A contrarian isn’t one who always objects - that’s a confirmist of a different sort. A contrarian reasons independently, from the ground up, and resists pressure to conform.
I don’t know why you keep talking about investor sentiment when that has nothing to do with what I’ve been talking about here. I’ve been narrowly speaking of Elon himself. How he feels doesn’t matter. What matters is what he does. Stocks fluctuate; that’s called volatility, and every investor knows this. A portfolio is just a stack of paper until you convert it back into cash. How you feel about that stack of paper is entirely irrelevant.
Nope, that’s not what I said. You’re building a strawman and moving the goal posts now. We’re talking about a single individual that you claim can’t emotionally handle seeing their stock value going down.
Whether Elon understands this or not is irrelevant. The stock market’s mechanics don’t change based on his emotional reactions - paper losses aren’t actual until realized through selling. Your assumptions about Elon’s mental capacity are speculative and don’t affect basic facts: Tesla stock remains up 48% over last year. If you dislike Elon, that’s fair enough, but at least understand the basics before making claims about his comprehension.
Nobody loses anything when stock prices go down unless they start selling at a loss. Tesla stocks are up 48% from a year ago. They’re only doing bad compared to 2 months ago when the price was at all time high.
Starship is an experimental prototype. They’ve still landed the Super Heavy booster - what, two or three times now already? Meanwhile, Falcon 9 has been launching and landing near-flawlessly for so long that we don’t even pay attention to it anymore. Is their technology perfect? Of course not - nothing is. But I still think one should focus on the bigger picture rather than letting their opinion of the CEO cloud their judgment.
Let’s take a look at my original message again:
Now what does any of what you been talking about have to do with this? What am I wrong about there? You’ve just been rambling about completely irrelevant stuff since your very first response to me. I literally don’t even know what you disagree about.