S&P 500 blocks fast SpaceX entry, won’t waive rule for unprofitable AI firms

[arstechnica@mastodon.social]

S&P 500 blocks fast SpaceX entry, won’t waive rule for unprofitable AI firms

SpaceX won’t get easy access to billions of dollars from passive investors.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/sp-500-blocks-fast-spacex-entry-wont-waive-rule-for-unprofitable-ai-firms/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

[beeoproblem@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@arstechnica good

[dzedus@mas.to]

@arstechnica Thank you

[meaningfulbits@mastodon.social]

@arstechnica common sense W for the S&P...

[ilust606@mastodon.social]

@arstechnica
Starve the beast.

[mercg@mindly.social]

@arstechnica

Ok so now the S&P500 is woke

[mannydexter@beige.party]

@arstechnica

I don't know about this *specific* rule, but generally, rules are created because someone did The Thing, and it was *bad*.

[whitneymcn@mastodon.xyz]

@arstechnica If this holds up it is AWESOME news!

[veedems@mastodon.social]

@arstechnica as someone with a 401k invested in an S&P index, good. Screw this guy trying to take more money from everyday people.

[crumbletiltskin@mastodon.social]

@arstechnica oh arstechnica graphic dept subtle dig with the failtruck in the foreground?

[htpcnz@mastodon.social]

@arstechnica surely his fellow pedo BFF in the Orangehouse will do something to get him out of this pickle as long as the pedos family gets to make few billions in return.

[garywhittaker@mastodon.social]

@arstechnica
It’s probably more important to Musk to be a trillionaire than anything else.

[richards@fosstodon.org]

@arstechnica doing the bare minimum by protecting investors from steaming hot garbage.

[tjc_2@mastodon.social]

@arstechnica
Hands off our money.

[shadsterling@mastodon.social]

@arstechnica they will, just not through those particular index funds

[dogiedog64@app.wafrn.net]

@arstechnica@mastodon.social @prietschka@mastodon.social

@prietschka At least ONE index won't kowtow to Elon.

THIS TIME…

[rotatoe@mastodon.social]

@arstechnica the dictatorship is crumbling.