Today's Post - https://bahnsen.co/49T1HsR
David Bahnsen returns Dividend Cafe to its normal market focus and records Thursday to avoid being influenced by SpaceX’s anticipated IPO trading. He discloses he and some clients own SpaceX via an SPV and will be locked up for a year, after which he expects to sell. Using SpaceX’s planned $75B raise with a very small public float and huge valuation, plus prospective trillion-dollar IPOs from Anthropic and OpenAI, he argues public markets face unprecedented IPO valuation “indigestion.” He challenges the belief that IPOs are easy money driven by hype, limited supply, or forced index buying, citing history of large drawdowns after major IPOs and warning about post-lockup selling. He also notes private-company markups boosting reported earnings at mega-cap tech firms. His central message: IPO mania distracts from fundamentals and ignores risk-reward symmetry; “free money” doesn’t exist, and disciplined long-term investing matters.
00:00 Welcome Back Update
00:42 Why Record Early
02:18 SpaceX IPO Setup
05:00 Valuation Shockwave
08:00 IPO Pop Myth
09:38 Index Inclusion Hype
12:02 Hidden Earnings Impact
13:31 Ask Better Questions
17:16 Private To Public Shift
19:34 No Such Thing Free Money
20:47 Discipline And Wrap Up
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