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Shares of SpaceX appear ready to jump when they start trading on Friday after Elon Musk's company made history with a $75 billion IPO that instantly turned it into one of the biggest public companies in the world. Early indications of buying interest on Nasdaq pointed to a roughly 30% jump from the shares' offering price of $135. The stock is expected to officially start trading later Friday under the ticker SPCX. Campbell Harvey, Professor of Finance at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, breaks down why the SpaceX IPO could expose major flaws in index construction, passive fund buying and market structure, with a tiny float and accelerated benchmark inclusion set to intensify demand.

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said roughly 7 million barrels of daily oil and fuel shipments are flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, or about half of the volumes stranded at the start of the Iran war. Wright spoke Friday with Annmarie Hordern during the Bloomberg Energy Security Executive Briefing in Houston.

Stuart Kaiser, head of equity trading strategy at Citi, sees some market friction amid a "broad-based demand for capital" across initial public offerings, secondary stock sales and bonds markets.

Matt Kennedy, Senior IPO Market Strategist at Renaissance Capital, expects SpaceX to more than triple revenue in the next two years. He speaks before SpaceX begins trading for the first time on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

The anticipation for the record setting SpaceX initial public offering is building this morning at the Nasdaq. Executives have arrived along with Elon Musk's mother. Bloomberg's Yahaira Anand is there.

Stocks can continue climbing without a specific catalyst, despite recent volatility, as structural factors support higher valuations, according to HSBC Chief multi-asset strategist Max Kettner. "I don't think there needs to be a catalyst," said Kettner. He explained that we're in a world of structurally higher nominal growth, and structurally higher revenue growth, meaning if company margins don't change then earnings will continue to rise. Kettner joined Guy Johnson, Anna Edwards and Tom Mackenzie on "The Opening Trade."

"Not being invested is actually you're greatest risk," KKR Partner Alisa Wood tells Bloomberg's Anna Edwards and Tom Mackenzie. Wood spoke on 'Bloomberg: The Opening Trade'. This interview occurred on Tuesday, June 9.

If Switzerland votes to cap the population at 10 million inhabitants, this could severely impact labor-intensive sectors like restaurants, construction, and healthcare, as well as innovative sectors like scientific research and product development, all of which depend 'heavily' on foreign workers, says Rudolf Minsch, Chief Economist at Swiss business sector umbrella organization Economiesuisse. He spoke on 'The Pulse with Francine Lacqua' on Bloomberg TV.

Pierre Ferragu managing director at New Street Research, discusses the record-breaking SpaceX IPO, his growth and capex expectations for the company moving forward, and the "Musk premium" factored into its valuation.

James Wise, general partner at Balderton Capital, says the UK could soon have its first £100 billion tech company. Wise, who also serves as chair of the UK Government's Sovereign AI fund, says policymakers must work with investors to help British firms scale globally. He speaks to Bloomberg's Tom Mackenzie at London Tech Week.

The US and Iran are moving closer to signing an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that could potentially come as soon as Sunday with the Group of Seven world leaders set to meet next week. Abeer Abu Omar reports on Bloomberg Television.

John Waldron, Goldman Sachs president and chief operating officer discusses SpaceX's record IPO and whether markets can absorb two other possible big IPOs by the end of the year. "Capital markets are demonstrating a willingness to finance these extraordinary companies as we build out this AI infrastructure," he tells Bloomberg Television.