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Updated: December 18, 2020 by Roy Philipose What could have been... I want to share my investing history with you. I want to show you why "investing" is better than "trading." I see so many young investors trading today. I know because I was one 20 years ago.  I have been investing since 1997 when I bought my first shares of Cisco stock. I remember that day - I bought 100 shares of Cisco at $54; then the next day, sold at it $56 for a 2 point profit. (Cisco reported better than expected earnings.) I thought this was cool. I kept doing this for a long time, over many years - buying/selling shares and eventually, trading options. I thought I was an investor, but in reality, I was simply a trader. My gross trading profits were ~ $300K over a total 23 year period. I remember all of the significant companies I held. These were the shares that I was supposed to HOLD, and not trade. Eventually, my years of on and off trading resulted in me being wiped out twice.  Somet...

I attended the SolarCity 2014 Annual Meeting on June 4, 2014. The CEO, Lyndon Rive, gave a presentation about the company and how the company is experiencing strong growth. He also stated the market share for the company was small compared to the opportunity. I asked the CEO 2 questions: 1) About Shareholder Lawsuits. An attorney came up and said, "There was one actual lawsuit against the company. Even though it looked like there were many, but only one. And they would be fighting the lawsuit vigorously, as the lawsuit has no merit." 2) About Shareholder Buyback. The CEO stated that, "They have no intention of a buyback. That basically the company is experiencing such strong growth, that they would get better returns on growing the company." At first I didn't understand that. I mentioned how the stock price is down. But the CEO, Mr. Rive stated, "We are better off using capital to grow the business because of our high growth rates." Late...

(This was supposed to be my 2nd article attempt on Seeking Alpha, but was rejected. Why read the same kind of articles, over and over again?) Today, I would like to talk about those who shorted Tesla Motors and SolarCity. Here is some background on the companies. As you know, Tesla Motors makes premium electric cars and SolarCity is a solar electric supplier. Elon Musk is a major shareholder of both companies, with Musk being Ceo/Chairman of Tesla and Chairman of Solarcity. Tesla went public at $17 in June 2010 and Solarcity went public at $8 in Dec 2012. Both companies at the time were considered to be overvalued and thought to be future failures, especially Tesla. So naturally short-sellers (investors who bet against the stock) bought in short. There were of course people who believed in what there were doing and bought in long (myself included, though I bought in at later prices and traded the stocks). The companies went public, continued to progress (with some problem...

Feb 26, 2013 6:51 AM | about stocks: TSLA (May 2013, This was supposed to be my first article in July 2012, but was rejected by SA for some odd reasons. It is funny, how they allow many average articles to be written.) July 2012 Shareholders, There seems to be great debate regarding the success or fail for Tesla Motors. One side seems right that the "current battery technology and strategy" will cause Tesla to fail. The other side feels strongly that, "Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, and his team" will succeed in making Tesla Motors a great carmaker. Who is right?, Only time will tell or maybe not? (As there has been so much said on Tesla, I will keep this short.) As a concerned shareholder, I attended the recent shareholder meeting on June 6, 2012. There was good talk about company achievements and where the industry is going. I sensed no concern, only confidence from Elon Musk and the executives. (After the meeting, I felt compell...

Jul 26, 2012 9:57 AM | about stocks: TSLA July 2012 It seems many people have an opinion on Tesla Motors ( TSLA ). As an Investor and Entrepreneur, I would like to offer mine. The company continues to progress every quarter and the value of the company continues to go up. There continues to be more positives than negatives. --- Here are notes contained within the Tesla Motors Q2 2012 shareholder letter. - We concluded the quarter with $266 million in cash resources. - We currently expect to be close to free cash flow breakeven in Q4 of this year. - Model S reservations at quarter end were over 11,500, and are now at about 12,200. - This accelerating pace of reservations makes us confident that demand will surpass 20,000 Model S units for full year 2013 deliveries. --- The possible negatives I see are 1) execution risk and 2) cash balances. 1) The company is offsetting the execution risk by focusing on quality and production control. 2) The company...