while spending hardly any money. Beaucoups of coverage tomorrow and through the week