SpaceX IPO drives one of Schwab's busiest trading days ever

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Charles Schwab experienced one of its five busiest trading days in its 55-year history as SpaceX made its stock-market debut last week. The surge came as SpaceX completed the largest initial public offering ever, drawing intense retail investor demand across major trading platforms. Schwab CEO Rick Wurster described the activity as pretty unbelievable, noting that investors may be responding to the chance to participate in innovation they can touch and feel. Schwab also handled around 140,000 client calls tied to the SpaceX debut, after reportedly expanding its IPO team 10-fold ahead of the listing. Retail access appeared to play a key role, as Schwab was listed in SpaceX's IPO prospectus alongside Robinhood, Fidelity, SoFi Technologies, and Morgan Stanley's E*Trade as platforms potentially offering shares to retail investors, with customers of those firms allocated at least one share in the IPO.

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Digital Finance & Tokenization▲ · 4 stocks
Charles Schwab Corp
SCHW
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Schwab experienced one of its busiest trading days ever due to retail demand for SpaceX IPO, driving trading volume and client calls.

Robinhood Markets Inc
HOOD
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Robinhood was listed as a platform offering retail access to SpaceX IPO, likely boosting trading activity.

SoFi Technologies Inc.
SOFI
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

SoFi Technologies was listed as a platform offering retail access to SpaceX IPO, likely driving user engagement.

Space Economy▲ · 1 stocks
Financials▲ · 1 stocks
Morgan Stanley
MS
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Morgan Stanley's E*Trade was named as a platform offering retail access to SpaceX IPO, potentially increasing trading volume.

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Off-coverage companies 1

E*TRADEPrivate▲ Positive
Demandrelevance

E*Trade was named as a platform offering retail access to SpaceX IPO, potentially increasing trading activity.

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