S&P 500’s Secret: Robinhood Over Strategy? 🤯

In the grand ballroom of the S&P 500, where only the chosen few may dance, Robinhood pirouetted in while Strategy, with all its grandeur, was left standing in the shadows. One might wonder: what alchemy did the committee concoct to favor a brokerage that once treated clients like pawns over a Bitcoin titan? The answer, as always, lies in the capricious whims of the market-and perhaps a dash of bureaucratic irony.

  • Inclusion in the S&P 500 would have gifted Strategy a windfall of $10B, a lifeline to drown its liabilities in Bitcoin. Alas, fate dealt a cruel hand. 🎭
  • Strategy, the self-proclaimed “King of BTC,” met all criteria yet was rebuffed. The committee, ever the enigma, offered no explanation. 🤷‍♂️
  • Robinhood, the underdog with a market cap larger than Strategy’s, soared 150% this year. A tale of two companies, or merely the market’s love for chaos? 🤡

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Importance of inclusion in the S&P 500

The S&P 500, that glittering index of 500 American titans, is a benchmark as fickle as a poet’s muse. To be included is to bask in the adoration of billions of dollars in passive inflows and a stock price that dances like a leaf in the wind. For Strategy, the prize was $10B-a sum to soothe its Bitcoin cravings. Yet the committee, like a stern father, denied the inheritance. Robinhood, meanwhile, received a 7% stock surge the moment it was named. A cruel twist of fortune, or merely the market’s way of mocking logic? 😏

Why Strategy was excluded

Strategy, the Bitcoin baron with a net worth of 3% of BTC, was a riddle to the committee. Its Q2 earnings? A $10B windfall. Its GAAP losses? A relic of 2024’s bygone era. The committee, perhaps, feared the volatility of a company tethered to BTC’s mercurial temperament. Or maybe they simply preferred to wait for clearer regulations-a bureaucratic patience that baffles the impatient. As one X user quipped: “Strategy’s shares are now priced lower than Saylor’s ego.” 🤷‍♀️

$MSTR earnings are out

Microstrategy posted a GAAP Accounting Net Loss of $670 million because they did not adopt FASB Fair Market Value rules for 2024 and used the old method of recording the value of their $BTC at the lowest intraday price

Q1 2025 will be HUGE earnings

– Cryptoklepto (@CK_Cryptoklepto) February 5, 2025

The committee’s silence is golden-or perhaps just deafening. Was it the GAAP losses, the Bitcoin volatility, or the need for a longer streak of positive quarters? Only the S&P gods know. Meanwhile, Saylor, the crypto prophet, was inducted into the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. A silver lining, or a cruel joke? 🤷‍♂️

Robinhood’s surprise inclusion

Robinhood, the brokerage that once treated clients like ants, now graces the S&P 500. Its stock leaped 7% as if to say, “Behold, I am reborn!” Yet memories linger: lawsuits, data breaches, and a suicide linked to its trading practices. But the market forgives all, it seems. With a $100B market cap and a knack for democratizing trading, Robinhood is the new darling. Strategy, meanwhile, watches from the sidelines, its Bitcoin hoard gathering dust. Will the committee ever call its name? Only time-and perhaps a few more Bitcoin rallies-will tell. 🤞

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2025-09-10 18:14