Tesla raises $1.8B
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Tesla raises $1.8B
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Re: Tesla raises $1.8B
#2How much of this is actually being used to pay down SolarCity debt?
Re: Tesla raises $1.8B
#3How much of this is actually being used to pay down SolarCity debt?
You can't pay debt with debt. They may be getting better interest rates on the bond market to refinance their existing loans but total liabilities are going up, not down.
Re: Tesla raises $1.8B
#4How much of this is actually being used to pay down SolarCity debt?
This is new debt not stock. These are bonds @5.3% which is close to the rate SolarCity was raising money.
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#5It's heartening to see financial markets helping a company with such potential for positive externalities. Sometimes maybe the system does work!
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#7The "junk bond" rating and high debt load makes me a little nervous, but maybe that's irrelevant and this is just them raising money as an accelerant because they can get it at a good price?
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#9Tesla should just mint their own crypto. IF filecoin gets 200M for a white paper, Tesla can get 20B.
Re: Tesla raises $1.8B
#10Tesla should just mint their own crypto. IF filecoin gets 200M for a white paper, Tesla can get 20B.
I would not recommend committing securities fraud.