As you are probably aware, buyout offers are routinely front run on the street by insiders. Ie, folks in the know get in early and book nice gains. So some folks actually liked hearing direct from CEO on what they were thinking. His twitter post was clear, he was "considering" taking TSLA private.
His blog post on the rationale for his potential move is here: https://www.tesla.com/blog/taking-tesla-private
Anyone who bought in at this news would have been buying in for < $84 per share (split adjusted). Current stock price is 600 per share+.
The problem the SEC has had in trying to charge him is that folks feel like the SEC really ignore some of the clear scam behavior by big players. Fail to deliver? No issue. Broker bad behavior and theft? Light FINRA slaps on the wrist. Complaints about Madoff? Investigate the complainers. CEO talking about potential to take a company private publically - all out WAR by SEC!
He said he is considering something. It was not definite. Stock price didn't jump to the "buyout" price the way it normally would on a real buyout. So we have clear market data that folks didn't not consider his tweets a statement that a buyout was occuring.
Yes - people want to make this into a huge crime. But he explained in his tweets pretty transparently to most what his thinking was.
And they did go after him for this and everything else. Hey says Stock price too high in his opinion - BAM - they were on him. And they went after him for this.
if you read between lines - the contempt court case got a bit of an eye roll from the judge involved.
His blog post on the rationale for his potential move is here: https://www.tesla.com/blog/taking-tesla-private
Anyone who bought in at this news would have been buying in for < $84 per share (split adjusted). Current stock price is 600 per share+.
The problem the SEC has had in trying to charge him is that folks feel like the SEC really ignore some of the clear scam behavior by big players. Fail to deliver? No issue. Broker bad behavior and theft? Light FINRA slaps on the wrist. Complaints about Madoff? Investigate the complainers. CEO talking about potential to take a company private publically - all out WAR by SEC!
He said he is considering something. It was not definite. Stock price didn't jump to the "buyout" price the way it normally would on a real buyout. So we have clear market data that folks didn't not consider his tweets a statement that a buyout was occuring.
Yes - people want to make this into a huge crime. But he explained in his tweets pretty transparently to most what his thinking was.
And they did go after him for this and everything else. Hey says Stock price too high in his opinion - BAM - they were on him. And they went after him for this.
if you read between lines - the contempt court case got a bit of an eye roll from the judge involved.