{"id":46354,"date":"2025-09-08T16:19:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T16:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=46354"},"modified":"2025-09-08T16:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T16:19:03","slug":"robinhood-stock-jumps-15-on-s-strategy-slips-as-analysts-saylor-downplay-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=46354","title":{"rendered":"Robinhood Stock Jumps 15% on S&amp;P 500 Inclusion; Strategy Slips as Analysts\/Saylor Downplay Snub"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Robinhood (HOOD) stock soared 15% on Monday following the company\u2019s inclusion in the S&amp;P 500, the widely tracked benchmark for U.S. equities. The announcement was made after markets closed on Friday and takes effect with the index\u2019s September 22 rebalance.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The trading platform, which has seen its stock price nearly triple this year, has long been considered a frontrunner for inclusion. It was one of the three largest eligible companies yet to be added to the index.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, shares of Strategy (MSTR) slipped lower after the bitcoin (BTC) development company was passed over,despite qualifying for inclusion for the first time this quarter. Strategy posted $14 billion in operating income and $10 billion in net income for the second quarter 2025 \u2014 eye-popping figures that met the S&amp;P\u2019s requirements. The source of the profit \u2014 a sharp rise in the price of bitcoin \u2014 likely didn&#8217;t set well with the selection committee, which surely was aware that BTC can also move in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n<p>MSTR was down 1.5% in late morning U.S. action.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on CNBC Monday morning, Strategy CEO Michael Saylor said he hadn\u2019t expected immediate inclusion. \u201cI don\u2019t think we expected to be selected on our first quarter of eligibility,\u201d he said. \u201cWe figured it\u2019ll happen at some time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer echoed that sentiment, writing that Strategy \u201cdoes not need S&amp;P\u2019s approval as validation of its operating model, as the market scoreboard has already provided it in emphatic fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TD Cowen analyst Lance Vitanca called the committee\u2019s decision unsurprising. \u201cInclusion was never central to our investment thesis, though it remains a potential positive catalyst,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Some observers speculate that the committee may be hesitant to include a company so heavily tied to bitcoin. Vitanca addressed the possibility directly, writing: \u201cTo the extent the Committee is instead acting on deeper, philosophical, political, or economic concerns, these may be assuaged over time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robinhood (HOOD) stock soared 15% on Monday following the company\u2019s inclusion in the S&amp;P 500, the widely tracked benchmark for U.S. equities. The announcement was made after markets closed on Friday and takes effect with the index\u2019s September 22 rebalance. The trading platform, which has seen its stock price nearly triple this year, has long [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-46354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}