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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.

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SpaceX stock is expected to begin trading in a few weeks.

EchoStar provides one of the few public market ways to get exposure to SpaceX before the IPO.

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SpaceX and OpenAI IPOs could ush the AI trade deeper into bubble territory as bonds raise the cost of waiting.

Equity Residential and AvalonBay’s $69 billion deal follows years of weak profits and slow to no rent growth.

Nvidia is positioned to be a quiet beneficiary of SpaceX's public market debut.

Guzman y Gomez, which once planned hundreds of U.S. locations, has permanently closed all American restaurants after struggling in the Chicago market.

Elon Musk-led commercial spaceflight giant SpaceX‘s IPO could become a problem for Tesla Inc. investors and shareholders as the market readies itself for the June IPO date. Muskonomy The upcoming IPO could take investors’ appetite away from Tesla and onto...

For many Americans, eating out has become a luxury. Some people have been trading down, while others have decided to eat at home more often. In my decades of covering restaurants, I've never seen a period where consumers have been hit by both high prices and a challenging economy. Even some ...

The episode aired in 1948, but the idea is strangely valid today, except that it’s Elon Musk squaring off with himself. SpaceX is on the cusp of its initial public offering, which will raise a record amount of money. SpaceX plans to offer a relatively large amount of its stock to smaller retail investors, the same ones who hold Tesla shares.

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 ...

It may be best for investors to wait until some of the excitement surrounding SpaceX fades before jumping in.

I’ve been reading SpaceX’s pre-IPO disclosures hunting for the buried sentence others skip. There’s a passage in the risk section that reads like a screenplay: foreign powers, orbital weapons, and a constellation of satellites already in someone’s targeting reticle. It sounds like science fiction. It’s real. Here is the actual language from the document: “The ... Buried Deep in SpaceX’s Pre-IPO Disclosures: A Threat to Starlink That Sounds Like Science Fiction

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

To launch the biggest offering ever, the space baron is drawing on his real power: everyday investors.

Fervo Energy a geothermal startup that made its public debut this month, is closer than many to fulfilling that promise. Its initial public offering was a success: Fervo’s shares are up 42% from its IPO price, with a market cap of $12.4 billion. Oklo, backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, and Amazon.com -backed X-Energy are each valued at around $11.5 billion.

IREN Limited (NASDAQ:IREN) is one of the 10 Best Stocks in Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Portfolio. On May 18, 2026, IREN Limited (NASDAQ:IREN) announced the acquisition of Awaken, a creative and media agency specializing in brand development for high-growth companies. Upon completion of the transaction, Awaken will cease all independent operations, and its team will integrate directly […]

Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Dario Amodei once sparred over how OpenAI could catch Google in AI. Now, the trio are preparing blockbuster flotations...

SpaceX issued a bold forecast in its S-1, but is it realistic?

Retail investors are rushing into some space-related trades, according to Vanda Research.

As part of the latest installment of Yahoo Finance's Options Playbook, BayCrest managing director David Boole explains the influence that mega-IPOs, the likes of SpaceX (SPAX.PVT), Anthropic (ANTH.PVT), and OpenAI (OPAI.PVT), are having on markets (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC), possible options trades, and proxy trades on other stocks like Elon Musk's Tesla (TSLA).

OpenAI is reportedly looking to file for an IPO. MSFT stock looks like a buy ahead of the AI startup's listing.

SoftBank shares surged over 30% in two days as OpenAI edges closer to a historic IPO. Here's what investors need to know before buying the stock.

Robert Frank’s CNBC segment on May 22, 2026, titled Elon Musk’s trillionaire march: Here’s what to know, laid out the arithmetic of how the SpaceX IPO could push Musk past a threshold no human has ever crossed. “Elon Musk is worth right now around $800 billion,” Frank said. “The SpaceX IPO likely to put him ... SpaceX IPO Could Make Elon Musk World’s First Trillionaire, Eclipsing Rockefeller’s Wealth Share

By Karen Roman The SEC just proposed its most significant restructure of public company regulation in over 20 years, increasing access to public markets and decreasing friction in the IPO […]

SpaceX’s historic IPO is drawing huge retail interest, but history shows mega IPOs often stumble after launch-day excitement fades. Valuation and hype may outweigh opportunity for now.

Trillion dollar companies are typically profitable. SpaceX lost about $5 billion in 2025, according to its IPO registration statement.

Private markets are in focus, with initial public offerings (IPOs) from Anthropic (ANTH.PVT), OpenAI (OPAI.PVT), and SpaceX (SPAX.PVT) on the horizon. Powers Advisory Group managing partner Matt Powers joins Yahoo Finance to explain why he says investors should wait to buy into these names.