SpaceX’s Biggest IPO in History and Funding a $117K Life Change
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The episode discusses the implications of SpaceX's IPO and strategies for funding graduate school without income.
Learn what the AI IPO boom could do to reshape your index funds and how to fund years of grad school with no income. With SpaceX set to debut as the biggest IPO in history — and OpenAI and Anthropic filing to follow — what does this landmark moment in the markets actually mean for your portfolio? Senior news editor Rick VanderKnyff and investing writer Sam Taub join hosts Sean Pyles, CFP®, and Elizabeth Ayoola to break down the latest AI IPO news. They discuss what makes SpaceX's offering the largest public offering ever, what the historical track record of IPOs says about buying in at the opening price, and a quietly consequential change to index fund inclusion rules that could leave passive investors with a far bigger stake in mega-cap AI companies than they anticipated. They also explain what direct indexing is and how it could give you more control over what lands in your portfolio. How do you manage your money when you're leaving a career to spend up to three years in graduate school with no income? Sean and Elizabeth tackle a listener's detailed, multi-part question about funding a $117,000 occupational therapy doctorate. They explore whether a Roth IRA conversion could be…
People in this episode
Hosts: Sean Pyles, Elizabeth Ayoola
Guests: Rick VanderKnyff, Sam Taub
Topics covered
- AI IPO boom
- SpaceX IPO
- index funds
- graduate school funding
- Roth IRA conversion
- student loans
Keywords
- SpaceX IPO
- AI IPO
- index fund inclusion
- graduate school funding
- Roth IRA
- student loans
- occupational therapy doctorate
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Organizations: SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, One Big Beautiful Bill Act
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