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SpaceX has to grow 60x in a decade to justify a $1.75 trillion valuation. It's an impossible bar | Fortune (fortune.com)
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[–] 50 points 3 months ago (13 children)

I can't wait for my 401k to lose a significant chunk of its value within the next 5 years because some chud at Fidelity needed to ride Elon to the moon. And also the AI crash.

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  • [–] 31 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    The S&P 500 rejected adding SpaceX though. So no worries from them but when AI crashes and burns so will your 401k.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    They didn't reject adding SpaceX, they simply said they would not change the rules to add it early, like the other indexes are. Those rules include a minimum time listed as a public company, a certain percentage of shares being floated to the public, and some profitability. I doubt SpaceX ever gets there.

    Some of those other AI companies might make it through the gauntlet, though, and be listed eventually.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    No idea how US pensions work..... But can't you change the funds?

    I sold the default fund and moved it into non US stuff.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Many employers offer to match the employee's contribution to their retirement fund up to a certain amount, but the employer gets to pick which funds are available. Anyone can open their own IRA (retirement fund) but they won't get that employer match.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Why would the employer care which funds are available though?

    Here, the employer picks the provider and default fund, but you can change it to anything the provider offers. (Although most don't)

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    So I thought I had that setup, but it so happens that I ended up with two 401ks at the exact same provider via two different companies, and there are different options between the employers.

    I don't see a particular pattern as to why one would be different from the other, but they are...

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Sorry, it's the same as you're describing. The employer doesn't decide which funds are available, the bank does. I'm thinking back to my last job and there were only about 10 funds to choose from, but I couldn't tell you who was responsible for limiting the options. The bank might have offered a "retirement benefits package" to the employer to simplify things. Not sure.

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