Sitting Out the SpaceX IPO? Why That’s Hard to Do: Explainer

Wall Street has been fixated on the stock market debut of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The rocket-and-AI company’s initial public offering on June 12 is set to be the largest in history.

For many regular investors whose main holdings tend to be in publicly traded securities, this will be the first opportunity to include SpaceX in their portfolios. Even those who would prefer to sit on the sidelines are likely to have some exposure. That’s because stock funds that track the Nasdaq-100 and other major indexes will be required to add SpaceX to their holdings. And due to recent ...