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Weekly Intel
Stay current with top news from the business, money, and investing world.
Top Stories
💒 The wedding of the semiquincentennial: The U.S. celebrated her 250th bday, but more importantly, Taylor Swift got married this weekend to podcaster Travis Kelce. Their super-secret wedding in Madison Square Garden was star-studded, musical, and would only have been improved if I had been in attendance. Fireworks all around, I say! (more)
📺 Something old, something new: Hollywood is on track for its best domestic box office year since 2019, thanks to hits like "Toy Story 5," even as streaming viewers keep gravitating toward old favorites like "Friends" over new shows. (more)
🥅 Obrigada for some great futbol: Cape Verde may have lost the World Cup, but they have won the world’s hearts. The tiny Portuguese-speaking island nation off the coast of Africa held their own against two former champions, Spain and Uruguay, and gave Argentina (ARGENTINA) a run for their money, ultimately losing 2-3. They returned home with a hero's welcome this week. (more)
By the numbers
💍 $20 million: how much TayTay’s and TraTra’s wedding is estimated to have cost. A drop in the bucket for these rich folk. (more)
🌋 200%: the increase in searches for Cape Verde as a tourist destination after their World Cup participation. (more)
🍔 $73.82: The average cost of items for a Fourth of July celebration of 10 people in 2026. (more)
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The Financial Rebellion Way
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein
Why Most Financial Advice Was Never Written for You
Ida spent years following the “right” path. It never clicked. Not because she wasn’t trying hard enough, but because the framework wasn’t built for her life.
That’s exactly why Financial Rebellion exists.
Traditional financial education assumes everyone starts from the same place. Same income stability. Same family safety net. Same access. Most people don’t have that—and no amount of discipline fixes a broken framework.
So here’s your permission to question the playbook.
The most rebellious thing you can do isn’t ignoring financial advice—it’s being smart enough to decide which rules to follow and which ones to rewrite.
Markets - stocks and crypto
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Prices for the week ending July 3, 2026:
▲ S&P 500 | 7,483 | +2.46% |
▲ NASDAQ | 25,833 | +3.13% |
▲ GOLD | 4,162 | +4.46% |
▼ COREWEAVE (CRWV) | 86.80 | -10.13% |
▲ ROCKET LAB (RKLB) | 96.29 | +2.53% |
▲ BITCOIN (BTC) | 62,888 | +5.09% |
▲ ETHEREUM (ETH) | 1,769 | +10.44% |
Stock and Crypto Moves
Chips ahoy, gold's a no: The S&P 500 just wrapped its best quarter since 2020, riding a nearly 92% AI-chip rally to a 14.9% jump, while gold — usually the "everything's on fire" investment — quietly had its worst quarter since 2013 because apparently nobody panics when Nvidia's involved. (more)
Rocket Lab's big buy: Rocket Lab announced an $8 billion deal to acquire satellite company Iridium Communications, sending its stock and other space companies like Planet Labs and AST SpaceMobile soaring after a rough month for the sector. (more)
Just don’t do it: Nike beat earnings estimates thanks largely to a one-time tariff refund, but the stock still sank to its lowest price since 2014 as investors focused on weak underlying sales. (more)
Meta eyes the cloud: Meta's stock jumped on reports it plans to start selling its extra AI computing power to other companies, a move that could ease worries about its massive AI spending — but sent shares of cloud rivals like CoreWeave tumbling. (more)
Coin flip, tails wins: Nearly 1 million people bought President Trump's $TRUMP memecoin — about two-thirds of them are now sitting on a combined $3.8 billion in losses as the token has cratered nearly 98% from its high, while Trump himself walked away with $636 million. (more)
Real Money Moves
Each week, we feature a reader’s smartest and dumbest money moves. We’re all in this together; let’s learn from each other.
Addison, 22 - Tampa, Florida
Best Money Move - Opening up a ROTH IRA early
“My best oney move was opening my Roth at 18 and starting to put money in there and putting my money to work.”
“Thank you to my parents for educating me on that.”
Worst Money Move - Getting a credit card late
“I waited too long to open a credit card, but I am glad I finally did.”
“Cash back is real and it is so nice.”
Got a money win or financial faceplant? 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.
56% of Women face this Nightmare. Addie is out to fix it.
Addie Bounds is a 22-year-old former Division I beach volleyball who's now building Elora, a startup tackling drink spiking through wearable tech. She and her biomedical engineer co-founder are turning a scary, widespread problem into a business.
Tiny sensors, big impact: Elora embeds miniature chemical sensors into jewelry and accessories that can be used to detect the presence of drugs in your drink. No science experiment required.
How she started it: Addie began casually brainstorming the idea in September 2024, then brought on her co-founder in March 2025. Since then, they've filed a provisional patent, built early prototypes, and raised $85,000 from investors plus $53,000 in grants and competition winnings — all toward a $160,000 pre-seed round.
Her advice for young entrepreneurs: Don't fall in love with your solution, fall in love with the problem. Addie's biggest tip is to talk to people who are actually affected by the issue before committing to an idea, since their feedback often shapes a better solution than your original one. She's also not worried about people "stealing" ideas: if someone wanted to build it, they'd already be building it.
Big picture: Addie’s biggest piece of advice for young people? College is one of the lowest-risk times to try a startup. If it doesn't work, you’re still on track to graduate and get a job. If it does? You might just build something that protects thousands.
Check out the Financial Rebellion podcast to learn about how to turn your passion into profit.
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Todd Romer: Founder and Writer
Corinne Clarkson: Writer and Editor
Dallin Merrill: Chief Newsletter Overlord
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