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The operator of the S&P 500 says it has decided not to change its guidelines for when very large “MegaCap” companies are eligible for inclusion into its bevy of stock indexes. In its announcement Thursday, S&P Dow Jones Indices said its index committee weighed responses received from a “wide range of market participants,” but ultimately decided not to make any changes to its criteria for determining when a company should be added to the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400, or S&P SmallCap 600 indexes. The committee also decided against creating exceptions to its guidelines solely based on market capitalization, or how the stock market gauges a company’s value.

The Dow Jones hit a new high while the Nasdaq tumbled as Broadcom and Ciena triggered AI and chip losses. SpaceX set an IPO price target.

SpaceX is gearing up for the biggest IPO in history. Here's why investors could end up owning Elon Musk's rocket giant — like it or not.

S&P Dow Jones Indices stated that it will not be changing its rules to fast-track SpaceX (SPAX.PVT) and other mega-IPOs into the S&P 500 index (^GSPC). Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman and Vanity Fair contributing editor Bethany McLean discuss SpaceX's valuation in the lead up to the space company's public launch a week from now. JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon hosted Elon Musk as part of SpaceX's (SPAX.PVT) pre-IPO roadshow, as the company sets its sights on an IPO price of $135 per share next Friday, June 12.

Several index-inclusion rule changes for the SpaceX initial public offering (IPO) can throw a monkey wrench into Wall Street's well-oiled machine.

Why the stock will be in your Nasdaq 100 fund but not your S&P 500 fund—and other quirks of the largest IPO ever.

S&P Dow Jones Indices rejected calls to fast track SpaceX and other upcoming megacap IPOs such as Anthropic and OpenAI into the S&P 500 index.

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SpaceX plans a June listing with 555.6 million shares priced at $135 each.

Newly implemented rule changes will allow SpaceX insiders to cash out at the expense of retail investors.

Stock market indexes are bending over backwards to cater to Elon Musk.

Broadcom and CrowdStrike fell late on earnings. The SpaceX IPO price target and size have been set with the offering next week.

SpaceX says it plans to raise up to $75 billion when it goes public this month, setting the stage for the largest-ever stock market debut and putting Elon Musk on course to becoming the world's first trillionaire. The company, formally known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., said Wednesday it will sell 555.6 million shares at $135 a piece. The offering would give SpaceX a market value of $1.77 trillion.

SpaceX is targeting a $1.75 trillion valuation in an IPO next week, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The Claude maker moves ahead of OpenAI as competition for AI capital intensifies.

Investors can expect volatility heading into the SpaceX IPO and after shares of Elon Musk’s rocket company start trading. Shares of Rocket Lab, AST, Intuitive Machines Firefly Aerospace and Redwire dropped an average of 11%.

Tesla stock rebounded early Tuesday as CEO Elon Musk reminded investors about where his EV company started and how far it’s come. The move came after Musk tweeted that Tesla’s IPO market cap was only 0.1% of its current market cap. The tweet also comes just ahead of SpaceX’s massive IPO, which is expected to raise a record amount of cash, and could value the rocket company at $2 trillion.

Yardeni expects strong retail demand for the AI-3 IPOs, noting that brokers have already begun inviting clients to participate in the SpaceX offering.

SpaceX just filed its S-1 ahead of what could be the largest IPO in history.

Wedbush analyst Dan Ives believes there is better than an 80% chance Tesla and SpaceX merger in 2027.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose Monday amid ongoing hopes for a U.S.-Iran deal. Nvidia stock jumped on a new chip.

The biggest IPO in history could force investors to make room for SpaceX just as the stock market rally faces new pressure.

Deutsche Bank chief global strategist Binky Chadha joins Yahoo Finance to explain how mega initial public offerings (IPOs) from Anthropic (ANTH.PVT), SpaceX (SPAX.PVT), and OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) could affect the broader markets (^DJI, ^GSPC, ^IXIC).

U. S. equity futures traded in a narrow range on Friday as investors monitored reports suggesting progress in negotiations aimed at extending the ceasefire between the United States and Iran.

It's key to consider your risk tolerance before making any decisions.

The technical Wall Street term for investors short-selling space stocks right now is “getting your face ripped off.” Shares of commercial space companies are on fire lately. Coming into Wednesday trading, shares of Rocket Lab and AST SpaceMobile to name two, were up 74% and 55%, respectively, over the past month, leaving them both up more than 380% over the past 12 months.

The pitch for ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF (NYSEARCA:XOVR) is simple. You cannot buy SpaceX shares on your brokerage app, but XOVR can, and the fund packages that exposure inside a normal ticker you trade like any other ETF. XOVR now holds ~$281 million in SpaceX, which works out to about 23% of the fund. Yet ... XOVR Promised Pre IPO SpaceX Upside, But It Is Down 2% YTD While the S&P 500 Is Up 9%

Wall Street is abuzz with next month's expected blockbuster debut of Elon Musk's rocket and satellite maker SpaceX, but few of the biggest IPOs in recent years have paid off for investors who bought in when the deals came to market. A Reuters analysis ‌of the 50 IPOs with the highest valuations in the past five years shows that investors would have been better off buying an S&P 500 ‌index fund about three-quarters of the time. An investor who bought each of the IPOs tracked ​by Reuters would be up an average of 27% through May 21.

Markets do not crash when investors are afraid. They crash when investors are convinced the rules have changed, when even the most cautious money managers find themselves crowded into the same trade because the alternative is missing the year. That is roughly where the US stock market sits in late ...

The prospect of blockbuster listings from SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI has excited stockpickers. The S&P 500’s AI-driven growth has thus far...