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Weekly Intel
Stay current with top news from the business, money, and investing world.
Top Stories
👑 Daylight heist, priceless crown jewels, escape on scooters: It sounds like an Ocean’s 14, but was actually a real-life heist at France’s Louvre museum on Sunday. If anyone sees Empress Marie Louise’s emerald necklace on Facebook Marketplace, maybe alert French law enforcement (more).
🏦 Banking like a beast: The Great and Powerful MrBeast (known to his mother as Jimmy Donaldson) has filed a trademark application for “MrBeast Financial,” signaling a plan to launch a fintech platform offering mobile banking, crypto exchange, credit and insurance aimed at his young audience (more).
🎅🏼 All I want for Christmas is a job: Holiday seasonal hiring in 2025 is projected to be the most competitive and lowest in volume since 2009. Season’s greetings, I guess (more).
By the numbers
🏢 $3 billion: The amount J.P. Morgan’s Jamie Dimon spent to help make sure no one works from home again.
🛵 Four minutes: how long it took the Louvre thieves to commit their heist (and about how long it took for someone in Hollywood to write the movie script).
🍫 16,000: The number of jobs Nestle is cutting, and also my daily caloric intake of chocolate.
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The Financial Rebellion Way
Knowledge and action to help you achieve a life you desire.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.
Everyone else sells you fear—what if you fail, what if you lose, what if you’re not ready? We’re flipping the script. What if you actually pull this off?
Your “what if it works” reality check:
What if that side hustle takes off? You start small—one client, one gig, one sale. But what if that becomes two, then ten, then enough to quit asking permission for time off? What if your plan B becomes your plan A?
What if investing isn’t that complicated? What if you put $100 in an index fund this month, automate it, and you realize the hardest part was starting? What if boring investing is exactly what builds wealth?
What if I get the life I’ve always wanted? Whatever this looks like for you, it is within your reach.
Big picture: The system profits from your paralysis. Every “what if I fail” keeps you exactly where you are. But what if one small win leads to another? What if the only thing between you and financial freedom is replacing your worst-case scenarios with better questions? Stop asking what happens if it goes wrong. Start asking what happens when it goes right.
Markets - stocks and crypto
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Prices for the week ending October 17, 2025:
▲ S&P 500 | 6,664 | +0.52% |
▲ NASDAQ | 22,680 | +0.65% |
▲ GOLD | 4,280 | +1.50% |
▲ PAPA JOHNS (PZZA) | 53.60 | +15.14% |
▲ DOGECOIN (DOGE) | .19 | +1.08% |
▼ BITCOIN (BTC) | 107,383 | -5.49% |
▼ ETHEREUM (ETH) | 3,882 | -1.32% |
Stock Moves
The market continues to kind of ignore the shutdown: U.S. stock futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq‑100 rose modestly as investors prepare for a heavy week of corporate earnings while the U.S. government shutdown continues to delay key economic data (more).
Guilty parties: The biggest vulnerability facing the U.S. economy may not be tariffs or private credit but the stock-market surge itself, driven by roughly $9 trillion in recent equity gains (in other words, the total value of US stocks has gone up by trillions in a short amount of time) (more).
Better ingredients, better profits: Papa John’s stock jumps after announcement of private equity takeover (more).
Crypto Moves
Bitcoin's electric bill is due: Bitcoin’s massive energy use sparks environmental concerns, and greener innovations could make the future of crypto more sustainable (more).
The crypto bros take Congress: Top cryptocurrency industry leaders are meeting with U.S. Senate Democrats in a roundtable aimed at reviving stalled talks on federal regulation of the crypto market structure (more).
Playing a little doge-ball: Dogecoin is staying steady around $0.19, and some big investors are buying in — a sign the price might rise soon (more)
Coming Soon: The Financial Rebellion investment portfolio. You will see where we invest our money via stocks, bonds, crypto and other opportunities.
Real Money Moves
Sage, 28 - Phoenix, Arizona
Each week, we feature a reader’s smartest and dumbest money moves. We’re all in this together; let’s learn from each other.
Best Money Move - Investing in skills and experiences
“I used the money I earned bagging groceries to go to a graphic design course in California. I was just a high schooler but I got certified in Adobe Creative Suite.”
“I also invested in myself by traveling when I was young. I love traveling, and I've made a point of prioritizing the opportunity to learn about life from different perspectives. I really feel it is so valuable.”
“I’m glad that it ended up being a worthwhile investment in myself and in my skills at the time.”
Worst Money Move - Falling for airline credit cards
“Early in our marriage, my husband and I moved to Baltimore from Arizona and really wanted to prioritize traveling home often to see family. So we opened one of those high-interest airline credit cards for the points and travel benefits.”
“I wish in hindsight that we hadn’t done that.”
“We probably should’ve just found a balance between getting to visit family and the debt the card was accruing.”
The bottom line: Every money move teaches you something — whether it builds your net worth or humbles your ego.
Got a story? Send it in. You might help someone dodge a mistake or make a smarter call.
Side Hustle Differently
Each week, we focus on money-making opportunities for a side hustle that could potentially become a full-time venture. No MLM schemes, no “passive income” lies, just real strategies for stacking cash outside your 9-5.
Sagie May Design Co.
Sage turned her graphic design skills into a monthly cash flow by designing waterproof vinyl stickers for people’s water bottles, laptops, and whatever else they’re obsessed with.
Sticky Beginnings: Sage Wheeler’s life was pretty chaotic in May 2020. The pandemic was at its peak, her college graduation ceremony was canceled, and she had just found out she was pregnant with her first baby. When she saw a friend designing and selling stickers online, she thought, “If she can do that, I can do that!” And she was right.
Quality skills, quality product: Equipped with an old iPad, an eye for graphic design, and a Facebook marketplace account, Sage started offering waterproof vinyl stickers online. She has made nearly 5,000 sales and has over 1,000 5-star reviews on her Etsy shop, Sagie May Design Co.
The “Imperfect Action” Advantage: Though she says her business is “far from perfect,” Sage found a niche and succeeds because she gave herself “the opportunity to fail over and over.”
Check out the Financial Rebellion podcast to learn about how to turn your passion into profit.
Word of the Week - Private equity
🔏 Investment firms that buy companies using a mix of investor money and borrowed funds, typically restructure or improve operations, then sell them for profit within 3-10 years.
Trusted Partners
Where you bank is a big deal. We are big fans of credit unions to help you become financially rebellious. Here are some of our current partners that we work with around the country, so you can get to know them and the value of becoming a member to help you achieve your financial goals and dreams.
Did you know the myths about credit unions versus banks? Debunked here.
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We’ll catch you next week. Rebels OUT.
Todd Romer: Founder and Writer
Corinne Clarkson: Writer and Editor
Dallin Merrill: Editor
Disclaimer: The advice provided in Financial Rebellion is not considered to be financial or legal advice of any kind. It is your responsibility to dig deeper on any opinions or recommendations given.