Tesla enters bear territory
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Tesla stock leapt by more than 70% between January and November, peaking at $1,243.49. Since then, shares have crashed to below $900 – into a bear market – falling more than 20% from their peak
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Tesla share price

Nov 4: $1,243.49

Dec 13: Musk sells $906 million of shares, taking total sales to $13 billion
  
Oct 25: $4.2 billion deal with Hertz Global Holdings for 100,000 Tesla electric vehicles announced
 
Dec 20: $899.94 Down 27.6%
      
Oct 1: $775.22

Oct 25-Nov 4:
Tesla’s market value surges to $1,235 billion

Nov 6: Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweets that he proposes selling 10 percent of
his Tesla stock

US$ 1200
900
600 

October                               
November                   
December
Trading days
                                     
2012, stock options: Musk has opportunity to buy 22.8 million Tesla shares by August 2022,
at strike price of $6.24 per share


Total cost: $142.27 million
      
Shares currently valued at $899.94 each $20,518.63 million Gain on shares $20,376.36 million


Dec 20, 2021: Musk tweets he will pay more than $11 billion in taxes this year
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Sources: Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! Finance Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS