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Short-seller Jim Chanos says Elon Musk 'may be misleading investors'
CNBC ^ | 4/26/2018 | Tae Kim

Posted on 04/26/2018 7:42:19 AM PDT by george76

Jim Chanos says "stunning" executive turnover at Tesla is a bad sign for the company.

Elon Musk "may be misleading investors," Chanos..

"I think Elon Musk has crossed the Rubicon in terms of making statements to investors that he might rue later,"

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Short-seller Jim Chanos is blasting Elon Musk's leadership at Tesla.

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Musk's announcements about future products.

"He said the Roadster will be available in 2020 and Semi [truck] will be entering production next year," Chanos said. "I don't think either of those are going to happen."

He believes recent management turnover at the electric car maker is a bad omen for Tesla.

"The No. 1 sign of impending problems is mass executive departures," Chanos said. "This is becoming a torrent at Tesla. ... [It is] stunning the accelerating rate of executive departures."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California; US: New York
KEYWORDS: agw; chanos; elonmusk; jimchanos; musk; spacex; tesla

1 posted on 04/26/2018 7:42:19 AM PDT by george76
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To: Red Badger

Ping.


2 posted on 04/26/2018 7:45:07 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: george76

May be? HAHAHAHA!


3 posted on 04/26/2018 7:46:05 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: Army Air Corps

Musk may just be cleaning house of executive dead wood..........If you do not make your goals and targets, get someone who will..................


4 posted on 04/26/2018 7:47:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: george76

I do not wish any ill at all upon Elon Musk, but I think only Musk’s true disciples are left. It’s taken longer than I thought, but I believe people are starting to see behind the veil.

I would love for Musk to succeed, but I could never quite see how otherwise smart people didn’t demand more evidence than they would from any other American CEO. It seems Musk has ridden a steady stream of billowy hype, and people seemed to desperately want to believe every new fantastic proclamation from Musk.

I could still be wrong. Musk could pull this off, and I hope he does, but he will do it without any investment from me.


5 posted on 04/26/2018 7:48:38 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: Red Badger

“Musk may just be cleaning house of executive dead wood..........If you do not make your goals and targets, get someone who will..................”

Actually, the way investors look at it is that Musk doesn’t provide proper leadership.

The fact is, all those executives weren’t experienced and good hires then all of sudden they all became incompetent and ineffectual. Lacks of leadership above them is what causes that.


6 posted on 04/26/2018 7:51:06 AM PDT by CodeToad (The Democrats haven't been this pissed off since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
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To: george76

             

7 posted on 04/26/2018 7:58:55 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: tomkat

Late 40’s Tucker?


8 posted on 04/26/2018 8:02:15 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Very good !
Tucker 48


9 posted on 04/26/2018 8:03:54 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: george76

LOL I’m no fan of much of what Musk does but never expect a SHORT SELLER to have anything positive to say about an enterprise whose stock he is shorting. So take what a “short seller” says with a bucketful of salt.


10 posted on 04/26/2018 8:04:35 AM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: Red Badger

“If you do not make your goals and targets, get someone who will..”

Or get someone that will lie for and with you.


11 posted on 04/26/2018 8:09:52 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: CodeToad

Musk has many irons in the fire at once, perhaps too many to be a good leader over all of them.............


12 posted on 04/26/2018 8:12:10 AM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: george76

If this man has a short position on Tesla he’s just committed a crime.


13 posted on 04/26/2018 8:38:01 AM PDT by Fhios (Mr. Magoo, where are you?)
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To: Red Badger
No, it is a company based on hype and government subsidies.
14 posted on 04/26/2018 8:38:10 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: george76

Being short Tesla, of course he’s talking it down. Are there problems? Probably. Does this guy have his hair on fire well beyond any actual problems? Very likely. He stands to profit.


15 posted on 04/26/2018 8:42:42 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: george76

He might be right, but I still hate short sellers and rejoice when they lose their shirts.


16 posted on 04/26/2018 9:03:24 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, deport all illegals, abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF.)
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To: george76

IMHO the problem is Tesla’s business plan, which depends on the Federal Government being in permanent tree-hugging-pinko-commie-lib hands ...


17 posted on 04/26/2018 9:57:44 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (Restoring our Republic at 9.8357x10^8 FPS)
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To: george76

hmmm....thanos is after musk

18 posted on 04/26/2018 10:37:51 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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