• DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    He leveraged his Tesla stock as collateral to buy Twitter. His antics haven’t just harmed Twitter but also Tesla. As the value of that stock drops the banks can force him to provide additional collateral or call in the loans. He would have to put up more stock or sell. Selling could create a spiral where the price continues to drop.

    As Jeremy Clarkson once said, “Oh no, anyway.”

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      11 months ago

      So deciding to have Tesla leave the Nordics, some of the most EV dense countries, will not only hurt Tesla and give the competition an edge, it might actually cost him stock in spaceX? Is that the analysis here?