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Comment by Ifkaluva

16 hours ago

Friendly reminder that SpaceX is going straight to the index—Elon agitated for it. The 401k of everybody in America is serving as a bailout fund for X and now cursor, and whatever other trash he hovers up

They are going straight to the Nasdaq. Most index investors are invested in the S&P 500

  • Nasdaq is an exchange. S&P 500 is an index.

    S&P 500 includes companies from multiple exchanges. Like Nvidia, which lists on Nasdaq.

    • Nasdaq 100…

      https://www.morningstar.com/funds/spacex-ipo-how-index-funds...

      > Nasdaq was the first to consider a rule change that would grant mega IPOs like SpaceX early admission to its flagship Nasdaq-100 index. The exchange and index provider began a consultation period in February to assess the viability of and industry response to a proposed “fast entry” rule. The change was approved on March 30 and will be effective on May 1.