Episode summary
Dylan Jovine | This SpaceX IPO Could Crush the Mag 7
Summary
Dylan Jovine argues that a SpaceX IPO could pressure the broader market even for investors who never own SpaceX shares. His core point is that large fund managers will have to make room for a company he expects to enter the market as one of the most valuable in the world, which means selling something else to fund the purchase. In his view, that selling could fall on big liquid names in the Mag 7, especially in tech-heavy or S&P 500 portfolios.
He says Goldman Sachs noted mutual funds did not build extra cash ahead of major IPOs this year, unlike in past cycles. Jovine interprets that as a sign that managers may need to fund purchases by trimming existing holdings, or else they may leave the IPO to retail buyers at elevated valuations and wait for a pullback.
Jovine says he is not interested in buying SpaceX at the IPO price, preferring to wait for a better entry. He thinks the more interesting trade may be the ripple effect: if institutions sell Google, Amazon, Microsoft, or Meta to fund SpaceX, that could create temporary weakness and better buying opportunities in those names.
Key takeaways
- Dylan Jovine says a SpaceX IPO could force institutional investors to sell existing holdings, creating pressure in Mag 7 names.
- Jovine cites Goldman Sachs as saying mutual funds did not add the usual cash cushion ahead of major IPOs this year.
- Jovine is not buying SpaceX at the IPO price and prefers to wait for a lower entry point.
- He suggests Google, Amazon, Microsoft, or Meta could be sold to make room for SpaceX in large portfolios.
- Jovine sees a possible trading opportunity if SpaceX hype creates weakness in big-cap tech stocks.
Notable quotes
“how the SpaceX launch, the IPO, could actually hurt your portfolio whether you buy any of SpaceX or not”
“there are rules when you run tech funds about percentage exposures and concentrations and how you diversify your money”
“US mutual funds held more of their money in cash ahead of major IPOs in the past, but they hadn't done so this year”
“Look, I'm not buying SpaceX on the IPO. I have zero interest in that”
“we might even see weakness. This Space X tidal wave”
How the episode opens
Good morning. This is Dylan Joan with Behind the Markets. Happy Tuesday.
Today is Tuesday, May 5th, and today I'm going to talk about something that most other people I haven't seen really mentioned anywhere, but I've been actually thinking about it from the perspective of someone who worked on Wall Street. And it's really how the SpaceX launch, the IPO, could actually hurt your portfolio whether you buy any of SpaceX or not. And look, SpaceX is likely to enter the market as one of the top 10 most valuable companies out there.
And you know, when I think about it, think about a guy who runs money for T-roll price. Think about a guy who runs money. Let's say a mutual fund for Troll Price.
Now, this guy is running his money. He's got, let's say, 10 billion, $20 billion, and he's got to make some decisions. Percentage of that, let's say he runs a space and a science and a tech fund.
He's got to say to himself, I only have a certain amount of money, so I'm going to have to sell something to actually buy SpaceX. Right? This is the kind of thing that people are going to do.
They're going to analyze SpaceX. They're going to say, "Do I want to buy this? Second, they're going to ask themselves, "How much do I think I could buy?
Do I have enough cash on hand? And thirdly, they're going to say, "What could I sell to actually do this if I actually want to get involved in SpaceX? It's interesting.
Everybody who runs money on Wall Street is asking themselves the same question. What should I sell? Especially if they're in a technology fund.
But even if you're running an S&P 500 fund or even if you're putting money across a bunch of things, you'd have to make room for SpaceX.
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Topics
- spacex ipo
- mag 7 selling pressure
- mutual fund cash levels
- institutional portfolio reshuffling
- tech fund exposure
Companies and tickers mentioned
- AMZN
- GOOGL
- GOOG
- MSFT
- META
- GS
- SpaceX
- Amazon
- Microsoft
- Meta
- Goldman Sachs
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