EX-BANKERS EXPLAIN: Investment Banking Mistakes To AVOID In Your First Year
Two veteran bankers share practical advice for first-year investment bankers and summer interns, stressing that finance is not about raw intellect but disciplined execution: get work done quickly, accurately and efficiently. They emphasize obsessive attention to detail—especially on external materials and valuations—because small errors can have outsized consequences on big deals and reputations. New hires should prioritize tasks by importance to avoid burnout, learn to check work repeatedly, and adapt to modern tools like AI while remaining vigilant for mistakes. The speakers draw on early-career mishaps to illustrate that early errors are common but avoidable with good habits and mentorship.
GMH Hotels: Why an Airline Just Bought a Hotel Company for $843 Million.
Norwegian Air announced a $843 million acquisition of Nordic Leisure Travel Group, the region’s largest package‑holiday operator, turning the low‑cost carrier into a vertically integrated travel conglomerate that now controls scheduled flights, charter services, tour operations and hotel assets. The deal’s financials...
Netflix Wades Into the M&A Game
Netflix, long famed for building its own content empire, is now courting acquisitions, marking a strategic pivot from its historic build‑instead‑of‑buy ethos. Industry observers note that the streamer has quietly examined Roku’s sale to Fox and, after losing the $83 billion Warner Bros....
SpaceX IPO Update: Google, Cursor, Other Valuations, Modeling Process, and AI Tools
The video updates the recent SpaceX IPO, noting that the stock now trades above $200 per share, pushing the market cap past $2.5 trillion. The host walks through recent deals—Google’s compute‑rental agreement and the Kuiper acquisition—showing how each could lift the...
SpaceX’s IPO and the Future of the Space Economy
The discussion centers on SpaceX’s landmark IPO, which opened at $150 per share and vaulted the company to a $2 trillion market value, briefly making Elon Musk the world’s first trillion‑dollar individual. Professor David Suh of Wharton breaks down the valuation,...
Matador Secondary Private Equity AG Listed on SIX Swiss Exchange – IPO 2026
Matador Secondary Private Equity AG marked a milestone today by debuting on the SIX Swiss Exchange, becoming the first secondary‑private‑equity vehicle to list on Switzerland’s primary market since 2005. The company framed the debut as a pivotal step in its...
Redefining Everyday Banking in Canada Through Strategic Growth and Digital Innovation
The video announces EQ’s strategic push to reshape everyday banking in Canada through digital innovation and acquisitions. It outlines the recent approval to acquire PC Financial, expanding its product suite from a simple savings product to credit cards, wealth services, and...
Mendell Helium Debuts on AIM as MDH, Accelerating Kansas Helium Production
Mendel Helium announced its debut on the London AIM market under the ticker MDH, signaling a strategic push to accelerate helium production from its Kansas assets, particularly the Fort Dodge complex. The listing is presented as a catalyst for greater...
SpaceX only Gets to This Valuation because It Is Run by Elon Musk
Shares of SpaceX surged in a volatile session to close at $201.80, briefly matching the valuation of some of the world’s largest tech firms and leaving the company with about a $2.6 trillion market cap. The rally is being driven...
RBC CEO on AI, Jobs, SpaceX IPO, US Trade, Energy Demand
Royal Bank of Canada’s chief executive painted a picture of a market in full risk‑on mode, highlighting the recent SpaceX IPO as a sign of investors’ hunger for high‑growth technology offerings. He noted that AI, hyperscale computing and memory shortages...
Dan Ives on US-Anthropic Talks, AI M&A, Open AI Losses
Dan Ives of Wedbush unpacked three intertwined storylines dominating the AI landscape: the escalating clash between Anthropic and the U.S. government, a wave of high‑profile AI‑centric mergers and acquisitions, and OpenAI’s staggering $34 billion spend that has blown its losses out...
Starlink Has 9 Million Customers and 5.5 Billion People Are Online. Do the Math
The conversation centered on SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO and the massive growth potential of its Starlink satellite internet service. Dan Kern highlighted the IPO’s opening price near $150, a roughly 6% gain, and discussed the likelihood of the company joining the...
