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by robjan 2140 days ago
$1TN is just the last price multiplied by the number of shares. The amount Tesla raised was just however much they earned from the original sale of stocks.
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Tesla can buy other companies with it's stock.

Facebook's stock is basically Mark's personal currency.

I understand that buying stock isn't straight up giving a company cash, but by pumping up its value, the shares the company is in control of are worth more. I also totally get how thinking people are this altruistic with investing is naive, and it's probably just fomo and short squeezes in a death spiral.