The Cult of the Ultra-Wealthy with Ed Elson
SpaceX's proposed IPO valuation of nearly $2 trillion—later scaled down to $1.75 trillion—defies basic financial logic, with the company losing $5 billion last year and revenues growing just 15% while losses exploded by 700%. Despite this, Wall Street banks like Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, an
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