Elon Musk Has High Hopes for His Underground Tunnel
Musk claimed on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/BinoVT6Acpd/?taken-by=elonmusk) that his first underground tunnel in LA is "almost done," pending final regulatory approvals, and promised his Boring Company will initially offer free rides to the public. But investors have come to take the Tesla CEO's bold promises with a grain of salt.
Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content, hate speech on the site in general or billionaire owner Elon Musk’s own posts endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
The Energy Department is making a push to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain, announcing up to $3.5 billion for companies that produce batteries and the critical minerals that go into them.
Ed Egilinsky, managing director and head of sales and distribution & alternatives with Direxion, joined Cheddar News to discuss how bond traders are reacting to the latest consumer price index data and how they're positioning portfolios ahead of next week's release of Nvidia's earnings. Egilinsky also discussed some of the other bigger-cap companies, including Alphabet, Amazon and Apple.
