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SpaceX is commanding attention across markets after its IPO broke records by virtually every measure. For investors asking whether this is still a buy, the calculus comes down to growth runway versus valuation discipline. At these levels, you are paying a premium for Elon Musk's orbital ambitions, and the market is pricing in execution that has yet to fully materialize on the balance sheet.
Shifting to fixed income, the debate between iShares' short-term corporate bond fund and Schwab's Treasury equivalent is a live one for income-focused investors heading into the back half of the year. The iShares vehicle carries a higher dividend yield, but that spread over Treasuries reflects credit risk, not free money. In a softening economy, that distinction matters considerably more than it did twelve months ago.
And in the eVTOL space, Joby Aviation is approaching a genuine regulatory inflection point. The company is close to FAA certification for its electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and at roughly nine dollars a share, the risk-reward is drawing serious attention. The question is whether the timeline holds, because in emerging transport categories, regulatory slippage can be brutal to a thesis.
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