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Tesla is under a federal wire fraud probe for misleading investors

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Re: Tesla is under a federal wire fraud probe for misleading investors

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When Tesla entered the fortune 500 and my SPY stock bought it, I was enraged that someone could swindle their way into auto-buys.

Genuinely not sure what to think of the stock market/index funds since that happened. I'd like to get some sort of compensation that is GREATER than my cost.

Re: Tesla is under a federal wire fraud probe for misleading investors

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And apparently stopping hiring: https://gizmodo.com/tesla-hiring-freeze-job-postings-elon-mu... I'd be dumping TSLA so hard right now if I owned any, has to be the world's most overvalued stock right?

> "the world's most overvalued stock"

There's always Trump Media & Technology Group Corp, ticker DJT.

$6.5 billion market cap. Annual revenue $4 million (that's an "m").

It's a social media company that doesn't reveal any usage numbers or other KPIs. The company's auditor was just revealed by the SEC to be a complete scam with 100% fraudulent audits.

So why would anyone buy this? Well, it's 65% owned by a presidential candidate in the current election. The same candidate is threatened by massive legal fees.

So if you're Saudi Arabia, you can easily afford to spend a billion dollars on technically worthless DJT stock, and it goes straight to the pockets of the politician who has a very good chance of winning the 2024 presidential election. And there's nothing illegal about this, apparently. (For prior art, see that time when Qatar paid $1B for a distressed New York property owned by this same president's son-in-law.)

Re: Tesla is under a federal wire fraud probe for misleading investors

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When Tesla entered the fortune 500 and my SPY stock bought it, I was enraged that someone could swindle their way into auto-buys. Genuinely not sure what to think of the stock market/index funds since that happened. I'd like to get some sort of compensation that is GREATER than my cost.

How can you prove that damages were done to you?

Re: Tesla is under a federal wire fraud probe for misleading investors

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post #4

And apparently stopping hiring: https://gizmodo.com/tesla-hiring-freeze-job-postings-elon-mu... I'd be dumping TSLA so hard right now if I owned any, has to be the world's most overvalued stock right?

> "the world's most overvalued stock" There's always Trump Media & Technology Group Corp, ticker DJT. $6.5 billion market cap. Annual revenue $4 million (that's an "m"). It's a social media company that doesn't reveal any usage numbers or other KPIs. The company's auditor was just revealed by the SEC to be a complete scam with 100% fraudulent audits. So why would anyone buy this? Well, it's 65% owned by a presidentia…

The best democracy money can buy. ;)

Re: Tesla is under a federal wire fraud probe for misleading investors

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post #4

And apparently stopping hiring: https://gizmodo.com/tesla-hiring-freeze-job-postings-elon-mu... I'd be dumping TSLA so hard right now if I owned any, has to be the world's most overvalued stock right?

> "the world's most overvalued stock" There's always Trump Media & Technology Group Corp, ticker DJT. $6.5 billion market cap. Annual revenue $4 million (that's an "m"). It's a social media company that doesn't reveal any usage numbers or other KPIs. The company's auditor was just revealed by the SEC to be a complete scam with 100% fraudulent audits. So why would anyone buy this? Well, it's 65% owned by a presidentia…

Wait, DJT un-crashed?

Re: Tesla is under a federal wire fraud probe for misleading investors

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When Tesla entered the fortune 500 and my SPY stock bought it, I was enraged that someone could swindle their way into auto-buys. Genuinely not sure what to think of the stock market/index funds since that happened. I'd like to get some sort of compensation that is GREATER than my cost.

Seems far-fetched. No one is forcing you to buy an S&P 500 fund. And you could have sold your S&P 500 shares the day Tesla entered the index.

Re: Tesla is under a federal wire fraud probe for misleading investors

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> "the world's most overvalued stock" There's always Trump Media & Technology Group Corp, ticker DJT. $6.5 billion market cap. Annual revenue $4 million (that's an "m"). It's a social media company that doesn't reveal any usage numbers or other KPIs. The company's auditor was just revealed by the SEC to be a complete scam with 100% fraudulent audits. So why would anyone buy this? Well, it's 65% owned by a presidentia…

The best democracy money can buy. ;)

Personally I think that award belongs to the United Kingdom. They don’t even need a constitution.

To ensure the moneyed classes of Britain are well looked after, they have both a king who is a billionaire and a prime minister whose net worth is a more modest $500 million.

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