S&P 500 blocks SpaceX entry SpaceX’s request to fast‑track into the S&P 500 was denied on June 4.[^1][^2][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8] The index’s manager, S&P Dow Jones Indices, kept the standard eligibility criteria inta…

The rule‑change proposal would have cut the seasoning period for new IPOs from twelve months to six, waived the investable‑weight‑factor (IWF) requirement, and dropped the profitability screen for MegaCap firms.[^3][^…

Why the index matters Passive funds that track the S&P 500 control roughly $7.5 trillion.[^7] When a company joins the index, those funds automatically buy its shares in proportion to the company’s weight. For SpaceX,…

Those dollars are not just a vanity metric. They represent a steady, low‑cost source of capital for companies that still need to fund massive AI‑compute projects. The decision keeps retirement‑savings plans and other …