SpaceX in your index fund, explained
This article explores the mechanics of index funds and addresses concerns regarding the potential inclusion of volatile companies like SpaceX. It argues that index funds remain a stable investment strategy despite the inclusion of individual high-risk stocks.
Index funds are touted as one of the safest ways to invest. Rather than picking and choosing individual stocks, index funds let you bet on the market as a whole. So what happens when a company like SpaceX — a giant gamble, and, in my opinion, terribly overpriced — is fast-tracked into the Nasdaq-100? Does it suddenly threaten the stability of index funds based on the Nasdaq-100? Can a $1.77 trillion IPO crater the retirement funds of regular people who would ordinarily have no interest in investing in Elon Musk’s meme stock?
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