Ron Baron on investing in Tesla: We expect to make up to five times our money over the next decade

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[@viviangall1786]

Excited for Tesla's future Should I buy before split or after split? Too hard to decide. I‘ll do both.

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[@mr.anderson9938]

@@bobbygunz9254 time to get out , gonna be bad next three years

[@r4ym1n13]

So what Ron is basically saying is Tesla right now today is a BUY !

[@PORTDEPAIX]

This is an old video.

[@r4ym1n13]

@@PORTDEPAIX interview was held this week

[@Stoneface_]

@@r4ym1n13 Today morning

[@LaCajunWash]

He said he expects to make 3 to 5 times his money in 10 years, so unless you a whale you won't see anything significant,

[@tdub18914]

Hope you didn't!

[@sureshnishtala2887]

Always love to watch Ron Baron talking about Tesla and spaceX.....Elon is awesome..

[@martinjackson909]

CNBC should bring on the people who were right about TSLA, not Gordon Johnson

[@christianhelfeld]

Ron thanks im a 35 yr old Electrical Engineer able to retire thanks in part to all the bulls back from below 40..... $TSLA

[@markfortune2575]

I love how he calls Elon “our guy” at the end of the segment.

[@tongtran007]

Ron Baron is a G for buying Tesla 10 years ago. Here’s to 10 more

[@musk-eteer9898]

glad to see mainstream media getting smarter and report real news instead of FUDing Tesla.

[@hockmengvincentchan4569]

Mr. Ron Barron, indeed had the foresight, wisdom and capability. He indeed deserves the great returns for never selling a single Tesla stock since 2014.

[@tdub18914]

And for losing 64% this year.... so far.

[@TECHN0]

I saw his interviews starting a few years back and bought TSLA in 2019. Just wish I invested more lol

[@pwells10]

same. But Tesla is the next Tesla. it's still not to late.

[@TWN321]

Man that's awesome. I've been kind of a Tesla hater, but beginning to change my tune as I understand more of the future growth of the overall EV market. Wish I had at least dipped my toes in on Tesla earlier

[@markplott4820]

still not too late to invest tsla. buy the DIP and hold.

[@13669wrights]

@@TWN321 It’s not too late. You just have to hold them, and don’t get overextended on margin.

[@TWN321]

@@13669wrights True...

[@Firestorm637]

Amazing Tesla keeping up with production when other manufacturers have supply issues. Amazing Tesla building superchargers everywhere whereas other manufacturers want public or private to handle charging station construction. Other manufacturers missing out on lucrative charging infrastructure

[@SM2005_]

Hopefully Ron is around to see it’s massive gains! I’m in it for the long haul too. Over 400 shares.

[@johnreed5056]

Sell them and buy Lucid. Will give you much better ROI.

[@kairavpatel7137]

@@johnreed5056 lucid cannot compete with tesla

[@iankathurimakinyua1145]

Love that he calls musk our guy .that's shows he rides with Elon for life

[@harrychu650]

Legendary Investor Ron Baron is spot on and gives us solid advice for managing through the noise of a recession scare. I am not selling a single share of Tesla and will accumulate as the discounts last.

[@petertherepeatermustard3231]

Pigs get slaughtered is a very old adage on Wall Street

[@heavyd2249]

@@petertherepeatermustard3231 and not relevant here

[@michaelfriend3990]

Where was I?! Lol I would have responded "absolutely killing it"

[@kishan8254]

Ron Baron 🐐🐐🐐

[@LookatBowen]

Now Ron is a guy who talks a lot of sense.

[@gordonjohnson2497]

Hes been very consistent and right .... Its all on youtube ....

[@Stoneface_]

@@gordonjohnson2497 Is that you Gordon Johnson? 😳

[@cutehumor]

If you invest in Tesla will you get exposure to space x and star link?

[@elemenop718]

Damn, he won’t sell in his lifetime…that hit different. He thinking about his great grandkids I’m assuming. Such a fortunate position to be in.

[@christianhelfeld]

The thing is I believe him.

[@Zaerki]

This is just how wealth works. Being rich is about having a lot of money, being wealthy is about not caring about money. Why would he ever sell Tesla, or any other valuable company?

[@R4dr1ar]

He won‘t live that long though, easier to say

[@christianhelfeld]

@@R4dr1ar Harder ...you know you aint living long lets go out with a bang is more common.

[@tdub18914]

Fortunate, but hard to trust anyone regardless of their net worth when they're willing to sit and watch 64% evaporate in a few months.

[@strangiatorush1624]

This interview will be the subject of one of SMR’s next videos.

[@CreateYourWorth]

Lol. Yes it will be. 🤣

[@magic_fruit_bat5003]

Haters gonna hate…and shillers gonna shill.

