Those who are foraging anticipating their failure

A little over a month ago, Elon Musk assured his investors that I would abandon politics To devote full time to solve the problems They were ruining the capitalization of Tesla. The retirement has lasted little and the tycoon returns to the political ring announcing the creation of a new party.

The return to politics has been highly applauded by a sector of Tesla investors: those who have bet in short (losses) in the company. Since Musk announced the creation of the ‘America Party’, these short investors have pocketed 1.4 billion dollars, according to Reuters.

Musk’s game. Elon Musk has been very critical of the new fiscal package promoted by Donald Trump, known as “the great and beautiful bill” (One Big Beautiful Bill Act), that Tesla’s CEO did not hesitate to qualify the law as “a disgusting abomination”, And he added: “Shame for those who have voted it, they know they have done wrong. They know it.”

Since the law has overcome its greatest stumbling With the approval in Senate and its approval is imminent, Musk has seen to fulfill your promiseof founding the America Partya third political party that serves as a hinge of current electoral bipartisanism.

Focus for some, joy for others. The announcement of the return to Elon Musk’s policy has caused anger of his (until a few months ago) greater ally Donald Trump, than From your social network He has described Musk’s proposal to create a new “ridiculous” game, adding that “it has always been a bipartisan system and I think that founding a third party only contributes to confusion.”

However, the anger of the president of the United States with Musk has cheered a part of Tesla investors who do not bet on the bonanza of the electric car manufacturer, but they earn money when the company’s shares are collapsed: short investors.

A 7.5% drop are good news. Trump’s anger with Musk’s announcement made investors immediately They will reduce their trust In the company’s shares, which caused its price to collapse 7.5% in its opening on Monday with respect to the price of Thursday, July 3 (July 4 was a holiday).

Before this opening of the markets, a Short Inverters Army They had their sharp pencils to take advantage of the more than foreseeable drop in the price of the company’s actions that are most suffering from Musk’s political fluctuations. So it was. According to Reuters data, Short investors Tesla collected estimated benefits of 1.4 billion dollars with that fall.

The way of operating Of these investors is to “borrow” shares of Tesla to sell them with the commitment to buy them again before a certain period of time. If during the period of time it passes between it sells them and buy them again the shares have fallen, you will have to pay less in their purchase of what they gave it when you sold it, so the more the action falls, the greater the benefit.

So much ride, ride so much. If something has been demonstrated in recent months, it is that, if Tesla does nothing to remedy itthe fate of the company and that of its CEO are united. Therefore, and although the price of Tesla’s shares is harshly recovered, Elon Musk’s personal fortune has also suffered a severe varapalo, leaving 15.3 billion dollars in its valuation, according to The Bloomberg Millionaire Index.

During the opening of the markets last Monday, Tesla’s shares fell from $ 315.35 of the closure prior to $ 291.21, registering a weak recovery up to 297.81 dollars They mark When publishing this article.

Elon Musk has shown on numerous times his repulsion for this type of Short investmentswhich has even generated Tensions between Musk and Bill Gates Because it was discovered that the founder of Microsoft had some Losses Tesla positions.

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