To The Moon

Embattled electric vehicle start-up Lordstown Motorshas confirmed the Justice Department is investigating its business, including the SPAC deal that brought the company public last year and its reporting of vehicle preorders.The confirmation comes a week after the federal inquiry was first reported by The Wall Street Journal andconfirmed to CNBCby a person with knowledge of the investigation. It follows a probe by the Securities and Exchange Commission into the company and public comments made b

So, Apple is having a bad year, you say?With shares hitting an all-time high this week and the gap in performance narrowing over the past month, that conversation can now be put to rest.The uptick has coincided with reports Apple has boosted the production rate of its iPhones, instructing manufacturers to build 90 million iPhones this year, a 20% increase on the 75 million units it produced last year.The renewed optimism in all things Apple is not surprising to J.P. Morgan’s Samik Chatterjee. T