SpaceX Making IPOs Great Again & Does Your Dog Love You? 6/16/26

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Investing, Business, Business News, News

4.2 • 547 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

SpaceX has surged past expectations - and many of the most valuable companies in the U.S - in its meteoric stock debut. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins believes enthusiasm for Elon Musk’s space company can fuel demand for more initial public offerings. President Trump is at the G-7 meeting of world leaders in France, as negotiations on the wars in Iran and Ukraine continue. Megan Cassella reports on the latest from the summit. And, do sports or pets make you happier? Arthur Brooks on the science behind what our brains love. Megan Cassella 5:38 Paul Atkins 13:29 Arthur Brooks 25:20 In this episode: Paul Atkins, @SECPaulAtkins Arthur Brooks, @arthurbrooks Megan Cassella, @mmcassella Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:07.0	Today on Squawk Pod.
0:09.0	Have you heard about SpaceX?
0:12.0	Elon Musk's massive Wall Street public offering has the company on a meteoric rise.
0:17.0	Will other mega IPOs follow suit?
0:20.0	We got the SEC chair on and, woo, our IPOs hot.
0:23.2	Let's go, baby.
0:24.8	Paul Atkins of the Securities and Exchange Commission on the enthusiasm.
0:29.1	Well, I think it's a great testament to the U.S. capital markets.
0:32.5	And the goals.
0:33.9	But the real story is the other ones that are in the pipeline and how we need to make our markets more predictable and attractive for companies to go public.
0:43.9	Then Arthur Brooks, professor and columnist on what's good for us and the personal scandals that probably aren't good for politics.
0:52.3	So private life and public life. But the truth is if that's all you know about a politician, that's a good indicator of performance.
0:59.3	That's a good indicator of ethics.
1:00.7	That's a good indicator of character.
1:02.6	And if that's all you know, that's actually something worth voting on.
1:05.9	Plus, President Trump at the G7 summit are Megan Cassello reports.
1:10.1	The European leaders have really wanted to see the U.S. step up more.
1:13.5	And jobs, artificial intelligence taking a toll at the headcount of another tech high flyer.
1:19.9	Was it the workforce bloated or is it AI?
1:23.0	It is Tuesday, June 16th, 2026.
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