Key Points
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Several high-profile IPOs are landing this year, and they’ll automatically qualify for inclusion in some indexes.
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Many index funds are meant to be low risk, and these IPOs could change that once they’re added.
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Index investors may want to find true value options.
One of the most important discussions happening since the Space Exploration Technologies(NASDAQ: SPCX) initial public offering (IPO), and the one that’s perhaps the most relevant to the investing community, is how the IPO impacts index investors.
While the SpaceX IPO was the largest in history and highly oversubscribed, there are plenty of investors out there (like me) who wouldn’t touch it with a 10-foot pole. That gets complicated, however, because many value investors…






