• Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 hours ago

    I’m confused. The IPO was $135 per share.

    I’m not confused about the drop. Most analysts said that was a bear price anyway, and it was based on a lot of outrageous promises and valuation of xAI and Starlink, neither of which is very strong right now.

    Essentially, Musk sold SpaceX the way he sells anything, making outrageous long-term promises that are unlikely to be realized, hence we don’t have a fleet of self-driving Tesla taxis already.

    The sooner SpaceX falls to a more realistic valuation, the safer it is for everyone whose pension funds depend on the Nasdaq-100.

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      5 hours ago

      135 was for the institutional investors that sponsored it. 150 was the opening price for the hoi-poloi.