"I used to have an “Elon Markets Hypothesis,” where the value of a company was determined not by its cash flows but by its proximity to Elon Musk. But now we have a world where President Trump can inflict arbitrary harm on companies he doesn’t like,
"I used to have an “Elon Markets Hypothesis,” where the value of a company was determined not by its cash flows but by its proximity to Elon Musk. But now we have a world where President Trump can inflict arbitrary harm on companies he doesn’t like,
and confer arbitrary benefits on companies he does like, and he does both all the time. Giving him a 9.9% stake for free might be a good deal, just to get him on your side."