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Doubt

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In case you haven’t heard, SpaceX is quite public now. The company’s IPO went off sensationally, and in its third day of trading it looks like it will be three-for-three making lifetime highs. One would think that this would electrify excitement about forthcoming IPOs, considering how smashingly this one went.

Which leads me to the topic of this post: a public entity called Fundrise Innovation whose symbol is VCX. Its philosophy is summed up neatly on its home page:

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