China Gets LOCKED OUT of SpaceX and America’s Biggest IPOs (Ft. Ed Elson) | China Decode
The episode of China Decode examined how Chinese investors were excluded from the historic SpaceX IPO and how Washington’s expanding “Chinese military companies” list is reshaping cross‑border capital markets. SpaceX’s float raised about $86 billion, pricing at $135 per share and jumping...
SpaceX's $2 Trillion IPO, AI Job Losses & Why India Is Falling Behind | Voices From The Valley
The episode of Voices from the Valley centers on the ripple effects of SpaceX’s $2 trillion‑valuation IPO and the broader AI super‑cycle, featuring insights from Rackspace’s Gajin Kandaya and Unifor’s Umesh Sachdev on how enterprises can translate hype into production‑grade AI. Key...
Media Mergers Continue: Fox Buys ROKU for $22B
Fox Corporation announced a $22 billion acquisition of Roku, combining Fox’s news, sports and free‑ad‑supported streaming service Tubi with Roku’s hardware and the Roku Channel. The transaction values Roku at $160 per share and will be financed through cash on hand,...
VIRTUAL KEYNOTE Q&A with Drew Bernstein, MarcumAsia and MBP Global
In a virtual keynote Q&A, Drew Bernstein of MVP Global and Markham Asia dissected the evolving landscape for Asian micro‑cap companies seeking U.S. listings. He emphasized that recent NASDAQ rule revisions—raising minimum market‑cap thresholds to $15‑$25 million and granting discretionary delisting...
Muni Market Operating Efficiently: BofA's McQueen
Bank of America’s municipal‑market strategist Matt McQueen told Bloomberg that, despite two months of sharp front‑end rate volatility, the municipal bond market has remained surprisingly resilient. He noted that new issuance, especially for large infrastructure projects such as the Penn Station...
Empire of Trillions
SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO vaulted the company to roughly a $2 trillion market value and pushed Elon Musk’s stake above $1.3 trillion on paper, cementing him as the dominant controller with roughly 80% of voting power. Major institutional and strategic investors—from...
Neil Howe on the SpaceX IPO: Party Like It’s 1999? | Protect the Pile Episode 15
The episode of Protect the Pile was recorded on June 12, 2026, the day SpaceX went public. Host Patrick Kent and guests, including historian Neil Howe, used the IPO as a springboard to assess the broader market environment and the macro‑economic...
Musk Selling SpaceX Investors Promises and Poetry - Finance Lecturer
A Bayes Business School finance lecturer warned that SpaceX’s pitch to investors leans heavily on grand promises rather than detailed risk disclosures, questioning the company’s valuation breakdown between proven businesses like Starlink and speculative future ventures. She criticized the prospectus...
When to Sell Your SaaS Business: How to Get a 5x Better Offer
The video tackles the critical question of when SaaS founders should exit and how to secure offers that are dramatically higher than market averages. It argues that selling is often the most efficient way to monetize the value you’ve built,...
The Biggest IPO Bubble in History
Nasdaq has revised listing rules to allow a new class of privately held, high-profile companies—led by SpaceX and soon followed by OpenAI and Anthropic—to go public in ways that effectively ensure automatic demand from passive investors. Because index funds must...
Elon Musk’s Big Bet for SpaceX
SpaceX completed the largest initial public offering in history, making the company publicly traded for the first time. The IPO is positioned as a one‑off capital raise to fund Musk’s expansive roadmap, from lunar tourism to Mars colonization and even...
SpaceX's IPO Made Elon Musk a Trillionaire...Now What?│Equity Podcast
The Equity Tech Crunch podcast dissected SpaceX’s historic IPO, which debuted on Nasdaq at roughly $150 per share and vaulted the company’s valuation past $2 trillion, officially crowning Elon Musk as the world’s first trillionaire. The discussion highlighted that only about...
How Disruptive Will SpaceX IPO Be to AI Trade?
