Tesla Will Issue $1.5 Billion in Debt So It Has a Shot in the Dark of Delivering Tons of Model 3s

As 1,800 net orders a day for the new Model 3 electric car pour into Tesla Inc. (TSLA) , Elon Musk's auto maker has ample demand to hit its ambitious 2018 production targets. To churn out cars at a rate of 500,000 per year, however, Musk will likely need to raise capital. "What people should absolutely have zero concern about is that Tesla will achieve a 10,000 unit production week by the end of next year," Musk told investors on the company's second quarter earnings call.  The Tesla founder acknowledged that the company is considering raising capital to reach that goal. "We're not at this point considering an equity raise," Musk told investors. "We are thinking about debt."  The cash would provide

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  Tesla Planning $1.5 Billion Bond Offering to Support Model 3

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  Tesla raising cash in push to get Model 3 to masses

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Jim Cramer Reveals 10 Stocks That Have Been Hammered Basically for No Good Reason

Here are some top thoughts from TheStreet's founder and Action Alerts PLUS portfolio manager Jim Cramer.  These 10 Stocks Are Survivors It played out as we said. We shook out the weak hands on Day One of the selloff, people gravitated to safer stocks on day two while other stocks still got hammered, and then yesterday, day three, we had the final regurgitation of the hottest stocks and today we get a calm and quiet rally. Of course, during the decline the bears came out of the woodwork to explain why they were so right to hate the market and you are a loser if you own stocks. We had the requisite old, graybeard hedge fund managers trash the market with their monthly letters. We had stentorian

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  Jim Cramer: I Want To Make Phone Calls From My Apple Watch

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  Jim Cramer Reveals Why Qualcomm Will Have to 'Pay Up' for NXP Semiconductors

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‘Nothing To See Here’ - Frackers Ignore Rising Well Decline Rates

The Permian basin is starting to see decline rates from shale wells accelerate, a trend that could be the result of too much drilling. Shale wells suffer from steep decline rates. A rush of output occurs at first, but almost immediately after the well