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SpaceX Joins Nasdaq-100 as Index Funds Force Musk Critics Into the Trade
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. entered the Nasdaq-100 on Monday, triggering an estimated 4.3 billion in forced buying from index funds -- including from the retirement accounts of investors who spent months trying to avoid Elon Musk's newest public company.
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Investopedia
· Jul 6, 2026
SpaceX Is About To Join the Nasdaq 100. Here’s How Much the Stock Is Expected To Move This Week
SpaceX Is About To Join the Nasdaq 100. Here’s How Much the Stock Is Expected To Move This Week
The Motley Fool
· Jun 29, 2026
Should You Buy SpaceX Stock Before It Gets Added to the Nasdaq-100?
The space stock could join the top index by next week.
NDTV
· Jul 7, 2026
SpaceX Joins Nasdaq 100 Days After Blockbuster IPO: Should You Buy, Sell Or Hold?
SpaceX made a strong debut on US exchanges, with shares opening at 150 apiece, an 11 premium to the IPO issue price of 135 per share.
Bloomberg
· Jul 7, 2026
SpaceX Joins Nasdaq 100; Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Soars on Buyout | Stock Movers
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Fiserv (FISV) is climbing as the Wall Street Journal reports big banks including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and PNC Financial Services Group have held preliminary discussions about a deal to acquire a network owned by the financial-technology company Fiserv. - Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (CRNC) is soaring after Vertex Pharmaceuticals agreed to buy Crinetics for 10 billion in cash to expand into endocrinology. - SpaceX (SPCX) is lower even though at least six brokers, including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, have started coverage of SpaceX with buy-equivalent ratings. SpaceX’s addition to the Nasdaq 100 should provide considerable support to the stock, considering the number of funds that track the tech-heavy benchmark. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Economic Times
· Jun 27, 2026
SpaceX joins Nasdaq 100, sparks passive buying wave
SpaceX joins Nasdaq 100, sparks passive buying wave
TechCrunch
· Jul 10, 2026
Don’t want to invest in Elon Musk? Two new ETFs explicitly exclude him
The new exchanged-traded funds exclude companies that are founded, controlled, or led by Elon Musk. That means no SpaceX or Tesla.
The Next Web
· Jul 7, 2026
SpaceX’s biggest bull sees a $10.5tn valuation. A famed bear bets on a crash
SpaceX just joined the Nasdaq 100. On the same day, one Wall Street analyst put a 10.5 trillion price tag on it. A famed investor put the odds of a crash at 90 per cent. SpaceX has plenty of admirers on Wall Street. None goes further than Raymond James analyst Brian Gesuale. He opened coverage [] This story continues at The Next Web
Mashable
· Jun 22, 2026
SpaceX stock price: Where it stands, what you need to know
Here's everything you need to know about SpaceX stock right now.
Quartz
· Jul 7, 2026
SpaceX joins the Nasdaq, giving millions of index fund investors exposure
Funds tracking the Nasdaq-100 must now buy SpaceX stock, but a small float limits its initial weight to around 1
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