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SamuelTheThird

(1,317 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:29 PM 10 hrs ago

Experts sound alarm over Elon Musk's 'coup' that's 'about to rob your 401k'

Raw Story isn't always the best source, but this seems legit

https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-2676979515/

“The richest guy on the planet is about to rob your 401K,” warned content creator Zack Nelson, writing in a social media post Sunday on X to his nearly 1 million followers.

In a move that one of the United States’ largest unions warned “defies financial logic,” private index providers – the companies that decide what stocks go into major market indexes – have fast tracked SpaceX to be added to indexes like the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq-100, indexes that millions of Americans buy into via their retirement accounts.
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“The world's richest centi-billionaire oligarch used his power to change the rules, so he could dump his garbage company (which is cartoonishly overvalued, unprofitable, and incinerating cash) on retail investors, using trillions of dollars in retirement funds as exit liquidity, all in order to become the first trillionaire,” he wrote in a social media post on X.


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bucolic_frolic

(56,020 posts)
1. Rumors amongst YouTube gurus say the whole market is being propped up for the Space-X IPO
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:33 PM
9 hrs ago

All the big tech stocks have been rolling for weeks. Every day jump up and trend the rest of the day. No selling. Ever.

I don't doubt Musk is being coddled here.

yellow dahlia

(6,614 posts)
2. People need to read this. The alarms should indeed be blaring. Outrageous!!!
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:41 PM
9 hrs ago

There aren't enough WTF's in the world to cover this.

Is there anything anyone can do about this?

dickthegrouch

(4,693 posts)
3. Current S&P rules say an issue must have been public for a year before it can be included as part of the index.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 02:04 PM
9 hrs ago

So we have a little bit of time, assuming they don't just change the rules.
My advisor just told me his company (they're big) "doesn't like" the Space-X IPO for various reasons.
Which is encouraging.

LudwigPastorius

(15,098 posts)
4. One year requirement for the S&P is going to be cut to 6 months, and NASDAQ will allow...
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 03:08 PM
8 hrs ago

SpaceX to join the index after just 15 days.

Plenty of time for Musk to cash out ahead of a crash and move to a bunker in Argentina, like his buddy Thiel.

PatSeg

(53,701 posts)
6. Hey now
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 04:05 PM
7 hrs ago

What could be more important than Musk becoming a trillionaire?

This is absolute lunacy. What a ridiculous goal to set. Something is seriously wrong with our species?

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