When investors gives you free money, doesn’t make sense not to take it.
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Ohhh no my stop loss at 480$ triggered… I guess I buy again later this month.
Why not trying with a little bit of leverage (like, 3LTS.L) ? …
Sure, but usually in most companies raising equity is the most expensive way to get cash, because you are expected to provide a satisfying return on capital… which the company is not providing yet, at least in business terms. If you can fund your business with cash flows from operations, this is usually far more interesting. Add to this the significant dilution to existing shareholders created by the new offering.
That said, the price action development in the last month has been fascinating. Where i come from, we don’t pay the pizza guy more to slice the pie in smaller pieces.
We are in a situation where all the guys who were directly short the share are long dead, the remaining shorts are done via put options, and there are only buyers for the stock. As a result, the climb has been parabolic. I don’t know how it is going to end, but it is going to be interesting for sure. That is a live lesson in mass psychology.
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Seems like there’s more people taking advantage of the current price and cashing in:
Tesla’s biggest independent shareholder has cut its investment in the electric car maker, generating profits of about $17bn in just eight months after a six-fold surge in the company’s valuation.
They cut their stake in half, 17B profit is nice for them I guess (they have 260B under management).
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Not sure to really understand the stock market at this point, especially tech companies. In a sense, we could be in a bubble, but most tech companies still show strong performance and (potentaial) growth.
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So Tesla won’t be added in the S&P500 this quarter.
They’d better have carbon credits left in order to be profitable in Q3.
Otherwise they might have missed their opportunity.
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Luckily VTI/VT includes Tesla 
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That’s quite a shocker, all the youtubers were opening the champagne already. I didn’t know that the S&P has so much discretion in deciding who gets to be included. I don’t actually understand why profitability is a must. The are for sure big companies that have been unprofitable for a longer period that still are included, right? But the 8% drop in stock price is not a tragedy.
I think the SP500 is a bad index. It’s almost as if it’s an actively managed “fund”. What’s the point in having a committee? Couldn’t they just take the 500 largest US companies?
CRSP US Total Market Index is the real deal.
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Because they consider “quality” (as well as why S&P600 is good for small-value).
If you want a no-frills, solely number-based, pointless index - take Dow Jones as example - inclusion and proportion based solely on price (Apple now being cut in 1/4).
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Yes, I’m sure he wants a “pointless” index. It’s just strange that the S&P has rules regarding inclusion, yet it doesn’t even stick to them.
Lucky Elon indeed! Not only he has the Robinhood traders helping him getting richer, but the Bogleheads too 
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You could formulate your question a bit better. Why do you ask about them, what do you want to know? What I know is that hydrogen does not make sense to me. Just compare the complexity of the two processes.
And about Nikola itself, here is a nice round-up of the red flags that have been raised about this company:
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This is accurate when comparing electric and hydrogen fuel cells. For a fair comparison, or at least to get a holistic idea about the feasibility, production of diesel and petrol should also be included. Going beyond Nikola, there are also hydrogen combustion engines.
That said, I don’t know if hydrogen will make sense in any form or not. Nikola itself is way too shady and start-upy for me. I try to avoid stock picking and when I can’t, I buy something that’s actually producing value.
Hyundai deploys hydrogen / fuel cell buses and trucks in Asia, so it’s not just a (shady) Nikola attempt that is trying to become a buzz.
Still probably years until (if) it picks up in the broader market.
For now everyone else seems to be betting on battery-powered EVs.
Edit: Apparently also (buses) trucks being exported to Switzerland. 
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Trucks are being deployed by hyunday: https://www.letemps.ch/economie/suisse-pionniere-lhydrogene
Not sure if it is a free article, otherwise: https://thedriven.io/2020/07/08/hyundai-ships-first-fcev-heavy-duty-trucks-to-switzerland/
I think that it could be part of the ecosystem. When you have excess energy production, just produce some hydrogen. Concerning the distribution network, it is easier for the trucks of large distributors (Migros, Coop) as you just equip a few centers (which they are doing). It avoids having a 2 tons battery in every truck.
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I think hydrogen is only still considered as an option, because it is more similar to the petrol system. You have fuel, that you can tank, and people are familar with that. With hydrogen, you still need gas stations and a big distribution network. It can be centrally controlled. With solar+battery, you have a distributed system, where everybody with a plot of land can make himself independent. Current energy giants have a big incentive not to let that model win.
As a reminder, difference in energy efficiency between hydrogen & battery:
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another thing is that one big benefit of electric vehicle are the capacity for regenerative braking. Fuel hydrogen has already an electric motor, so it makes sense to equip the car with regenerative braking capabilities. Now in order to fully profit, you should have a battery large enough to be able to actually do regenerative braking - something around 15 kWh like the modern plug-in hybrid, so that you brake with 50 kW of power you don’t risk to damage the batteries.
And then, what’s the point ? you can have 15 kWh + all the hydrogen infrastructure + hydrogen station network.
Or you can go from 15 to 40 kWh and have a perfectly viable vehicle for your day2day commute life. Simplicity is key. We know BEV are very reliable - are hydrogen powered BEV the same? Do remember that a tank in a person car of hydrogen will empty by themselve if you leave it alone in the garage for too long.
For trucks on a certain route. it makse sense. For personal car, not at all.
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Here a fresh no-bullshit review of the Model 3, from an engineer’s point of view.
Interesting point - Tesla behaves like a tech/software, not a car company, in using their customers as beta testers - push it out and we’ll apply fixes afterwards.
“Done is better than perfect” is good for Facebook, but not sure if good for a company putting cars on the road. 
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