Are Index Funds Making the Market “Irrational”?

Matt, Rachel, and Jon talk about SK Hynix’s upcoming U.S. IPO, explaining what high-bandwidth memory is and which companies could potentially benefit from the company’s IPO proceeds. The Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing team then tackles two questions from the mailbag. The first relates to SpaceX and ETFs. The second talks about how ETFs and index funds have potentially changed the structure of the stock market.

Jon Quast, Matt Frankel, and Rachel Warren discuss:

-High bandwidth memory for AI

-SK Hynix’s U.S. IPO

-What happens with ETFs when companies go public?

-How ETFs and Index Funds influence markets

-Rational vs irrational stock prices

Companies discussed: SK Hynix (SKHY), Micron (MU), Samsung, Nvidia (NVDA), ASML (ASML), Lam Research (LRCX), Applied Materials (AMAT), Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX), ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF (XOVR), Fundrise Innovation Fund (VCX)

Host: Jon Quast

Guests: Matt Frankel, Rachel Warren

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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