"Aswath Damodaran is "the Dean of Valuation". He has been regarded as a definitive source on the best valuation techniques that investors can deploy to value companies and stocks precisely and wisely. Valuation is at the heart of any investment decision, whether that decision is buy, sell or...

This paper presents a detailed anatomy of the nearly sevenfold run-up in the price of Tesla stock between March 22, 2013 and February 26, 2014 with the goal of attempting to determine the role played by investor sentiment. Tesla offers a unique opportunity in this context because the run-up was...