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5 min readSpaceX's Historic IPO and a World Cup Betting Bonanza
The most anticipated IPO in market history is here: SpaceX began trading today with a $1.8 trillion valuation target, making it bigger than Tesla, Meta, and Berkshire Hathaway combined. Meanwhile, gambling companies expect 100,000 bets per minute during this year's World Cup, with $50 billion projected to be wagered globally. Here's what happened and why it matters.
The SpaceX IPO That Broke Wall Street's Brain
SpaceX's public offering is unlike anything Wall Street has ever seen. The company is targeting a $1.8 trillion market cap, which would equal the combined value of the 29 largest U.S. IPOs since 2000, adjusted for inflation. Elon Musk owns about 42% of SpaceX common stock, meaning at the current $135 share price, his net worth sits at roughly $970 billion. If shares pop on the first day, he could become the world's first trillionaire.
The bull case rests on believing Musk can replicate the Tesla story, where $1,000 invested at its 2010 IPO would be worth $400,000 today. SpaceX has evolved beyond rockets into an AI leader, data center builder, communications giant, and Mars colonization company. Its revenue is roughly $19 billion, giving it a price-to-sales multiple of nearly 100x — compared to the Nasdaq 100 average of 6.8x and Apple's 10x.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:28) **Opening & Left-Turn Bias Study** - Neil and Toby introduce the show and discuss a study finding humans have an innate counter-clockwise / left-turn bias that researchers cannot explain.
- 2 (04:00) **SpaceX IPO: The Biggest in History** - SpaceX begins trading with a target valuation of $1.8 trillion, making it the most anticipated IPO in market history.
- 3 (05:58) **The Bull Case for SpaceX** - Proponents argue SpaceX is worthy of its valuation by replicating the Tesla stock story and becoming the defining infrastructure company of the AI era.
- 4 (07:24) **The Bear Case for SpaceX** - Critics call it a "hopes and dreams IPO," citing $4 billion in quarterly losses and a valuation 50% above some analyst targets.
- 5 (08:08) **Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Payday & Employee Wealth** - Elon Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire, while 4,400 current and former employees are expected to become millionaires from the IPO.
- 6 (09:20) **NASDAQ Rule Change & Passive Buying** - The NASDAQ changed its listing rules to allow SpaceX into the NASDAQ 100 after just 15 trading days, triggering nearly $20 billion in automatic passive buying.
- 7 (11:24) **Dog of the Week: Every Other Stock** - The massive SpaceX IPO is sucking up all the oxygen, causing retail investors to sell other stocks and crypto to free up cash.
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Show Notes
#866: SpaceX’s much anticipated debut on the stock market is here and everyone is looking to cash in, especially retail investors who are moving stocks around to make room for the historic IPO. Prediction markets and sports gambling is gearing up for boom times as the World Cup kicks off. Jeff Bezos’s AI startup that builds things is revealed to be worth $41 billion. Finally, Trump cancels Iran strikes, DoorDash AI chatbot, and a weekend preview.
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