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Stocks just had their best quarter since 2020...

Glad you’re here. Today is not only the first day of the second half of the year, but it’s also a sacred day for baseball fans: Bobby Bonilla Day.

Every July 1, retired third baseman Bobby Bonilla receives a $1.19 million check from the New York Mets, even though he hasn’t played an MLB game in 25 years. Back in 2000, the Mets owed Bonilla $5.9 million, but instead of taking that cash up front, he negotiated a contract that spreads out $30 million in guaranteed payments each year from 2011 until 2035.

And so, July 1 has become an annual celebration of Bonilla’s financial planning—and an opportunity to make fun of the Mets even more than we already do.

—Matty Merritt, Sam Klebanov, Dave Lozo, Adam Epstein

In today’s newsletter, we’ll get into:

  • Stocks’ best quarter in six years
  • SCOTUS rejecting Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship
  • The Supergirl megaflop

MARKETS

Nasdaq

26,213.72

S&P

7,499.36

Dow

52,319.20

10-Year

4.418%

Bitcoin

$58,609.99

Strategy

$86.93

Data is provided by

*Stock data as of market close, cryptocurrency data as of 5:00pm ET. Here's what these numbers mean.

  • Markets: Stocks finished the quarter—and the first half of the year—strong, powering past Iran worries to rip a new record for the Dow. Bitcoin, however, did an impression of the “Squidward staring wistfully out his window while Spongebob and Patrick have fun outside” meme, continuing its dismal year.
  • Stock spotlight: Crypto’s fall has forced software company and bitcoin holder Strategy to abandon its mantra to “never sell.” Its stock dropped more than 6% today and is down ~45% year to date.
 

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