The video dissects SpaceX’s historic initial public offering, which opened at $150 per share and closed its first trading day up roughly 19%, propelling the company to a market value exceeding $2 trillion. Panelists diverge sharply: Jay Bella sees the debut...
SpaceX Listing Shatters Financial Records | This Is America
SpaceX completed the largest IPO in history, seeking roughly $75 billion with shares priced at $135 as it listed on the Nasdaq. The company reported $18.7 billion in revenue last year but remains unprofitable—losing $4.9 billion in 2025 and another...
'Elon Musk' Author Walter Isaacson on SpaceX IPO: We're Seeing the Beginning of a Whole New Country
In a recent interview, Walter Isaacson, author of “Elon Musk,” framed the pending SpaceX initial public offering as more than a financial event—it marks the birth of a distinct space‑based economy. Isaacson highlighted how SpaceX continuously uncovers revenue streams: Starlink’s 10,000‑satellite...
Bloomberg Surveillance 6/12/2026
Bloomberg Surveillance opened with the announcement that SpaceX is poised to launch the largest initial public offering in history, targeting $75 billion and propelling Elon Musk toward trillion‑dollar net‑worth status. The discussion framed the deal as a "war for capital,"...
Musk’s SpaceX Goes Public: What Makes This IPO Different | WSJ News
Wall Street watched as Elon Musk took SpaceX public on the Nasdaq, launching the largest initial public offering in history. The launch raised roughly $75 billion, pushing the company’s market value to about $1.77 trillion. The shares were priced at $135 each, roughly...
A Wave of Tech IPOs Is Sweeping Global Markets | FT #shorts
Three heavyweight tech firms—SpaceX (including X), OpenAI, and Anthropic—are preparing near-simultaneous IPOs this year that could each command trillion-dollar-plus valuations, aiming to lock up public capital for ambitious AI and space projects. SpaceX is going public to finance costly goals...
460: Leaf's CEO on Raising $13M Series B Led by Bayer
Leaf raised $13 million in a Series B round led by Bayer, bringing strategic corporate partners onto its cap table after years of avoiding such investors. CEO Bailey Stockdale said the timing and existing customer relationships made strategics a good...
Is SpaceX Coming for Your Portfolio?
SpaceX is set to IPO on the Nasdaq this Friday with expectations of a near-trillion-dollar market capitalization, potentially making it the largest public offering in history. The video warns that the massive capital demand for the IPO—estimated around $75 billion—will...
🚀 Stock Market Today Live: How To Trade The SpaceX IPO - LIVE at 4:10pm ET
In a live True Trading Group stream, founder and head trader Michael Edward outlined his approach to trading the highly anticipated SpaceX IPO, previewing both short-term tactics for the listing day and longer-term portfolio positioning. He framed tomorrow’s offering as...
LIVE: SpaceX Is LIVE $155, Biggest IPO In History As Elon Musk World's First Trillionaire
The live broadcast centered on the looming SpaceX IPO, touted as potentially the largest public offering ever and coinciding with the host’s 50th birthday. Hosts emphasized that the exact launch time remains unclear, noting that mega‑IPOs often open later in the...
The IPO Process Favors Banks | Bill Gurley
Bill Gurley takes aim at the traditional IPO model, arguing that it is fundamentally skewed toward investment banks. He contends that banks dictate the offering price and hand‑pick the initial shareholder base, creating a closed system that benefits a narrow...
Bonterra Energy CEO Talks Near-Term Outlook, Leverage Targets, and 2025 Refinancing
Bonterra Energy’s CEO outlined the company’s near‑term strategy, emphasizing a shift from its legacy Cardium focus to the higher‑return Charlie Lake and Montney formations. He highlighted a disciplined growth model that prioritizes capital efficiency, repeatable well results, and leveraging existing...
SpaceX IPO Draws Billions in Orders From Middle Eastern Funds
SpaceX’s upcoming IPO is generating unprecedented buzz, with the company aiming for a $135 share price that would value the launch‑rocket maker at roughly $1.8 trillion. The offering includes about $75 billion of new equity, of which 30 % is earmarked for retail...
