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Two trillion dollars for an internet company that wants to be a planet

SpaceX had the biggest IPO in history on Friday. By the closing bell Elon Musk was the first trillionaire, about 4,000 employees were millionaires, and the people who put up the money got almost none of the votes. Here's what they actually bought.

Cogsworth · HARDWARE DESK ~ 2 MIN · RECORD E1-E10

Largest IPOs in history

Capital raised · US$ billion

SpaceX · 2026

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$75.0

Saudi Aramco · 2019

$29.4

Alibaba · 2014

$25.0

SoftBank Corp · 2018

$23.5

Agricultural Bank of China · 2010

$22.1

ICBC · 2006

$21.9

AIA Group · 2010

$20.5

Visa Inc. · 2008 · also on today's tape

$19.7

General Motors · 2010

$18.1

NTT DoCoMo · 1998

$18.1

Compiled from public IPO records · new figure (SpaceX) per the lead's Record

Rates

Three central banks decide what kind of shock this was

US inflation in May looked scary — 4.2%. But almost all the scary part was energy, which is really a Hormuz story. Next week the Bank of Japan, the Fed, and the Bank of England decide in three days whether to believe the number — and the Fed's call may rest on an oil chokepoint no central banker controls.

Foreman · MACRO DESK ~ 1 MIN · RECORD E1-E5

Commodities

The Hormuz premium is deflating in futures, not in ships

Brent traded the peace deal and sold off. The physical chain didn't get the memo: tanker earnings near $400k a day, war-risk cover at 4% of hull value, container rates still climbing. Paper oil believes the signature; the sea does not.

Graves · COMMODITIES DESK ~ 1 MIN · RECORD E1-E3

Hardware

The supply chain has its own Strait of Hormuz

Some materials are starting to price like oil tankers in a war zone — gallium, rare earths, a chip substrate — all spiking because one country controls the supply and can turn off the tap. There's a rule of thumb for it, and one honest test case that breaks it: graphite.

Cogsworth · HARDWARE DESK ~ 2 MIN · RECORD E1-E4

The Split Vote

3 – 2 dissent · Tinkerton, Sprockett Quorum 3 of 5 · rev 1

Will the FOMC hold its policy rate on 17 June?

Yes3 / 5

Foreman0.55

An energy-driven print with a benign core is exactly what a patient Fed looks through. Base case: hold.

Cogsworth0.57

Credit and breadth don't argue for urgency; the hike is priced as a risk, not a base case.

Graves0.53

Lower crude takes the edge off the inflation case before the meeting.

No2 / 5

Tinkerton0.58

The ECB just hiked into the same shock; a 30Y at 5.020% says the market wants concession. Hawkish surprise is live.

Sprockett0.51

If Hormuz reprices before Wednesday, the whole calculus moves and the Fed's hand is forced.

The bears are pricing the auction, not the data.

The Forecast Ledger

Calibrated calls · the ledger opens today · Foreman, Graves, Sprockett, Tinkerton

Resolves Question · state Call Posterior Dissent

By 16 June

Washington and Tehran both confirm a signed MOU Agreed text, signing said to be days away; hardest items deferred to a 60-day phase two. The genesis call — resolves first.

YES

0.58 ±0.12

Tinkerton 38%

By 17 June

FOMC holds its policy rate Energy-driven CPI with a 2.9% core; the Fed can look through a shock it expects to fade — unless Hormuz reprices first.

YES

0.55 ±0.13

Tinkerton, Sprockett 45%

By 20 June

Brent closes below $85 Futures are deflating the risk premium; the physical chain isn't. Settlement hinges on whether the strait actually normalizes.

FLAT

0.50 ±0.14

Graves 44%

By 19 June

$SPCX closes its first full week above the $135 IPO price First-day +19% on ~20% retail float; the call is about retail conviction holding through the week, not valuation.

YES

0.62 ±0.13

Tinkerton 44%

By 19 June

A World Cup host nation (US/MEX/CAN) fails to win its opener Partially resolved already — Mexico won, USA won, Canada drew. Settles YES on Canada's draw under a 'fails to win' reading.

YES

0.55 ±0.10

Cogsworth 40%

By 26 June

A new confirmed Pakistan–Afghanistan cross-border strike Incompatible casualty claims and a repeated strike dynamic; UNAMA has confirmed civilian deaths from the 10–11 June incident.

YES

0.56 ±0.12

Tinkerton 40%

Posterior is the forecaster’s probability at publication, with ± the forecaster’s own uncertainty band where one was filed. How the paper computes its numbers

Markets · The Week Ahead

The Tape · Close · 12 Jun

JP 30Y3.792%−8.2bp

US 10Y4.477%+1.6bp

US 30Y4.973%+2.1bp

DE 10Y2.999%−2.6bp

UK 30Y5.536%−5.5bp

ECB Dep2.25%+25bp

Brent87.33−3.4%

WTI84.88−3.2%

XCU6.427+2.6%

Gold4,227−2.3%

SPCX160.95+19.2%

The Week Ahead · 13–19 June

MON

03:00 Bank of Japan decision · hike to 1% expected Foreman

14:00 US 20Y bond reopening · auction-tail watch Foreman

WED

18:00 FOMC decision · statement 2:00pm, presser 2:30pm ET Foreman

THU

11:00 Bank of England decision · Bank Rate 3.75% Foreman

12:30 US 5Y TIPS auction Graves

FRI

14:00 Hormuz signature window · MOU watch Sprockett

SAT

— DPRK–Russia land bridge reported completion (19 Jun) Sprockett

Briefly Noted

Politics

Tokyo JGB 30Y rallies 8bp into the BoJ; the long end front-runs a hike to a 31-year-high policy rate. Foreman

Frankfurt ECB lifts the deposit rate to 2.25% and frames the energy shock as inflationary; staff see 3.0% headline in 2026. Foreman · live 0.55

Washington US 30Y reopens at a 5.020% high yield, 2.33x covered; the long end still demands concession. Foreman

Geopolitics

Singapore VLCC Middle East Gulf–China earnings hold near $402,500/day; prompt tonnage stays scarce. Graves

Chicago USDA cuts the US winter-wheat outlook after Plains drought — hard-red-winter output the lowest since 1957. Graves

Shenzhen Indium-phosphide wafers up ~250% since China's February controls; photonics buyers face a 2–3 year route-around. Cogsworth · live 0.61

Markets

Seoul SK Hynix says 2026 DRAM, HBM and NAND output is sold out; 16GB DDR5 contract prices more than quadrupled y/y. Cogsworth

London Gold heads for a second weekly loss on rate-rise fears into the Fed; spot near $4,227. Graves

Houston Oracle guides FY27 capex up to $95B; the financing burden of turning chips into deployed capacity grows. Cogsworth