[@AnhTuPhucDerrickHoangCanada]

These old guys are enabling the startup culture: when workers kinda honestly hate it.

[@googlebanmetoomuch2601]

So Tesla to 5T in the next decade

[@LUKE390425]

At least

[@1P4L]

Need more…. Way way more!

[@afroinvest3269]

Only if they are able to achieve FSD

[@HDPambag]

its gonna be 10T Easily

[@tdub18914]

Not off to a good start.

[@loughful]

“General motors did 24 cars. Not 24000, just 24 “

[@mattmoran7391]

Not possible

[@mattmoran7391]

I work at a dealership and we sold more than that in a month. And this is just 1 store. I didn’t understand what he meant by that

[@cp3190]

@@mattmoran7391 I guess he meant Electric Cars ?

[@martinjackson909]

Weird watching CNBC bringing someone who was right about TSLA. Gordon Johnson wasn’t available today?

[@helensteve2817]

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[@deluxeh0]

I want space x!!

[@cordovalark5295]

wont happen. StarLink IPO is more probable.

[@Littlemanto]

If someone could reply to this comment in 2032 when Tesla has a 5 Trillion dollar valuation, that would be great. But I'll bet that won't happen.

[@pwells10]

look forward to rewatching stevens reaction video on "solving the money problem" tomorrow

[@christianhelfeld]

Not selling in his life time...... great content.

[@Firestorm637]

Amazing Tesla building all these factories everywhere

[@studiomalaka]

Or you can keep listening to the very same analysts who keep repeating that "Tesla is just a car company" and "it's in a bubble"... good luck with that

[@ambermorris3773]

A future worth investing in

[@07trapp]

Very nicely said

[@PugOfWallSt]

google owns 10% star link.. good way to invest indirectly

[@teslabot5650]

Just buy TSLA and wait. Elon said TSLA holders will get in pre IPO

[@readynowforever3676]

@@teslabot5650 What? If you’re already a “holder”, how would you get in, “pre IPO” ?

[@hchchc22]

@@readynowforever3676 pre IPO of SpaceX

[@readynowforever3676]

@@hchchc22 Thanks. Appreciate you.👍🏽

[@teslabot5650]

@@readynowforever3676 Its 2 different companies..

[@platoscavealum902]

👍 Ron Baron

[@priceless55]

1:49 where was I ?. You want a advice 😏

[@AcmePotatoPackingPocatello]

Ron Baron is a great guest. How unusual.

[@darrendent8288]

Hopefully GGPI gets this large

[@isaacjson]

Perfect example buy and hold works, everyone personally know financially set stock investing did it with buy and hold and not trading

[@dazza4345]

Brillant man and investor.

[@L0CALDRUGMAN]

This is smart man

[@martinjackson909]

Not as smart as Gordon Johnson. That man is a genius

[@michaelbouch7461]

Thanks for doing this interview 1x1 without Joe cutting him off.

[@platoscavealum902]

❤️ $TSLA

[@avrahamavraham5977]

Tesla reminds me of Enron

[@leononymous2562]

This man knows.

[@isabellehartley9448]

Only thing that worries me is the fact that when last time broke above the all time high at that time it short nearly 65% above that high, not saying it is likely now looking at the volume and MACD still fun fact to consider.

[@jordanslingluff287]

That may have been when they split the stock last time.

[@Bish8099-_-]

Remember that was right after tesla had the stock split. people took big time profits. But we'll see what happens I'm holding 15 shares at $658 GLTA

[@williams6523]

All time high was at 930? yes psychological it end up crashing all the way down to 550 but if you been watching tesla. the stock, not only crashed 1s but twice at around that 950!! however looking at past performance. i believe tesla hold the support price of 950 and will not crashed anything could happen, but stock market is very predictable so I'm betting that the stock will hold the 950 price support whatever price under that price will not crashed>

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[@nerrve9377]

@@noon6-._ good for you, nobody cares

[@aarondawe8640]

How can I buy into SpaceX? I know Google owns a little bit so I have that in my portfolio, any other ways?

[@yvanpajevic9680]

At this time SpaceX is NOT a publicly traded company. You can ONLY invest indirectly.

[@anastasia1442]

@Aaron Dawe. I own pre-IPO shares in SpaceX and willing to sell a 25% block to an individual investor before the company IPOs. Please get in touch if you’re keen to purchase a portion of this block from me.

[@noahestus6830]

I saw Mr Baron discuss Tesla a few years ago and decided to invest 1000 and had it go up 5 times! I’ve slowly divested my gains but who knows the best ev stocks to invest in?

