SpaceX IPO Exposed Wall Street’s New Playbook, Says Mike Green

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The SpaceX IPO revealed that Wall Street may be using index demand, passive flows, and speculative leverage to turn retail enthusiasm into liquidity for insiders, according to Mike Green, Chief Strategist at Simplify Asset Management. Green argued the deal was an unbelievably successful IPO for everyone except small retail investors who bought near the peak around $200, with shares now trading about 7% below the first-day close of $160. He highlighted that Nasdaq granted SpaceX early entry into the Nasdaq-100 index after just 15 days, bypassing the usual three-month waiting period, and that the stock was also included early in the Russell 1000, while S&P made no special exceptions. Green warned that index funds are now being used as tools to facilitate insider exits, and that innovations like perpetual futures with extreme leverage synthetically increase demand, ultimately benefiting insiders rather than investors. He noted that the shift to passive investing appears to be adding close to 18% a year to US equity markets, but cautioned that this is not true investing and could eventually lead to significant pain.

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Nasdaq granted SpaceX early Nasdaq-100 inclusion, which is a regulatory/policy decision that could be seen as positive for Nasdaq's index business but also raises concerns about favoritism.

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