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SPCX’s Launchpad

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Pretty much the only stock I ever want to see go up is SpaceX (SPCX). This week was huge for the company for two reasons: one, they had their first earnings release on Tuesday after the close, and two, starting yesterday almost a billion shares got “unlocked” for trading.

The general supposition was that the unlock would crush the stock price, but I offered the counter-intuitive idea that the stock would actually RALLY in the face of this release. It’s heartening to see that is what happening, although it hasn’t quite reclaimed its earnings day peak.

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