Wall Street Rewrites Index Rules to Fast-Track SpaceX Into Retirement Funds

Executive Briefing

• Targets $1.8 trillion valuation and $75 billion raise in what could be history's largest IPO
• Nasdaq and FTSE Russell adopt fast-entry rules allowing SpaceX index inclusion within 5–15 trading days
• Millions of 401(k) and pension holders could gain involuntary SpaceX exposure through index-tracking funds
• Reverses two decades of post-dot-com safeguards requiring profitability and trading history before index entry
• Critics call the rule changes a conflict of interest, with some labeling it outright market manipulation