The Uncomfortable Truth About the SpaceX IPO
6/10/20261 hr 10 min
SpaceX IPO news is dominating financial headlines, but should investors actually buy in? Brian Preston and Bo Hanson break down the valuation, IPO risks, stock market history, index fund concerns, Elon Musk’s growing influence, and what everyday investors should know before making emotional investing decisions. Learn how speculative investments fit into a long-term wealth-building strategy, why IPO excitement can create dangerous pricing distortions, and how the Financial Order of Operations helps investors stay disciplined when markets get euphoric. Jump start your journey with our FREE financial resources Reach your goals faster with our products Take the relationship to the next level: become a client Subscribe on YouTube for early access and go beyond the podcast Connect with us on social media for more content Bring confidence to your wealth building with simplified strategies from The Money Guy. Learn how to apply financial tactics that go beyond common sense and help you reach your money goals faster. Make your assets do the heavy lifting so you can quit worrying and start living a more fulfilled life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsBrian Preston· Host0:00
[gentle music] SpaceX.
Bo Hanson· Host0:07
Whoo.
Brian Preston· Host0:08
Everything you need to know.
Bo Hanson· Host0:09
Brian, I am so excited about this because it seems like the entire world is talking about this right now. It has, as some would say, entered into the zeitgeist.
Brian Preston· Host0:21
Um, it's fun being a human.
Bo Hanson· Host0:23
It, it's- And I think about- It is ...
Brian Preston· Host0:26
no, but, but, but he- hear me out on this. This, it's entertaining in some ways in the fact that they, you, you've, you hear that SpaceX is going IPO, and what... And, and look, this is, this has been out there for so long because you know that promises have been made to all the SpaceX employees.
Bo Hanson· Host0:42
Mm-hmm.
Brian Preston· Host0:43
"Hey, we don't overpay, but you're going to be fabulously-" It's gonna come ... "wealthy because-" It's gonna come.
Bo Hanson· Host0:48
It's gonna come ...
Brian Preston· Host0:48
"we're gonna take this thing public." You know, years have gone by, and then I started thinking about, you know, you can't make this stuff up, is that NASA announces that they're gonna partner with Bezos and Blue Origins to go to the moon.
Bo Hanson· Host1:01
Yeah.
Brian Preston· Host1:02
And then fast-forward, like, two or three weeks, Blue Origins, the plane- Doesn't work ... the, the, the rocket blows up on the launchpad, and you're like, "Oh my gosh, SpaceX is still going public." And then I, I think about, I, I'm having a call last Friday with my, my mom. My mom is, like, 79 years old, and about halfway through the call, she goes, "Brian, should I be buying some of the SpaceX?" I'm like, "What in the world?" [laughs] And then, and then I think about the fact that you, you start looking in