SpaceX’s First Earnings, S&P 500 Record: Markets, AI, Wayfair & Tax Moves


Preview SpaceX’s first earnings, S&P 500 record rally, Wayfair’s post-earnings surge, AI and capex implications, and AQR tax strategies shaping investor portfolios.

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Bloomberg ran a tidy wrinkle: SpaceX will file its first earnings since the June IPO just as the S&P 500 prints fresh all-time highs, and Northern Trust’s CIO Eric Freedman frames the rally against a possible deal in the Strait of Hormuz. That pairing matters because it forces investors to decide whether today’s euphoric price action reflects durable earnings gains or a market paying up right before a geopolitical shock. For anyone with money in custody or wealth platforms, this clip compresses the trade-off between headline risk and fee-driven asset growth into a single episode.