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The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF's heavy tech concentration could become a liability in an extended high-inflation environment.

<p>Semiconductors and U.S. equities at large benefited in a week dominated by the SpaceX IPO. Meanwhile, investors quietly increased their hedges in ultra-short bonds in ongoing, complex markets. </p>

Entrepreneur Elon Musk is savvy when it comes to maintaining control of his companies. He owns 46% of SpaceX.

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<p>SpaceX is going public on June 12 — nine days from now — at a valuation of approximately $1.75 trillion, which would make it the largest IPO in history. For ETF investors, the event is unavoidable: index rules will force an estimated $22–27 billion in automatic buying from funds tracking the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100. Here's which ETFs will hold SpaceX, when they'll buy, and what the IPO means for your portfolio.</p>

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

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, the index investing pioneer's ‌flagship exchange-traded product, became the first in ‌the history of ETFs to reach and exceed $1 trillion in assets, ​the investment firm confirmed on Wednesday. The Vanguard fund hit this milestone, the latest record in the remarkable ascent of exchange-traded funds, on Tuesday, less than 18 months after ‌overtaking State Street ⁠Investment Management's SPDR S&P 500 ETF in assets, as investors looking for broad market ⁠exposure also sought out the lowest-cost funds. VOO levies a management fee of only 0.03%, compared to 0.09% for ​the State ​Street fund, which now ​is third in the ‌three-way race between those two firms and BlackRock Inc..

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Investing.com -- Vanguard Group’s S&P 500-tracking ETF has become the first exchange-traded fund to surpass $1 trillion in assets. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:VOO) crossed the threshold after receiving $1.7 billion in inflows during the most recent session for which data is available, according to Bloomberg figures.

<p>The technology sector continues to see significant investor interest as ETF inflows and filings chase after the memory chip boom and the impending SpaceX IPO. Tune in to hear what the experts think about if these trends have lasting momentum and what investors need to watch for. </p>

<p>Japanese stocks are having their best year in decades, with the Nikkei 225 up 24% and <a href="https://www.etf.com/EWJ"><strong>EWJ</strong></a> delivering 41% over the past 12 months. Prime Minister Takaichi’s economic reforms, a GDP beat, and a weaker yen are fueling a rally that’s making U.S. markets look pedestrian by comparison.</p>

<p>The world's most valuable company reports Wednesday. Here's what's at stake for VOO, QQQ, and the AI trade.</p>

<p>Nvidia reports fiscal Q1 2027 earnings Wednesday after the close, with analysts expecting $79 billion in revenue. The result will ripple across <strong>QQQ</strong>, <strong>SMH</strong>, <strong>SOXX</strong>, and every other ETF with significant Nvidia exposure — and some have far more on the line than others.</p>

President Trump’s trading activity surged in the first quarter, totaling more than 3,700 transactions, according to recent financial disclosures. The disclosures, published by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics late last week, include millions of dollars in transactions relating to companies such as Nvidia, Alphabet and Amazon.

<p>Active fixed income continues to grow while passive equity investors may be biting off more than they care to chew in the coming months should SpaceX make it into benchmark indices post-IPO. Don’t miss this riveting <em>ETF Zoo </em>episode that covers everything from the Corgi cannon of ETF launches to the value of a cockroach portfolio in today’s markets. </p>