We Uncovered a Hidden Wealth Transfer in the SpaceX IPO. You're Holding the Bag.
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as posted by the channelSubmit your feedback to the S&P about this rule change at this link by tomorrow May 28:
Elon Musk wants a SpaceX IPO valuing the company at upwards of $1.75 trillion.
To get there, he got the rules changed so that index funds, with millions of Americans' retirement savings, are forced to buy in.
Retirees could take huge losses, while insiders cash out.
Credits:
Producer: Eric Gardner
Editor: Eric Schuman
Motion Graphics: Gerald Lane
Videographers: Jack Davis, Mariessa Smith, Evan Smith
Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya
Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens
Video Production Fellow: Astrid Dong
Supervising Producer: Sam Quigley
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