New Developments For Tesla
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A couple of days ago I wrote why it is unlikely Tesla (TSLA) will get added to the S&P 500 (SP500). See also this new thread on Twitter explaining this again with a couple of extra reasons. I find the idea that S&P rates Tesla debt as junk and the same organisation includes the stock in its prestigious S&P 500 index entertaining. Another extra reason for the committee to postpone addition is the basic/core operations of Tesla are still not profitable. That is, excluding earnings from selling regulatory credits Tesla is not profitable. It makes sense to exclude such earnings. They will sharply decrease when other manufacturers will also start selling electrical cars.
A note on the European deliveries: Tesla delivered about 14,000 cars in the EU. It has been reported Tesla still self-registers cars. For example in Norway. See here. See also here. This is extremely suspicious!
Tesla apparently sold 15k cars in China in June 2020. I think it sold about 30k cars during the second quarter of 2020 in China. It has been reported production in June was 200 cars per day lower than in May, before the Chinese factory was suspended.
With more Teslas on Chinese roads the complaints about poor customer service are on the rise as well. See for example here. Tesla is as quick with damaging its brand in China as in other countries.
Bottom line
In the mean time the stock went up on no real news. My opinion on the stock is still: strong sell.
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