[@MoCowbell]

He's a big fan of Mary Barra. LOL

[@pauldannelachica2388]

If you want to be a billionaire follow this guy

[@louistran016]

refreshing to see a CNBC guest with vision longer than a quarter

[@martinjackson909]

Nah, follow Gordon Johnson. That man is a genius

[@michaelsu319]

Subtle shot at CNBS when he mentions ppl whining about 310k vs 317k units sold

[@franswiggidy]

Ron Baron was nervous. Just needed to hit his stride. Smart dude.

[@richardtharris]

Does anybody have enough TSLA shares? I keep buying.

[@CryptoAcyrus]

VeChain is a game changer! Thanks to ETH & BTC! Love the simplicity and low fees!

[@MPDLR]

Billionaire interviews always get Becky's legs. I'm jealous

[@emoney822]

This the Year load up Tesla Amazon Google.......

[@gringadoor5385]

It's not too late to buy in and hold this guy's bags for him.

[@tdub18914]

Not enough bags to go around now.

[@Zaerki]

Would be great to get SpaceX. A real shame it's not available to the little guy like me.

[@anastasia1442]

@Chris Loy. I own pre-IPO shares in SpaceX and willing to sell a 25% block to an individual investor before the company IPOs. Please get in touch if you’re keen to purchase a portion of this block from me.

[@Ro22666]

Lol aged well. This is why price matters folks. Never overpay.

[@kinkinfast8045]

This guy gets it

[@martinjackson909]

He’s not as smart as Gordon Johnson. That man is a genius

[@SilverShrimpTX]

$IPOF will be Starlink

[@janation7088]

red gold

[@craigruchman7007]

As long as nothing terrible happens, I’m long on TSLA till 2030

[@tdub18914]

do you consider a 64% loss something terrible?

[@craigruchman7007]

@@tdub18914 Yes I do. Given this was 5 months ago and I have held my position... I have a lot of regrets. I don’t understand how a company that is growing exponentially is loosing value to this degree.

[@tdub18914]

@@craigruchman7007 Simply because the stock price was in line with hype, not with actual earnings. Here's hoping you go up from here.

[@alphabeta8403]

TSLA bull-flag on the daily chart: $800-1100 last run, $1100-1400 next. NOT financial advice.

[@priceless55]

What about Dogecoin???????

[@drivestorage1779]

Time to start biking y'all.

[@yakopro49]

Starlink will MAJOR

[@sk8ns4life]

Riiiiiight

[@davec3974]

I agree. Tesla market cap will grow from $100b to at least $500b during the next decade. Just got to wait for the right time to buy.

[@reyesrocks22]

It’s already at 1 trillion…

[@davec3974]

@@reyesrocks22 I know.

[@markn.795]

Careful, this interview was made 2 years ago.

[@christopherroosevelt4191]

I have to share. Through this pandemic I’ve learned that data isn’t always the end-all, be-all. I’ve learned that my day to day experience provides a fairly good map for the world. I don’t mean my own personal thoughts, but my observations of the world around me. Supposedly we have a labor shortage. Sure. Fine. However, EVERYONE that I know is working way over 40 hours per week. Who is unemployed? Supposedly inflation is killing the “average citizens”. Sure. Fine. Everyone I know is posting memes about inflation, yet has not altered their lifestyle at ALL. I used to think, as I had been taught, that I was susceptible to all sorts of biases and that my experience counted as a subjective and therefore unreliable data point. All i’m asking is… is inflation really the big bad that we’re told it has to be? It’s obviously not good, but does it not fit into the “just another hysterical headline” being pushed by the media?

[@talented5464]

Really glad i stumbled upon this, appreciate you sharing The stock market has been a really tough one these past months , but I watched an interview on CNBC where the anchor kept mentioning" .. Kimberly Ann Orlando..." This prompted me to get in touch with her , i just search online. her details are public. there isn't much I can say here so it doesn’t seem as if am promoting an agenda... she is good a investor and from October 2020 till now we have been working together , and I can now boast of $ 460k in my investment portfolio. is nice to invest with the right source or company that can grow your money.

[@lutherscott2043]

Colten Pacocha We'll see! A lot of times, stocks rise for a little bit after the curve inverts and they end up falling a lot later on

[@trumanfoster4257]

A gigantic parabolic run on declining volume is a bearish divergence and not really bullish... i think April could be a historically strong month but May is gonna bring the hammer down

[@budman533]

where was I?

[@dade4537]

BTC went up 390x in 7 years. I bought a 5 bed, 8 bath, 7,350 sq ft for $7,800 from deciding to do BTC instead of tesla junk.

[@chrispaul1117]

30 other EV companies coming on line in next few years. I cant see how TSLA keeps growing .

[@stinger15au]

For the same reason those 30 others wont have the volume. Mass production is hard.

