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Tilson Says Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) Short ‘One of the Biggest Mistakes of My Career’

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Whitney Tilson is the founder and Managing Partner of Kase Capital Management, which manages three value-oriented hedge funds. He is also the co-founder of Value Investor Insight, an investment newsletter, and the Value Investing Congress (50% off till 6/24/14 Discount Code: VALUEWALK  http://www.valueinvestingcongress.com/congress/register-now-partners/), a biannual investment conference. Tislon says that shorting Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) stocks was one of the biggest mistake of his career – He discusses this short, as well as his short in ZQK, which he decided to research before earnings and then when short – Tilson talks about how people are buying online, including his daughter who bought her prom shoes on Zappos. Below is the full interview on the topic.

Tilson Says Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) Short ‘One Of the Biggest Mistakes Of My Career’

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