funding, weecuring now turn to elon musk. tesla. is funding really secured are not> -- or not?> elon musk tweeting that he is considering taking tesla private. $420 of funding secured. >> going private would not make sense. ofthere is no mention financing at all. even though he tweeted it, it is not anywhere in the blog post that would allow people to see how this would be financed. there are a lot of? see here. >> the general thing that everyone is focused on is when mr. musk said funding secured, was funding secured. --we have not had any if you can't show that, this is a major negative for his stock. talkingone has been about the leveraged buyout. you can't do a leverage buyout of a company that is earning cash and is already quite indebted. and needs to spend more cash to keep growing. i don't understand the idea of what was suggested and the potential for them to go private. that is an incredibly large valuation to take in. and somehow taken to the private market. >> what a week for tesla. kathleen, joining us now, director of global fixed income. i want to begin with you.