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XOVR's recent addition of SpaceX as its top holding underscores the ETF industry's efforts to tap into the $14 trillion private-asset market, which has been mostly inaccessible to retail investors. He further noted that since the inclusion of SpaceX, XOVR has attracted $116 million in inflows, quadrupling its assets.
CNBC confirmed last month that SpaceX hit a $350 billion valuation based on a secondary share sale. The round did not include raising new capital. SpaceX's soaring valuation comes as the company dominates the global space race with a near-monopoly on the global satellite launch market. Yet SpaceX is a private company.
A private company is the largest holding in an ETF for the first-time ever as XOVR has a 9% weighting to Elon Musk's SpaceX via a special purpose vehicle. XOVR isn't a new ETF per se, but it recently changed strategy to focus on entrepreneurial companies, including those that are closely held. SEC rules limit such holdings to no more than 15% of the fund
Since converting to its public-private strategy and adding SpaceX, XOVR has taken in $116 million, quadrupling its assets. This evidence of investor interest will likely only embolden other ETFs to try the same. XOVR's performance has helped, as the ETF is up 23% since switching to a public-private crossover strategy, which is about double QQQ and triple SPY. It's also besting ARK Venture, an interval fund that also has a big holding in SpaceX. Though an interval fund may arguably be the better format to deliver private-company exposure to retail, it's not the preferred format for these investors. They have shown they want it in ETFs -- even if that means bigger premiums and discounts. The fact that XOVR already has doubled ARKVX shows this.
Balchunas has found a way for investors to own SpaceX through a private-public crossover ETF.
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