# Tesla and S&P 500 listing **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 7, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-and-s-p-500-listing/922456 "2020-10-07T23:56:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MrMrmrmr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrmrmrmr/32/5828_2.png) [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-and-s-p-500-listing/922456/21 "2020-12-05T01:51:43Z")
$599 today. The people who can predict when this house of cards falls are going to make a lot of money. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-and-s-p-500-listing/922456/22 "2020-12-05T02:37:56Z")
I saw that folks shorting Tesla this year have collectively lost $35 BILLION. That’s more than the entire airline industry has lost. Cite: [Elon Musk will love this: Tesla short sellers lost more than US airlines so far this year | CNN Business](https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/04/investing/tesla-short-sellers-elon-musk/index.html) Don’t try to time the market, folks. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-and-s-p-500-listing/922456/23 "2020-12-05T02:42:14Z")
At the same time, though, they’re right in that it makes no sense that the stock price is as high as it is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-and-s-p-500-listing/922456.md?page=1)