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Re:Tesla Posts Surprise Profit by mikestew on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @05:32PM (#6175805)
I'm curious why the expectation was a loss of 17 cents. TSLA made a profit last quarter, what changed to not expect some of the same this quarter? As most (if not all) of the pre-orders are filled, perhaps there was worry that folks wouldn't buy them off the "showroom" floor?

Oh, well, I obviously thought differently as I bought call options yesterday, as well as held on to the shares we already have. And I'm glad I did. :-)

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Re:Tesla Posts Surprise Profit by turkeybone on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @06:07PM (#6176000)
Well, profit was not expected last quarter either, and analysts are generally pretty slow to act. Also there may be various cyclical or one-time charges involved; a negative income isn't necessarily a sign of being down on a stock. Especially comparing this quarter to last year's same.
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