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When SpaceX Corp. (SPCX) went public on June 12, financial advisor Jeff Barnett got a call from a client. Had he bought shares for the portfolio? He had not. SpaceX came nowhere close to the client’s preset criteria on valuation and governance. The client listened, then asked: “Can we just buy 10 shares?”
Barnett got it done, reluctantly. He likened it to buying a lottery ticket the moment the jackpot hits $1 billion. Sure the odds are slim, but a small bet buys a share of the buzz… plus, it scratches that deep-down “what if” itch without putting the rest of the portfolio at risk.
That client understood that you do not need to pick the one winner in a young, fast-moving industry. You just need exposure to the field.
This week’s Being Exponential Q&A searches for that exposure in five separate corners of the market: Space communications, optics, semiconductor ETFs, neoclouds, and physical AI chips.
