A prospectus is a document that is prepared by a company and filed with the SEC ahead of its initial public offering (IPO). Learn why it's important for investors to understand.

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Take any company that you are familiar with and use products of, you will realize that it launches new products after a while. It is a form of business expansion that is inevitable in most companies, ...

SpaceX's IPO prospectus is 377 pages long, yet vague around Musk's long-term ambitions for space tourism, asteroid mining and real estate.