Selling a Law Firm: What Buyers Actually Look For
The episode reframes traditional succession talk into proactive exit planning for law‑firm owners. Host Zach and advisor Tom Linfesty explain that a firm’s value now extends beyond the attorney’s name, and that planning should begin the moment the practice is...
SpaceX Launches Largest EVER IPO
SpaceX — presented in the clip as 'Space Odyssey' — kicked off what the presenter calls a record IPO roadshow seeking $75 billion in proceeds at an eye‑watering $1.77 trillion valuation, though the speaker predicts the listing may underperform initially....
SpaceX IPO Is a Referendum on Elon Musk, Says Appian CEO
Appian’s CEO framed a potential SpaceX IPO as a straight referendum on investor faith in Elon Musk, arguing that enthusiasm for the entrepreneur could drive speculative demand despite major uncertainty. Panelists warned the offering could siphon capital from AI and...
What Will SpaceX IPO Bring? #SpaceX #Trading #Stocks
SpaceX’s IPO, slated for tomorrow, is expected to draw a muted but positive market reaction despite frothy valuations—roughly $250 billion in orders for about $75 billion of stock, or nearly four times oversubscribed, with roughly 30% retail participation. Analysts warn...
Once Taboo, Now a $112B Bet on Secondary Markets | Term Sheet
What was once a taboo backroom trade has exploded into a roughly $112 billion U.S. venture secondaries market, where investors buy and sell private-company shares before IPOs—often off‑record and opaque. G Squared founder Larry Ashbrook describes turning early hustles in...
SpaceX IPO Situation Is Crazy
SpaceX’s planned IPO has prompted major index providers and brokerages to revamp longstanding rules so the company can be added to large-cap indices and attract heavy retail demand. NASDAQ and some others adopted faster inclusion and relaxed free-float requirements—allowing companies...
Tails, SpaceX Fails, Heads We Lose the Earth
May 2026 proved disastrous for the commercial launch sector, with a cascade of high‑profile failures – an air leak on the ISS Russian module, Starship’s 12th launch loss, Blue Origin’s New Glenn explosion, and ongoing issues at United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan....
Bullish on the IPO… But Here’s the Catch
Speakers say they expect the forthcoming SpaceX IPO to be successful and even higher in price a couple months post-listing, but they remain wary. They warn IPOs present the company’s best narrative and flag SpaceX’s AI initiatives as a risky,...
SpaceX Emergency Podcast: FOMO Is Not an Investment Strategy | Merryn Talks Money
Bloomberg’s emergency episode of “Merryn Talks Money” focused on the imminent SpaceX IPO, with host Marin Samos admitting she applied for shares despite warnings that fear‑of‑missing‑out (FOMO) is not a strategy. The hosts highlighted SpaceX’s market dominance—161 of 199 U.S. launches...
SpaceX IPO Said to Be Significantly Oversubscribed
SpaceX is poised for a historic initial public offering that appears to be dramatically oversubscribed, with demand estimated at more than a quarter‑trillion dollars. Bloomberg reports that the book for institutional investors will close at 4 p.m. ET, and the company...
VIRTUAL KEYNOTE Q&A with Scott Cacurak, CPA, Partner, & Robert McCabe, CPA, Partner, at TAAD LLP
In a Planet MicroCap virtual keynote, TAAD partners said the 2026 market feels steady but muted: deal volume and IPO activity remain below prior levels while many issuers are quietly preparing for transactions as investor confidence and capital raising slowly...
OpenAI and Anthropic: The Trillion Dollar IPO Race | DW News
OpenAI and Anthropic, two of the world’s biggest artificial‑intelligence firms, have each filed confidential registration statements to go public, launching a race to secure trillion‑dollar market capitalisations. Anthropic’s latest funding round pushed its valuation to the brink of $1 trillion, briefly outpacing...
OpenAI Confidentially Files for IPO as Tech Rivals Compete for Cash
OpenAI has submitted a confidential registration statement to the SEC, signaling a potential initial public offering before the close of 2024. The filing, while limited in detail, confirms the company’s intent to tap public markets after a series of massive...