In an unscientific Twitter poll conducted by Eric Balchunas, two-thirds of S&P 500 investors were against the early inclusion of new IPOs like SpaceX into the index.

OpenAI and Anthropic are other large companies that may have initial public offerings later in the year.

The Fidelity Contra Fund holds $8 billion worth of pre-IPO SpaceX stock.

The NASA ETF has seen its value increase by 55% since its launch.

Major stock indexes are in the process of changing their inclusion rules specifically for the SpaceX IPO and other potential mega-cap IPOs.

The space ETF category has grown fourfold in assets this year, from approximately $1.2 billion to $5 billion in four to five months.

Eric Balchunas estimates that after 6-7 months, half of SpaceX's $75 billion IPO float will be absorbed by active and passive funds benchmarked to the S&P 500.

Elon Musk acquired the stock ticker SPCX from Matt Tuttle for the upcoming SpaceX IPO.

Historically, a 60/40 stock/bond portfolio held for one month had a 64% chance of producing a positive return.

Buffer ETFs have grown to nearly $100 billion in assets under management.

Historically, a 60/40 stock/bond portfolio has had a 100% chance of a positive return when held for 10 years.

In the United States, 75% of all assets in the financial advisory industry are managed under a fee-based model.