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Retail investors build big dreams on small slices of SpaceX

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Individual investors eager for a piece of SpaceX’s mega IPO on Friday scrutinized their e-mail inboxes and brokerage accounts to see just how big a slice of the pie they received – while others went straight to the open market to scoop them up on day one.

From the start, SpaceX and its underwriters had determined to set aside as much as 30% of the shares sold to the ‌public in the IPO for ⁠retail investors. ⁠That meant that whipping up interest and buying orders from this group was crucial. Getting an allocation to the stock was competitive, and some retail investors just dived into the market to buy.

“I’m very happy with what I managed to get,” said Joseph Gutheinz, who retired from NASA as an investigator to practice law. Gutheinz did not think of trying to submit an IPO allocation request but managed to buy $100,000 of shares at $161 on Friday.

“It’s a great investment,” he said. “Win or lose, I’m happy to be invested at all.”

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Retail buying was one of the factors responsible for the pop in the price of SpaceX shares, which surged 19% on their first day of trading, said Art Hogan, investment strategist at B. Riley Wealth in Boston.


“This allocation to retail is far ⁠and away ‌the highest I’ve ever seen in my decades on Wall Street,” Hogan said. “It’s the latest, greatest shiny object for retail investors to get into right now.”
The deal became “the largest and most subscribed offering on our platform to date,” said a spokesman for SoFi, one of ⁠the retail brokerages involved in the selling group. The spokesman added that all individuals who met SoFi’s criteria received an allocation of the deal. Net buying of SpaceX shares accounted for about 4% of all single-stock retail turnover on Friday, totaling $453 million and running at 3.5 times the pace of runner-up Nvidia.

“Retail investors have shown up for SpaceX in a big way,” said Vanda Research, a firm that tracks the activity of self-directed individual investors and that spent much of Friday monitoring trading in the high-profile IPO. In the first 20 minutes of trading, SpaceX shares had vaulted to second place in the ranks of most actively purchased stocks by retail investors and by mid-afternoon was in first place, dwarfing its rivals, Vanda reported.

ALLOCATIONS FALL SHORT

Allocations, however, for some retail investors fell short of what they sought.

“Requested 250, received nothing,” ‌one of the rare disgruntled would-be investors reported on a Reddit chat devoted to figuring out who had received allocations. “Requested 555, got 10” and “requested 1,000, got 85,” other Reddit posters noted.

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SpaceX founder Elon Musk, whom the IPO has made the world’s first trillionaire, pledged in 2024 that if any of his still-private companies went public ⁠in the future, he intended to make sure that retail investors, especially holders of his other public company, Tesla, would have priority in accessing the new deal.

“Loyalty deserves loyalty,” he said in a post on X at the time.

Already, some fans of Musk and SpaceX are providing further signs of their commitment and conviction.

Clint Sorenson, chief investment officer of Ascentis Asset Management, told Reuters he offered all of his firm’s clients who had invested in SpaceX via private investment vehicles before the IPO the opportunity to hedge their exposure to the stock now that it is publicly traded. No one took him up on the idea, he said.

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“Everyone wants to keep holding and celebrating right now; no one wants to even think of hedging their risk because they believe in the story so much,” Sorenson said.

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• The fund posted returns of -0.22% (Institutional shares) and -0.28% (Investor A shares, without sales charge) for the first quarter of 2026.

• The main performance drivers were yield curve positioning and overweight holdings in

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One company planning to extract helium-3 from the moon is Interlune, based in Seattle. “We’ve spent the last four years developing, prototyping and testing technologies… We have a team of 30 people, and growing,” says Rob Meyerson, co-founder and chief executive. Meyerson was president of Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ rocket company between 2003 and 2018.

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Humacyte, Inc. (HUMA) Discusses V012 Study Top-Line Results for Engineered Vessel in Dialysis Access Transcript

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Humacyte, Inc. (HUMA) Discusses V012 Study Top-Line Results for Engineered Vessel in Dialysis Access June 15, 2026 5:00 PM EDT

Company Participants

Laura Niklason – Founder, President, CEO & Director
Shamik Parikh – Chief Medical Officer

Conference Call Participants

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Mohamad Anas Hussain
Bruce Jackson – The Benchmark Company, LLC, Research Division
Iseult McMahon – BTIG, LLC, Research Division
Swayampakula Ramakanth – H.C. Wainwright & Co, LLC, Research Division
Allison Bratzel – Piper Sandler & Co., Research Division

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Good evening, and welcome to the Humacyte Virtual Investor Event. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this call is being recorded, and a replay will be made available on the Humacyte website following the conclusion of the event. I’d now like to turn the call over to your host, Dr. Laura Niklason, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Humacyte. Please go ahead, Laura.

