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While SpaceX continues its stellar post-IPO debut performance, investors should also keep another IPO on their radar.

<body><p>STORY: Wall Street's main indexes ended mixed on Tuesday, with the Dow gaining just under two-thirds of a percent to notch its second straight record-high close... while the S&P 500 shed more than half a percent and the Nasdaq dropped more than one percent.</p><p>Shares of Elon Musk's SpaceX ended nearly 5% higher, paring earlier gains. For much of the session, the rocket and AI company's value was above that of Amazon, and it briefly surpassed Microsoft's valuation, as retail investors continued to pour into the stock after its record-breaking IPO.</p><p>But Amol Dhargalkar, chairman and managing partner at Chatham Financial, warned of several risks that could trigger volatility for SpaceX and other AI-related stocks.</p><p>"I think that's a really difficult position to be in as a retail investor, especially when you consider the fact that there is a lot of risk, not just in the business model, but these are names where the cash flows are likely far into the future. And we are not in a period of 0% or negative interest rates or even declining interest rates at this point. </p><p>There's a lot of question as to whether interest rates will continue to be flat or will they go up. And that can certainly be a meaningful drag on valuations of high growth companies, especially where that growth is out far into the future."</p><p>Investors will look for clues on where interest rates are headed when the Federal Reserve concludes its latest two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, with Kevin Warsh holding his first press conference as Fed chair.</p><p>Other stocks on the move included shares of Olin, which sank nearly 6% after the chemical producer said it would acquire Huntsman in an all-stock deal valued at more than $2.4 billion. Huntsman shares also fell as the offer stood at a discount to the stock's recent price.</p><p>:: Yum Brands</p><p>And shares of Yum Brands rose after the fast-food company said it would sell its Pizza Hut chain for $2.7 billion, against a backdrop of softer consumer spending across the fast-food industry.</p></body>
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The move builds on an already historic run. SpaceX priced its IPO at $135 per share on June 12, 2026, in what was the largest public offering in history, raising $75 billion initially. Underwriters exercised their greenshoe option on June 15, lifting total proceeds to $85.7 billion. Tuesday's close puts SPCX up roughly 50% from its IPO price in just four trading sessions, a pace that has rattled even the most seasoned market observers.
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Rocket Lab's prospects remain solid. The company continues to expand its launch and space systems businesses, while positioning itself as one of the top publicly traded pure-play space companies.
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Days after raising a record $85.7 billion in its IPO, SpaceX agreed to acquire AI coding startup Anysphere in a $60 billion stock deal, giving Elon Musk a foothold in one of AI’s fastest-growing software markets.
Moderna stock surged Tuesday after documents posted ahead of a key meeting suggested the FDA would likely approve its flu shot.
The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division approved Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion bid for Warner Bros.
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Netflix reportedly is interested in buying movie and TV series producer Lionsgate Studios. Lionsgate stock jumped on the news while Netflix stock slumped.
Databricks on Tuesday said it agreed to buy the startup Panther Labs, as the U.S. data analytics provider pushes deeper into the cybersecurity business. The acquisition, Databricks' third in this area, furthers its aim to compete with security management incumbents like CrowdStrike and Cisco's Splunk. Databricks declined to comment on the deal terms.
General Motors is seeing consumer preferences shift away from pickup trucks, full-size utility vehicles and its more gas-reliant vehicles following fuel price increases, GM’s North American chief Duncan Aldred said. Aldred cautioned that GM isn’t convinced that the shift will be permanent. It’s historically taken six months or more before high gas prices prompt buyers to consider more fuel-efficient vehicles.
Stocks were mixed at the open on Tuesday as Wall Street looked through lower oil prices and toward the start of the Federal Open Market Committee's June meeting. The Dow rose 315 points, or 0.6%. Any close higher would be a fresh record close for the Dow.
The S&P 500 index gained about 0.1%, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.3%.
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June 16 (Reuters) - The blue-chip Dow touched a fresh record high on Tuesday as oil prices slid further on optimism around a U.S.-Iran peace deal, while SpaceX surpassed Amazon's market value to
Federal unit secures renewal tied to Microsoft 365 services.
Markets are pausing after the S&P 500's best 3-day stretch in over a year, while SpaceX stock eyes a pass of Amazon by market cap
Investing.com -- Rackspace Technology (NASDAQ:RXT) shares rose 30% Tuesday after the company signed a definitive agreement with AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) for the phased deployment of 30 MW of AMD-based AI compute infrastructure.
Memory and storage chip companies surged on Monday, June 15, after the United States and Iran announced a peace agreement that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The rally didn't come about because the AI trade suddenly changed; it came about because the single biggest threat to it just got removed. ...
Retail investors have wasted no time jumping aboard the SpaceX rocketship.
Retail investors have wasted no time jumping aboard the SpaceX rocketship.
Elon Musk's SpaceX said on Tuesday it would acquire Anysphere, the software firm behind the popular AI coding agent Cursor, for $60 billion, in a bid to ramp up its presence in the enterprise AI market. The announcement comes just days after Musk took his rockets-to-AI company public in a blockbuster Nasdaq debut that valued the firm at more than $2 trillion and immediately made it one of the world's most valuable companies. SpaceX said it expects the merger to close during the third quarter of 2026.
June 16 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were subdued on Tuesday as investors switched focus to the first interest rate decision under new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh, while SpaceX
June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM26) are down -0.01%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM26) are up +0.01% this morning, taking a breather after a three-day rally, while investors turn their attention to the first Federal Reserve meeting under Kevin Warsh.