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Anna Macdonald

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Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

It seems to be the reverse now.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

Standard & Poor's, or S&P, who produced the S&P 500 index, they have made what I think is quite a mature decision in terms of they are not changing their rules just to allow fast track entry for SpaceX.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

or anthropic or open AI.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

So they are still thinking that, you know, things like seasoning, as in time spent as a listed company, they think things like profitability and float are important.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

Now, NASDAQ are waiting.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

So they are doing fast track.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

entry, but they are applying a weighting to it.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

So it's not like it's going to be, there's not going to be the kind of wall of passive money that you might have thought.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

So that means, yes, if you choose FTSE Russell, you're buying it.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

If you're getting SpaceX, if you choose NASDAQ over the next week or two, you're getting SpaceX.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

If you choose S&P 500, you're not.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

But I guess there's always been that argument that

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

Well, if you're buying the Nasdaq 100, you are buying the top 100 shares.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

You're automatically excluding some.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

If you're buying S&P 500, you're automatically buying those biggest qualifying 500 companies.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

So I suppose to some extent there always has been some kind of, there's some kind of choice there.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

But you're right, you are actively choosing to have exposure.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

Okay, right.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

Anna, I've got nine chairs.

Merryn Talks Money
The SpaceX IPO: Opportunity or Overvalued?

Have you got any?