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Nick Colas, co-founder of Data Take Research, said that while he believes the math doesn't add up for SpaceX's valuation compared to the level of investment into space tech company, investors are making the decision based on Elon Musk's track record of success. Colas said that the bet is that Musk can replicate his track record of bringing the public interesting technology, but that it's not based on any math people can 'rationally model.'

Former NASA Astronaut and International Space Station Commander Leroy Chiao said that Elon Musk has proven experts wrong about new technology and brought down the cost of going to space using SpaceX innovation like recovering booster rockets. With SpaceX trading for the first time, Chiao said that he wouldn't count Elon out to follow through on lofty promises to investors.

After months of waiting, SpaceX is now a public company. The stock climbed 31% above its offering price at at one point on the Nasdaq. Bloomberg's Yahaira Anand was there for opening bell and has more.

After months of waiting, SpaceX is now a public company. The stock climbed 31% above its offering price at at one point on the Nasdaq. Bloomberg's Yahaira Anand was there for opening bell and has more.

As Elon Musk is poised to be crowned the world's first trillionaire, Bloomberg's Max Chafkin and Ed Ludlow break down Musk's growing control of SpaceX, the possibility of a Tesla, SpaceX merger, and why investors will follow Musk to the Moon, despite mounting questions about governance and execution.

Interstellar Lab founder Barbara Belvisi joined Bloomberg Open Interest to explain why SpaceX's IPO could reshape the space economy. She reveals how greenhouse technology designed for Mars is already generating revenue on Earth, and why future space farms will do far more than grow food, serving as complete life-support systems that produce oxygen, recycle water, and enable long-term human habitation on the Moon and Mars.

Veteran short seller James Chanos says the SpaceX mega IPO is a troubling sign for the broader markets. He says "we're going to shatter" records this year when it comes to IPOs. He speaks to Tom Keene and Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Money."

Czech central bank Governor Ales Michl said he sees a stronger argument to raise interest rates in June to contain inflationary pressures. While the global cost pressures from the energy shock may abate, the Czech economy is also facing domestic risks that may require a tightening of monetary conditions, Michl told Bloomberg News in an interview a week before the rate meeting. "I think a June move now a real possibility" Michl said. "The case for a rate hike has strengthened."

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk kicked off a dual-listed Nasdaq bell ringing ceremony in both New York and Texas on Friday, with a livestream event where he addressed SpaceX employees.

Elon Musk said he only gave SpaceX a less than 10% chance of succeeding. He spoke from Starbase, Texas via livestream and addressed SpaceX employees.

On this episode of Stock Movers with Alexis Christoforous: - Adobe (ADBE) shares are on the move as the company reports today. It fell in premarket trading on Friday after the software maker said that CFO Dan Durn would be departing the company June 15. The news comes after the CEO announced he would resign earlier this year. - Lennar (LEN) shares are lower after its forecasts for new orders and deliveries trailed expectations, and as CEO Stuart Miller said the latest quarter was "defined by the same stubborn headwinds that have challenged the housing market for the past several years."  - SpaceX (SPCX) shares are pricing as it debuts today on the NASDAQ. Space stocks are up amid the IPO, including Rocket Labs (RKLB), EchoStar (SATS) and Redwire (RDW).

US consumer sentiment rose in early June for the first time in four months as the University of Michigan's preliminary sentiment index increased to 48.9 in June from a record low 44.8 in May. Joanne Hsu, director of University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers, provides background on the numbers.