Tesla Bears and Bulls Duke It Out

Citron’s Andrew Left takes up Whitney Tilson on a $10K bet that Tesla won’t have a quarterly profit in 2019.

Michelle Celarier March 12, 2019

(Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg)

After losing money last year, Tesla short sellers are back — and ready to take on the supporters of Elon Musk’s electric carmaker.On Friday, former hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson dared Tesla fans to wager up to $10,000 that Tesla won’t report one profitable quarter

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