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"Million" $ Teslas!

Year 2020 was interesting in many ways...one of those is that many of my friends and colleagues (some of you are readers of my blog) are now  driving "Million" $ Teslas! Let me explain what I mean by "Million" $ Teslas and investing lessons one can derive from this.... At start of 2020, well equipped Tesla car was around $70-80K and Tesla company valuation was $76B. At end of 2020, Tesla car is depreciated and may be worth about $60K. And at end of 2020, Tesla company is valued over $800Billion. Just imagine if one of you who bought Tesla car at start of year would have instead bought Tesla stock, your portfolio would have $800K and some change to buy Tesla car you always wanted (provided you had not sold it - more on this later). And imagine someone buying Tesla car back in 2009 vs buying Tesla stock at IPO price of $20. By some calculations they are driving "10 million$" Tesla (assuming they still kept those cars). So what's investing lesson from thi