Bitcoin and ethereum prices today, Friday, June 26, 2026: June hasn’t been kind to crypto prices
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Bitcoin and ethereum prices today, Friday, June 26, 2026: June hasn’t been kind to crypto prices

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) opened at $59,706.75 on Friday, June 26, 2026, down 2.1% from Thursday’s opening price. The value of bitcoin fell to $59,379.60 by 8:15 a.m. ET. Ethereum (ETH-USD) opened at $1,564.86 on Friday, down 3.4% from Thursday’s opening price. The value of ethereum moved down to $1,543.32 as of 8:15 a.m. ET. All week,…

Silver prices today, Friday, June 26, 2026: Down 9.1% since Monday following latest PCE report
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Silver prices today, Friday, June 26, 2026: Down 9.1% since Monday following latest PCE report

Silver (SI=F) July futures opened at $58.03 per ounce on Friday, June 26, 2026, down 1.3% from Thursday’s closing price. The silver price has remained steady this morning, reaching $58.71 as of 7:47 a.m. ET. Just two weeks ago, the price of silver was driven higher by the president’s announcement that the war with Iran…

Gold prices today, Friday, June 26: Gold prices down over 11% since June 1
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Gold prices today, Friday, June 26: Gold prices down over 11% since June 1

Gold (GC=F) August futures opened at $4,044.40 per troy ounce on Friday, June 26, 2026, down 0.1% from Thursday’s opening price. The gold price moved slightly higher this morning to $4,066 at 7:39 a.m. ET. Gold prices haven’t had a good June. This morning, prices for the precious metal are down 11.6% since the June…

Most of Wall Street rises, but sinking AI stocks send it lower for the week
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Most of Wall Street rises, but sinking AI stocks send it lower for the week

NEW YORK (AP) — Most of the U.S. stock market rose Friday after oil prices eased back to where they were before the war with Iran, but drops for stocks swept up in the mania around artificial-intelligence technology kept the market in check. The S&P 500 finished nearly flat and slipped less than 0.1% to…

Clients Have Retirement Savings Plans. Withdrawal Plans? Not So Much
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Clients Have Retirement Savings Plans. Withdrawal Plans? Not So Much

Concerned about an AI bubble? Sign up for The Daily Upside for smart and actionable market news, built for investors. Turns out all that “save, save, save” advice isn’t much help when it’s finally time to spend, spend, spend. Most Americans are flying blind when it comes to a 401(k) withdrawal strategy, according to a…

Why the Gen Z Dating Scene Is All About Retirement
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Why the Gen Z Dating Scene Is All About Retirement

Concerned about an AI bubble? Sign up for The Daily Upside for smart and actionable market news, built for investors. Have you ever asked a date about their emergency savings or 401(k) balance?  That may sound like a faux pas to many readers, but it’s just common sense for some in Gen Z. The generation…

New Tax Rules Are Making This Charitable Giving Strategy Even More Valuable
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New Tax Rules Are Making This Charitable Giving Strategy Even More Valuable

Concerned about an AI bubble? Sign up for The Daily Upside for smart and actionable market news, built for investors. They say it’s better to give than to receive, and that’s especially true when clients use qualified charitable distributions.   Tax law changes made by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act are quietly reshaping charitable giving…

Who’s Ahead in JPMorgan’s Game of Thrones?
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Who’s Ahead in JPMorgan’s Game of Thrones?

Concerned about an AI bubble? Sign up for The Daily Upside for smart and actionable market news, built for investors. And then there were two. A pair of high-profile promotions at JPMorgan Chase on Thursday appeared to narrow the long-running Jamie Dimon succession race to just two candidates: Doug Petno and Troy Rohrbaugh, now co-presidents…

Germany’s Merck Pumps Up Life Sciences Biz with .3B Bio-Techne Deal
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Germany’s Merck Pumps Up Life Sciences Biz with $11.3B Bio-Techne Deal

Concerned about an AI bubble? Sign up for The Daily Upside for smart and actionable market news, built for investors. Darmstadt, Germany-based Merck is taking a trip to the Twin Cities to buy Minnesota-based Bio-Techne. The $11.3 billion deal would be Merck’s biggest acquisition in more than 10 years as the drugmaker expands under new…

Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq snap 2-week win streak as AI jitters pressure tech
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Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq snap 2-week win streak as AI jitters pressure tech

US stocks were volatile on Friday, with semiconductor stocks retreating after a report of a potential delay to OpenAI’s (OPAI.PVT) IPO added to the headwinds that have whipsawed markets this week. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) was down 0.2%, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell slightly, with both indexes closing out the week with losses of more…

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