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πŸ”½ SpaceX loses most of its IPO gains within days

SpaceX shares jumped from the IPO price to a peak of around $225, briefly pushing the company's valuation close to $3 trillion. Within days, the stock fell to $150 before recovering to roughly $162.

At its peak, SpaceX briefly reached a valuation of nearly $3 trillion, putting it above both Microsoft and Amazon despite being a much smaller business by revenue and profitability.
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For comparison:
β€’ Microsoft: $318B revenue, $125B profit
β€’ Amazon: $743B revenue, $91B profit
β€’ SpaceX: $19B revenue, -$9B profit
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Part of the explanation is structure. Only about 5% of SpaceX shares are publicly traded. The market price of that small float determines the valuation assigned to the remaining 95% held by Elon Musk, employees, and early investors.
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The recent acquisition of xAI has also raised concerns about debt and integration risk, adding pressure after the initial IPO excitement faded.
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There is a reason many IPOs follow a similar path: excitement first, fundamentals later. The chart has repeated often enough to become a pattern.


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The riskiest time to invest is when the market looks safest.

The safest time to invest is when the market looks riskiest.


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πŸ” Wendy's becomes the latest WallStreetBets favorite

Wendy's ($WEN) surged 42% in a single session, its biggest one-day gain since the rebound from the 2020 market crash.

The rally started after the company appointed Steven Cirulis, a former Potbelly executive, as CFO. But the scale of the move had more to do with market positioning than management changes.
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Just one day earlier, Wendy's had fallen to a 13-year low of $6.07, down nearly 40% over the past year after weak results that included a 5.5% decline in sales and a 42% drop in net income.
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At the same time, short interest reached a record 26%, creating conditions for a potential short squeeze. As the stock rose, short sellers were forced to buy shares back, adding more fuel to the rally.
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The stock also became the second most discussed name on WallStreetBets over the last 24 hours, drawing comparisons to the meme-stock frenzy that lifted GameStop and AMC in 2021.
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The difference this time is that Wendy's entered the rally with one of the highest short interests in its history.

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It’s going to be a loooong year for SpaceX

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🍏 Apple raises prices as the AI memory shortage gets worse

Apple has increased prices across 8 major products after surging memory chip costs, a problem CEO Tim Cook recently described as a "hundred-year flood."

The MacBook Air now starts at $1,299 (+$200), the MacBook Pro at $1,999 (+$300), while several iPads, iMacs, and Mac Studio models also received price increases of up to $1,300.
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The issue goes far beyond Apple.

AI data centers are consuming enormous amounts of DRAM and HBM memory, tightening global supply. More than 90% of the world's memory chips are produced by just Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron.
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As AI companies continue buying every available chip, consumer electronics makers are paying more for the same components and passing those costs on to customers.
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The AI boom is no longer affecting only AI companies.
It's starting to reshape the prices of everyday technology.

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❕ Morgan Stanley and Others Limit Withdrawals Amid Rising Redemptions

Morgan Stanley is restricting withdrawals from its $7 billion North Haven Private Income Fund after 11.6% of investors sought redemptions this quarter, up slightly from before.

The bank is fulfilling only about 43% of requests.

Apollo paused withdrawals from a large private credit fund after redemption requests hit $2.4 billion (16.8%), imposing a 5% quarterly cap.

Partners Group, with an $8.6 billion fund, limited withdrawals after requests surged to 9.8%, nearly double its limit. The Swiss firm’s shares fell 13% in Zurich.

Blackstone Mortgage Trust issued a $343 million loan tied to a June 9 default on a Chicago skyscraper. The 2018 loan included about $159 million in commercial mortgage-backed securities.

Redemption gates are often an early sign that stress is spreading through the financial system.


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πŸ€– US Limits Access to GPT-5.6

The Trump administration requires OpenAI to release GPT-5.6 gradually, offering it only to select corporate clients chosen by the government.

OpenAI’s staged rollout marks a shift from earlier open releases, reflecting increased government control over advanced AI models.

Anthropic must suspend access to its Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models for foreign nationals, including some employees without US passports, tightening AI export restrictions.

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πŸ“‰ $NFLX has crashed to 52-week lows.

Meanwhile:

πŸ–±325M subscribers in 2025 β†’ ~350M expected in 2026 -

πŸ–±Advertising revenue is scaling rapidly

πŸ–± Management just authorized an additional $25B share buyback

The market is acting like Netflix is broken.

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