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YouTube ^ | 8/2/18 | Michael March

Posted on 08/03/2018 8:04:09 AM PDT by Moonman62

YouTube Downfall Hitler Parody

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxEClGh6Mus


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Humor
KEYWORDS: downfall; musk; tesla
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To: Moonman62

You are reading what you want to read. The dotcom bust was in 00-01. Late 2002 was because of overspending and sales falling off. Again, hindsight is always 20/20.


81 posted on 08/03/2018 1:33:14 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: rb22982

“Musk is a great self-promoter. That’s his primary skill.”

0-69 in 1.9 seconds with a 250 mph top speed....


82 posted on 08/03/2018 1:34:18 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: rb22982

“but a lot of other ways that make it a 0 or worth far less - you discount the last two entirely, I put those two at better than 50% odds in 5 years) “

Unlike you, I don’t let emotion interfere with my good sense.


83 posted on 08/03/2018 1:48:28 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: TexasGator

Musk has never made one dollar a profit in his entire life on any of his companies. I call the facts as they are. He is a self promoter.


84 posted on 08/03/2018 1:54:04 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: TexasGator

LMAO!! Funny - have a nice day.


85 posted on 08/03/2018 1:54:26 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: rb22982
You are reading what you want to read. The dotcom bust was in 00-01. Late 2002 was because of overspending and sales falling off. Again, hindsight is always 20/20.

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Really? I'm looking at a chart of AMZN in late 2002 and it's clear they were still recovering from the DOT-COM bust. There's also no indication in the chart that they were near bankruptcy.


86 posted on 08/03/2018 2:05:36 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: rb22982

Musk has never made one dollar a profit in his entire life on any of his companies. I call the facts as they are. He is a self promoter.

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He made about $20 million on the sale of ZIP2. He made over $200 million on the sale of Paypal and they are still around and successful. While SpaceX is private, I’d be very surprised that they aren’t making a profit.


87 posted on 08/03/2018 2:08:14 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Moonman62

Dotcom bust had to do with access to capital. The internet continued to grow sales, etc throughout the dotcom bust in aggregate. And yes the stock market did not rebound in 2002, but that doesn’t explain the fall off in sales combined with higher expenses.


88 posted on 08/03/2018 2:10:33 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: Moonman62
None of his companies have ever made a profit. Extremely unlikely Spacex is making money.
89 posted on 08/03/2018 2:12:28 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: rb22982

Dotcom bust had to do with access to capital.

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My point was AMZN was a good buy in 2002 due to the DOT-COM bust. I posted the chart that proves I’m right.


90 posted on 08/03/2018 2:18:34 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Moonman62

If they had gone bankrupt - a real possibility, the equity would have been worth zero. There are also a lot of scenarios that they would have lost or not done nearly as well (Walmart went into dotcom far more aggressively, AWS wasn’t profitable and able to subsidize their other businesses which still aren’t making money, etc).


91 posted on 08/03/2018 2:25:40 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: rb22982

First of all, that article is from January, 2017. Second, the article says that SpaceX was profitable:

SpaceX is no longer profitable and cash-flow positive.


92 posted on 08/03/2018 2:25:40 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: rb22982

I’m still right and I posted the proof.


93 posted on 08/03/2018 2:26:30 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Moonman62
No, that article says SpaceX claimed it was profitable and the company later yanked that claim off the website after internal docs leaked saying they were bleeding cash and losing money. If SpaceX was profitable, Musk would already have claimed so. And like all of Musks businesses, they would never have existed without government largess
94 posted on 08/03/2018 2:28:45 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: Moonman62

Anyone can pick one of the 5 best performing stocks in the last 15 years and claim far later they were right, while ignoring the other 20 stocks you picked that were duds or worse. How about make a prediction - what will TSLA stock be at in 3, 5, 15 years? Come back and look then and then we can see if you are accurate.


95 posted on 08/03/2018 2:30:16 PM PDT by rb22982
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To: StolarStorm

Thank you for your contributions on this site. Just saying I appreciate your presence here and that I almost always benefit from reading your posts.

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Thank you.


96 posted on 08/03/2018 4:48:25 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: rb22982

“Musk has never made one dollar a profit in his entire life on any of his companies. “

Now that is a flat out lie!


97 posted on 08/03/2018 5:08:43 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: rb22982

“None of his companies have ever made a profit.”

FAKE NEWS BY SOMEONE WHO SURE WANTS TO RUN DOWN THE TESLA STOCK PRICE!


98 posted on 08/03/2018 5:11:07 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: rb22982

I like your link!


But SpaceX is not out of this race yet. Just two weeks into the New Year, SpaceX returned to space with the successful launch of 10 Iridium satellites last week. The company has a second mission tentatively scheduled to go up as soon as Jan. 30. At the pace it’s setting, SpaceX could conceivably launch a couple dozen rockets — or more — this year, which would be plenty to get the company back operating in the black. Meanwhile, SpaceX CFO Bret Johnson confirms that the company’s balance sheet remains in tact despite two money-losing years.

With over $1 billion of cash in the bank, no debt, and rockets rising into space at a pace that should more than offset costs, 2017 could be the year that SpaceX turns “profitable and cash-flow positive” once again.


99 posted on 08/03/2018 5:16:09 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: TexasGator

And yes, they never did publish what their 2017 results were from...hmmmm...still yet to prove they have made any money.


100 posted on 08/03/2018 5:20:44 PM PDT by rb22982
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