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SpaceX becomes the second-ever unicorn company to reach a $100B valuation

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Re: SpaceX becomes the second-ever unicorn company to reach a $100B valuation

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It's such a shame this company is not traded publicly. I would be willing to risk a couple of thousand of euros and bet on them being successful in the long run. A company like this has nearly infinite potential for growth.

Your sentiment is probably why they don’t need to list. Plenty of more easily managed private investors available

Re: SpaceX becomes the second-ever unicorn company to reach a $100B valuation

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It's such a shame this company is not traded publicly. I would be willing to risk a couple of thousand of euros and bet on them being successful in the long run. A company like this has nearly infinite potential for growth.

Your sentiment is probably why they don’t need to list. Plenty of more easily managed private investors available

Given Elon’s history with the SEC, I wouldn’t expect that going public is high on his list of priorities.

Re: SpaceX becomes the second-ever unicorn company to reach a $100B valuation

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It's such a shame this company is not traded publicly. I would be willing to risk a couple of thousand of euros and bet on them being successful in the long run. A company like this has nearly infinite potential for growth.

> I would be willing to risk a couple of thousand of euros and bet on them being successful in the long run. A company like this has nearly infinite potential for growth.

Seems you are disregarding competition, regulations and lots of other unknown unknowns here. As for a hypothetical listing, the investors themselves are there to make back their investment. To do this, they sell 'some' of their shares for a profit.

If they were to list, I won't be surprised to see the stock being heavily manipulated by the institutional investors just to catch the retail traders out.

Re: SpaceX becomes the second-ever unicorn company to reach a $100B valuation

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It's such a shame this company is not traded publicly. I would be willing to risk a couple of thousand of euros and bet on them being successful in the long run. A company like this has nearly infinite potential for growth.

Being publicly traded means they're at the whim of short term investors.

Re: SpaceX becomes the second-ever unicorn company to reach a $100B valuation

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It's such a shame this company is not traded publicly. I would be willing to risk a couple of thousand of euros and bet on them being successful in the long run. A company like this has nearly infinite potential for growth.

Don't fix what ain't broke. The strategy SpaceX is presently using seems to be working well. Changing strategies now seems like a bad idea.

Re: SpaceX becomes the second-ever unicorn company to reach a $100B valuation

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It's such a shame this company is not traded publicly. I would be willing to risk a couple of thousand of euros and bet on them being successful in the long run. A company like this has nearly infinite potential for growth.

Being publicly traded means they're at the whim of short term investors.

Kinda... but Elon has a controlling class of shares that would maintain total control even after an IPO. Still a hassle and subject to shareholder lawsuits though.
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