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Back in 2019, we thought that would be a good time to buy TSLA stocks… it ended up a phenomenal pick.

Tesla wasn’t the type of company we could invest solely. Business metrics weren’t good at that time. No operational margin, net margin negative, lots of doubts.

We bought TESLA at around $13 dollars a share sold less than a year later at around $100 and later on $143, $264, and $225.

Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) 1.030,3% price return over 5 years - 62,7%

Price return over 5 years equals 62,7% year. 1,030.3% Total return.

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Marcelo Marini is a businessman, financier, author, and Corporate Finance Specialist. He also writes about independent thinking, business, financial subjects for readers in more than 15 countries.
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