The Grandest Castle Ever Floated (and the Stocks to Profit From It)
Buried in the risk disclosures of what is shaping up to be the biggest initial public offering (IPO) in history sits a line no securities lawyer ever typed before. SpaceX tells prospective shareholders, in effect, that it exists so humanity can avoid the fate of the dinosaurs. SpaceX is offering 555,555,555 shares at $135 apiece, valuing Elon Musk’s rocket company near $1.75 trillion… more than 90 times last year’s revenue. Morningstar ran its own numbers and landed nearly a trillion dollars short of that figure. Steve Eisman, the money manager who famously shorted subprime, called the offering “a sci-fi story tailor-made for a sci-fi cult.” And Goldman Sachs, the lead underwriter, reportedly expects SpaceX’s AI revenue to grow a hundredfold within five years… Even Musk hasn’t promised that. The economist Burton Malkiel once sorted all of investing into two camps: stocks that rest on firm foundations of profits and cash flow, and stocks built as castles in the air, held aloft by belief. SpaceX may be the grandest castle ever floated. And the argument over whether it can stay aloft knocked the entire tech tape lower last week. But while everyone stares up at the castle, the foundations went on sale. Watch the full episode here. Also, be sure to subscribe to Being Exponential on X (formerly Twitter) for more exclusive content:
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