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Anna Macdonald

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Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

But remember, we were also on, I don't know, the 35th consecutive announcement of the Strait of Hormuz opening up.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

And there was just that general feeling of market nerves, I think.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

Where we saw most of the action in terms of individual shares might not surprise you, as a lot of it was in Tesla and Nvidia.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

And then, of course, there was good old strategy, Inc., which you'll know well from with what we've seen in terms of cryptocurrency.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

And I'd rather sell a kidney than sell a Bitcoin.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

So I think that could have also been slightly higher risk clients thinking, well, I'm not quite, you know, making it, making it, taking a view on that.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

And then in terms of.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

funds and the active funds, I mean, maybe not a surprise as well, a bit of selling down of Bailey Gifford American, you know, that maybe makes a bit of sense.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

And then some just general global equity that hasn't been performing very well, interestingly enough.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

So some of those big names that we know that have been not doing so brilliantly.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

Well, I mean, we've very much tried... And other impossible questions.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

We've very much tried to get investors to think about, you know, have your core, your sort of...

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

your bastions, whether that's a, you know, could be a tracker fund, it could be a global fund that you really like, it could be something in the UK, something in Europe, something in emerging markets.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

Have that as your kind of base, your core, and then have your satellites can be the bits that really interest you.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

And I know it sounds dreadfully dull, probably, to say it like that, but I do think that you should think about...

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

companies like this that, you know, it is a pretty, you know, this is a very unusual company.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

This is, it's coming at a very, it's coming at, as you've talked about, a valuation that is, it has definitely, you know, raised some eyebrows, but other people feel very comfortable with it.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

And it's coming at, you know, there's a very small amount floating, initially a free float, as in the number of shares that you can buy.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

So it's very small,

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

So it's not really a surprise that it's very exciting for people.