Musk Says Wise to Avoid Margin Loans During Macroeconomic Risks

Musk Says Wise to Avoid Margin Loans During Macroeconomic Risks
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks about new Autopilot features during a Tesla event in Palo Alto, Calif., on Oct. 14, 2015. Beck Diefenbach/Reuters
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Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said it was “generally wise” to avoid using margin loans on any company when there are macroeconomic risks involved, in response to a question on Twitter about the electric-vehicle maker’s stock performance.

“When there are macroeconomic risks, it is generally wise to avoid using margin loans on any company, as stocks may move in ways that are decoupled from their long-term potential,” Musk wrote on Twitter late on Thursday, without naming any companies.

The view comes as Musk’s bankers consider providing him with new margin loans, backed by Tesla’s stock, to replace some of the high-interest debt on his Twitter deal, as per a Bloomberg News report.

Musk closed the Twitter acquisition with $13 billion in loans from banks and a $33.5 billion equity commitment.