Ok, y’all…some good news! The S&P index told #SpaceX Karen and the #AI bros to suck socks until they show a profit. There will be no rules relaxed, no guardrails bent. They can meet the standards of the rest of the index, or they can fuck off back to their lairs.

Why does this matter? Everybody’s #retirement plan is tied to the S&P. Swift entry into the #SP500 would have triggered $14 billion of passive fund buying for SpaceX. #OpenAI could have gained more than $8 billion, and #Anthropic could have netted $4.6 billion from similar passive buying sprees triggered by their S&P 500 entries.

This is because $7.5 trillion in passively managed funds follow the S&P 500 by purchasing shares of companies according to their proportional representation in the S&P 500 index.

This is under the radar, but very good news. Now if we can get the other indices to do the same…
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/sp-500-blocks-fast-spacex-entry-wont-waive-rule-for-unprofitable-ai-firms/

#investment #money #stocks #indices #index

S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic

SpaceX won’t get easy access to billions of dollars from passive investors.

Ars Technica

@MissConstrue I got $5 that says Trump tries to override it somehow within, say, a month (really, I think about a week, but let's be generous with the terms of the bet).

Any takers?

@jmax @MissConstrue Have you checked the online betting platforms?

Also, about those betting platforms: Prediction Markets (where most are losers) by John Oliver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN4njIQcSR4

Prediction Markets: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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@MHowell
Wow! That was a wild ride. John Oliver on everything you never wanted to know about on-line gambling, sorry!, “prediction markets” in the US…

#predictionMarkets #gambling #USPol

@jmax @MissConstrue

@Su_G @MHowell @jmax

John Oliver is a national treasure who must be protected at all cost.