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Tesla to the Moon? Bullish Portfolio Manager Says Analysts Got It Wrong

Tesla to the moon? Bullish portfolio manager says analysts got it wrong

Tesla to the Moon? Bullish Portfolio Manager Says Analysts Got It Wrong

Tesla to the moon? Bullish portfolio manager says analysts got it wrong

By CCN: Tesla’s stock may have shed nearly one-third of its value year-to-date, but if you ask one portfolio manager, it’s just a buying opportunity. Cathie Wood of Ark Invest whose largest position is Tesla’s stock reminds investors to “buy low.” Her conviction is stronger than ever that TSLA should be a $4,000 stock, despite the fact that shares are hovering at $241 today. That’s an eye-popping increase of 1,560%. She told CNBC:

“Our conviction has increased in the last year or so.”

Wood blames Wall Street analysts for getting her favorite stock so wrong.

“The analysts following this stock don’t know how to analyze it…It’s something for everyone and no one can pull it all together.”

Tesla’s Bumpy Ride

Ark Invest’s take on Tesla bucks the overall trend on Wall Street. Analysts are focused on Elon Musk’s company failing to meet production and earnings estimates. Plus, Tesla was in the throes of an SEC investigation that cast a shadow on the future but that has finally seemingly found some closure. Investors have had a bumpy ride, but if Ark Invest’s Wood is right, no one is going to be able to catch Tesla’s technology in the end.

Wood insists that Tesla is lightyears ahead of its rivals but Wall Street’s inability to wrap their heads around it clouds their analysis.

Tesla is a volatile stock and it always has been. | Source: Yahoo Finance

Tesla Plays by Its Own Rules

It’s not just Wall Street that doesn’t get Tesla, it’s the mainstream media too. Just ask Elon Musk.

Tesla watchers tend to either love the stock or hate it, there’s rarely a middle ground. As a result, Tesla often gets a bad wrap. That doesn’t mean Elon Musk doesn’t ask for its sometimes. But when you think about it, the electric car maker generated $4.5 billion in Q1 revenue, albeit below estimates but that’s with zero budget allocated for marketing. Imagine if Musk ran Tesla commercials during the Super Bowl?

It’s the company’s ability to play by its own rules that has placed a target on Tesla’s back. On Twitter, one of Musk’s followers asked how he and Tesla had “become such bad guys in the mainstream media?” Musk took the bait, responding:

“We don’t buy advertising. Our competitors do.”

The bulls and the bears have been wrestling with Tesla’s stock for years, and it’s unclear when that will change. But if Ark Invest is right and the stock is eventually going to break out to the $4,000 level because Tesla is so far ahead of the competition, hold onto your hats because you haven’t seen anything yet.

Published at Tue, 30 Apr 2019 00:32:04 +0000

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Florida Bill Aims To Add Virtual Currency To AML Statutes

An act designed to add virtual currencies to Florida’s anti-money laundering statutes has unanimously passed three state committees.


Bill Targets ‘Ill-Gotten Gains’ From ‘Internet-Based Currencies’

The bill, sponsored by republican Jose Felix Diaz, “makes sure that traffickers and fraudsters can no longer try to use internet-based currencies to hide and move their ill-gotten gains,” State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said in a statement quoted by local news resource Miami Herald.

Rundle added:

The high-tech criminals of the 21st Century use virtual currencies like bitcoin to accumulate and hide the profits of their illegal activities.

Bitcoin related crime

As the Herald notes, the legislation comes hot on the heels of the failed prosecution of Florida resident Michell Espinoza, who allegedly tried to sell $1,500 of bitcoins which were used to purchase stolen credit card information.

Despite his arrest after undercover law officers posed as traders on Localbitcoins, telling Espinoza they intended to use the funds for illicit purposes, a judge ultimately threw out his case as bitcoin is not considered money under current Florida law.

“This court is unwilling to punish a man for selling his property to another when his actions fall under a statute that is so vaguely written that even legal professionals have difficulty finding a singular meaning,” the ruling determined in July last year.

No Official Identity For bitcoin In Florida

Fellow Republican Dorothy Hukill meanwhile announced in September that she was seeking official recognition of bitcoin as a currency in the state, but no progress has yet been made.

The latest motion has ruffled feathers among local cryptocurrency advocates. Barry University economist Charles Evans explained to the Herald how it could send the wrong message.

Barry University economist Charles Evans

Florida legislators will be sending a very clear signal that financial innovation is not welcome here… No doubt, officials in China, Europe, Russia, Texas, and other places where bitcoin is welcome will be pleased.

Others were less concerned, local lawyer Andrew Hinkes claiming authorities would still need to prove intent to use bitcoin for illegal activities to entail a prosecution.

I don’t think it would affect the day-to-day users of bitcoin, or investors who hold bitcoin… but it might affect the business of those who exchange bitcoin for dollars. Now, assuming the facts support the intent required by law, the path to prosecution of traders for money laundering is clearer in Florida.

The bill is now awaiting its audition before a further state committee.

Virtual currency has faced a continued patchwork legal status across US states, with jurisdictions taking markedly different approaches to regulating it.

What do you think about Florida’s latest bill and bitcoin’s status in the state? Let us know in the comments below!


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