Financial analysts estimate that investors who put Tesla, the electric car manufacturer, in the fall, lost a total of more than $ 1.4 billion. This happened against the backdrop of the company's stock growth - Thursday October 24 was the best day for Tesla securities on the stock exchange since 2013.
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What happened
Tesla shares rose 16.5% at the end of the week, approaching $ 300 apiece. According to analysts at S3 Analytics, this development led to losses for investors who played against Tesla and made so-called “short sales” (that is, they borrowed shares and sold them in the hope of “buying them back” and returning, when the price drops).
Aggregate losses can reach $ 1.4 billion, which, according to various estimates, amounts to 70% of all income of such investors this year. Analysts believe that up to this point, investors who bet on the fall in the value of Tesla's shares have earned a total of about $ 2 billion.
As early as Wednesday, Tesla shares were trading at $ 254.68 - in 2019, the price reduction was 23.4%.
Why investors play against Tesla
Tesla shares are considered one of the most popular among investors playing for a fall. The total volume of transactions with shares in the hope of a further drop in their value exceeds $ 9 billion.
This situation is facilitated by the fact that Tesla is one of the most talked about companies in the world. Any statements by Tesla representatives are immediately circulated to the media around the world, and any mismatch of reality with the announced plans gives investors reason to hope for a further drop in prices. So in 2018, the fact of whether the company will be able to produce a sufficient number of new Model 3 electric vehicles was widely discussed.
Among the supporters of Tesla's short sale of shares, there are also top managers of large funds and organizations. Elon Musk argued actively with some of them on Twitter. The entrepreneur was always sure that opponents of Tesla shares would be wrong - a year ago he called on them to prepare for the greatest losses of the century (“short burn of the century”).
It is possible to buy shares of foreign companies from Russia without opening a separate brokerage account with foreign brokers. Such shares are traded on the St. Petersburg Exchange's foreign securities market . Today, more than 500 liquid shares of leading companies in all sectors of the world economy, including all shares of the S&P 500 index, have been admitted to trading.
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