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News Jun 13

Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO has investors sweating about 401(k)s — but Vanguard's CIO says the panic gets one thing wrong

As warnings spread that SpaceX will be force-fed into the index funds millions hold for retirement, Vanguard's investment chief realigns expectations.

Fidelity is among the 5 brokers preparing to launch Elon Musk's historic SpaceX IPO

News Jun 08

Fidelity's SpaceX 'flipping' rule sounds harsh — but at 15 days it's a shorter lock than Robinhood or SoFi

SpaceX named five brokers as direct routes to its IPO, and Fidelity sets the shortest selling window of them all — 15 days. Here's how they all stack up.

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News Jun 07

Fidelity slashed its SpaceX minimum to $2,000 for retail investors — but the fine print can ban you from IPOs for life

Selling in the first 15 calendar days makes you a 'flipper,' and further strikes escalate to a permanent ban tied to your SSN.

Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO is set to make history as the largest IPO.

News Jun 01

SpaceX IPO could hit popular index funds — and your 401(k) — in as little as 5 trading days as indexes relax their rules

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News May 31

Trump praised IBM's 'legend' CEO, government floated a $1B quantum award — is the stock still a 'very nice price'?

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'Rockets are hard': Elon Musk responds to Jeff Bezos' rocket explosion as his own SpaceX glides to a $1.8T IPO

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a hot-fire test, and Elon Musk had some thoughts about it as SpaceX heads toward what could be the biggest IPO yet.

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News May 31

Dell exploded 255% since Trump told Americans to 'buy a Dell' — and his account held it before a $9.7B Pentagon deal

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A photo of Nancy Pelosi

News May 25

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News May 24

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Trump, RFK Jr., Dr. Oz

News May 23

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A photo of Donald Trump wearing a yellow tie

News May 18

Trump's 25% cut on Nvidia chips sold to China backfired — Beijing won't approve a single H200 purchase, costs Huang $30B

Donald Trump says Beijing has refused to approve purchases of Nvidia's H200 AI chips "they want to develop their own."

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News May 17

Eric Trump says family assets invested in 'broad market indexes' — Trump's own disclosure lists 3,642 individual trades

New federal filings show the president executed thousands of stock transactions in the first three months of 2026 — including purchases whose timing critics say coincided with his administration's regulatory decisions.

A photo of speaker Mike Johnson

Investing May 17

Mike Johnson says lawmakers' $174K+ salaries haven't kept up with inflation — they need stock trading for support

A year-old clip of the Speaker resurfaced this week — the same day ethics filings revealed President Trump's Q1 stock trades. A bipartisan discharge petition to ban congressional stock trading sits stalled.

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News May 10

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President Donald Trump and Dell CEO Michael Dell at the White House.

News May 10

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