Of false prophets and false profits

I took a lot of abuse over the past 12 months. “You don’t understand the future!” “Trust me, I have far more experience than you!” “This company will be bigger than Apple!” Enough exclamation marks. You get the picture. Apparently, I had no idea what I was talking about with Musk and Tesla and what appeared to me to be …

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Tesla: best quarter in history

Tesla has released its much-anticipated Q3 results. “Alright, so Q3 was our best quarter in history.” Those were the opening words of Elon Musk on the Tesla Q3 earnings call. A sales record combined with free cash flow of $1.4bn is certainly impressive, but as ever I remain concerned about the hype around this company which does not operate in …

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