[@rabindrapalai9672]

More PRo

[@words007]

So what he's saying is if Elon is buying something you close eyes you buy it. Twitter here i come

[@Firestorm637]

Starlink will be big!!!

[@SilverShrimpTX]

IPOF = Starlink

[@FreaksSpeaks]

How is his Shopify investment going?

[@FreaksSpeaks]

@Sim extremely well, because I never had sbopify.

[@FreaksSpeaks]

@Sim You asked me and I replied. May be I guess someone is hurting with their shopify 'investment'. 🤣😂

[@Muzobeats]

Lol

[@davidisaackson2764]

tsla $4000 in 9 months

[@stant7122]

The Day Elon quits a business (like how he quit past businesses where by he retires or sells the company), is the day the stock will fall never to return to the same PE height it had.

[@words007]

Fact of market now elon is god as a leader of a business.

[@tdub18914]

Or when he does something that angers the Marxist left and threatens their propaganda and control.

[@kb8570]

Why does Ron Baron not own Apple stock?

[@AlexIsUber]

Probably because he doesn’t see apple giving him 20x

[@tomparsons5864]

With the problem around the world today. Our basic income can't stand the current Inflation. The best backup plan one can do right now is investing on Forex trading and Crypto staking. though stocks are good but ever since I swapped to Forex, I've seen much difference.

[@joshkings4924]

This is the best time to in Forex based on the current status ans I have been making a lot through Forex trading which has been the main source of my income.

[@erikcal9097]

I think if you're wealthy enough to have an EV car you should have one.

[@End420Prohibition]

I would bulk up on starlink the moment it IPOs

[@SilverShrimpTX]

IPOF = Starlink

[@rabindrapalai9672]

8

[@markcrouch9047]

It won't go up forever Ron. PE 200 +, market cap over 20 times annual revenue.. Way overdone

[@DAN-bc5ev]

Hes a huge fan of Mary Barra. Well he's not that intelligent after all then.

[@chrisw9534]

Yeah I was surprised to hear that, too.

[@AFW247]

Musk putting in the leg work to secure basic mineral resource contracts, his company will thrive once these future mines start shipping direct to Musk vs the fractured supply chain nightmare they've been working with

[@KLXz17]

wait not 24000, just 24? jeez

[@farhang0077]

I have Tesla shares and thanks God, I never listened to Gordon:

[@logenmattsen]

Had me until minute 1:30. Now I can't trust anything more you say 🤦🤦🤦

[@Personalfinance_10174]

Everyone is a genius during a bull market, just ask Bernie...

[@davidportnoy3237]

Wow! It will end bad for this guy.

[@edcfyau]

He’s wearing the same outfit he did 2 years ago

[@bspiderm]

Ron likes Bitcoin more :)

[@tdub18914]

ROFL

[@bspiderm]

@@tdub18914 TSLA drops more than BTC in the past 6 months LOL ROFL :)

[@tdub18914]

@@bspiderm Just don't look back 8 months. That's like saying you prefer rat turds to camel turds. But in the end, at least TSLA actually has a product, earnings, and some value.

[@bspiderm]

@@tdub18914 looking back 10 years, camel and rat turd beat SP500 by a mile and a half, I guess the real turd is you ;)

[@anthonywalker6168]

Not if Chinese competitors have anything to say.

[@3EBstudio]

Last time this guy's was on Tesla dips

[@rajbhowmic]

Fantastic interview. Now meaningless investment ($3b) could soon become a major conventional marketing disruption. Elon tested this platform for many years and was greatly successful.

[@markplott4820]

TESLA is Disrupting LEGACY auto with just 4 models , 2 of which are TOP 5 SELLERS in car market.

[@joekhatib3798]

Smartest thing Elon Musk did was pull up his Company whole stock and move to Texas! 🤔

[@ryanhartnett530]

Please consider donating some of your billions to Ukraine.

[@jordanslingluff287]

I'm not pulling any of my money out of Tesla anytime soon. Elon Musk and the people around him need to be funded to wherever this thing leads. I highly doubt all the automakers that exist today are going to be here in 5 more years. Every stock I own the companies have extreme competitive advantages I see Tesla being no different. These other companies are so far behind and saddled with the old way of manufacturing they can't keep up if they tried. Can you imagine GM trying to build a complete car in house with all those Union workers....shesh

[@Tendomcgoobin]

You know the amount of cash they have doesn't change when you sell your shares right? They only raise cash when they issue new shares.

[@semkjaer3581]

@@Tendomcgoobin well they issue shares all the time

[@Tendomcgoobin]

@@semkjaer3581 Right, but this guy holding his shares doesn't mean TSLA has more cash to draw from. That's not how it works.

[@semkjaer3581]

@@Tendomcgoobin no but it does allow them to raise more capital if required