It is hardly a surprise that Elon Musk remains attuned to Tesla’s short interest, having waged an epic war with short-sellers in 2017-2018
It is hardly a surprise that Elon Musk remains attuned to Tesla’s ( NASDAQ:TSLA) short interest, having single-handedly waged an epic war with short-sellers in 2017-2018 as the company struggled to establish its financial primacy. However, with Tesla now firmly established at the apex of the global auto industry, based on market capitalization if not production volume, one would expect Musk’s territorial instincts to take a breather. Nonetheless, the latest anecdote continues to point toward a CEO who remains fiercely protective of his companies. The Options Market Is Pricing in a Nearly 6 Percent Move In Tesla Shares Ahead of the Company’s Q1 2022 Earnings Overshadowed by the Twitter Saga To wit, the Twitter user @WholeMarsBlog recently leaked a chat between Elon Musk and Microsoft’s founder, Bill Gates. The chat was supposedly purposed around a philanthropic initiative being spearheaded by Gates. Out of the blue, Musk asked Gates whether he still maintained a $500 million short interest in Tesla.