Laura Niklason
Founder, President, CEO & Director

Hi, everyone, and thank you so much for taking the time on a Monday evening to hear our presentation on our recent clinical results, top line results from our V012 study, which was — which evaluated Humacyte’s engineered vessel, the ATEV, in comparison to autogenous fistula for dialysis access. These are our typical disclaimers. What I’d like to start off with so that we’re not bearing the lead is that the V012 trial met its primary efficacy endpoint, which — at this interim analysis, which was the measurement of how many catheter-free days patients who got our vessel, the ATEV had as compared to patients who received a fistula.

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This primary — this interim analysis was done after the first 80 enrolled patients had reached at least 1 year of follow-up. The 80th patient reached 1 year in April of this year, and we received the top line results only very recently. There were — patients who received ATEV had 91

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Dubai International Airport Open Today as DXB Stays Operational, Travelers Urged to Check Flights First

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai International Airport is open today and operating, according to the airport’s official website and recent aviation updates, though passengers are still being urged to confirm individual flights before leaving for the terminal. The clearest picture from available public information is that DXB remains active and serving travelers rather than closed, with airlines and airport officials continuing to post travel guidance and flight-status information.

Dubai airport status

Dubai Airports’ official site directs travelers to find their flight status and review travel guidance, a sign that passenger operations are running and that the airport is maintaining normal public-facing services. A live flight-tracking page for DXB also shows the airport as an active major hub, reinforcing that operations are ongoing.

Recent travel reporting says Dubai International is fully open and that all terminals are serving arriving and departing passengers. The reporting also says check-in, security, immigration and baggage services are operating as usual, with no broad closure in place.

What travelers should do

Even when DXB is open, airline schedules can change quickly because of weather, air traffic, maintenance issues or regional disruptions. Dubai Airports’ public guidance and travel reporting both emphasize checking with the airline before heading to the airport.

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That advice matters most for connecting passengers and long-haul travelers, since one delay can affect several legs of a trip. Travelers should monitor airline apps, departure boards and official airport notices for the latest gate and timing updates.

Why the question is circulating

Search interest around Dubai International tends to rise when the region faces airspace disruptions or rumors of flight interruptions. Recent reporting in March said the airport had resumed service after a temporary suspension, and that passengers were being advised to verify schedules directly with airlines.

More recent updates, however, show a return to regular operations, with the airport’s website focused on flight status, visitor guidance and standard passenger services. That makes the answer for today straightforward: Dubai International Airport is open, and the current public-facing information points to normal operations.

Latest available signals

Dubai Airports’ official homepage includes travel guidance and flight-status links, which are typically used when an airport is accepting passengers and managing active traffic. Flight-tracking data likewise indicates that DXB remains a functioning international airport with live movement and scheduling information available to the public.

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The latest travel update cited in search results says the airport is “fully operational today” and that there are no closures or widespread disruptions in effect. While airline-level changes can still happen, the airport itself is open and serving passengers.

What this means for passengers

For people flying through Dubai today, the safest approach is to treat DXB as open but verify the flight itself before traveling. That applies especially to passengers with tight connections, family travel or international itineraries that depend on on-time departures.

If a carrier has altered a schedule, the airline will usually post the update before it appears at the airport. Travelers should use official airline channels first, then the airport’s flight-status tools, rather than relying on social posts or secondhand reports.

Background on DXB

Dubai International is one of the world’s busiest international airports and a central hub for travel across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Because of that scale, even small operational changes can affect millions of travelers and generate widespread online interest.

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That visibility is one reason routine operational updates can quickly become global headlines. When DXB is open, the airport generally continues to function as a high-volume transit point, with travelers using official tools to track departures, arrivals and service notices.

Bottom line for today

Dubai International Airport is open today, and the latest available public information indicates normal passenger operations. Travelers should still confirm their flight directly with the airline before heading to the airport because schedules can change even when the airport itself is fully operational.

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Microsoft Looks Cheap – The Cash Flow Says Otherwise (NASDAQ:MSFT)

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Microsoft: I Like This Price And I Like This Strategy More Than The Stock (NASDAQ:MSFT)

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