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Tesla is facing Code Red

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The news that Tesla shares have dipped to below $200, which is the lowest level since 2016 this week is not the end of bad news for Elon Musk's electric car company. Morgan Stanley has slashed its worse-case scenario for the share price to just $10 over concern that the company has saturated the electric-car market. Analysts say that demand is at the heart of the problem and that Tesla has grown too big relative to near-term demand. David Kudla from Mainstay Capital Management told Bloomberg's Lisa Abramowicz and Paul Sweeney that Tesla may be shifting to insolvency. - Linda van Tilburg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 May 2019 10AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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