Skip to navigationSkip to main contentSkip to right columnADVERTISEMENTRudro ChakrabartiSun, June 28, 2026 at 11:45 PM GMT+2 10 min readSpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) priced its IPO (1) at $135 a share on June 12 and promptly went on a tear. Within four trading days, it climbed roughly two-thirds, touching $225 and a valuation near $3 trillion. Then it gave most of that back, sliding more than 30% to around $153, where it trades now — still roughly a $2 trillion company.None of that round trip had any bearing on what happened next in millions of retirement accounts. On June 18, just five trading days after the listing, SpaceX entered the CRSP US Total Market Index — the benchmark behind the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund (NYSEARCA:VTI), one of the most widely held funds in America and many other index funds.That's the part worth understanding, because it's about to happen two more times.Must ReadJeff Bezos backs a platform that lets anyone invest in rental homes for as little as $100 — here are 5 ways to build wealth like a landlord without actually being oneRobert Kiyosaki says this 1 asset will surge 400% in a year and begs investors not to miss this 'explosion'Millionaires under 43 hold only 25% of their wealth in stocks.