YTD returns

Money and Inspiration Weekly Notes cover for July 4, 2026, covering strong year to date returns for the major stock indexes despite recent volatility, Meta’s pivot to selling AI cloud compute as a response to the Magnificent Seven capex selloff, and two inspirational stories of impossible feats accomplished this week.

Weekly Notes — July 4, 2026

Happy Fourth of July weekend. Some quick housekeeping before we get started. The U.S. stock market was closed Friday for the Fourth of July holiday, so this week’s official close is Thursday July 2. On to the notes. I  will…