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Welcome to The Starting 5 Newsletter! The 30 Second Newsletter with stocks, motivation, and tunes! Hope you enjoy!

1. Stock Performance 📈

DIA: $459.60 ↓ 0.31%
NASDAQ Composite Index: 22,338.30 ↓ 0.05%
S&P 500 (SPY): $659.89 ↓ 0.15%
AMZN: $234.69 ↑ 1.41%
AAPL: $238.44 ↑ 0.73%

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2. Crypto Check-In 🪙

BTC: $115,121.25 ↓ 0.37%
ETH: $4,440.06 ↓ 1.85%
SOL: $233.35 ↓ 0.49%
LTC: $113.85 ↑ 0.37%

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3. Motivation Of The Day 💭

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
— Maya Angelou

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4. Term Of The Day 📚

Vibecession

📖Definition: A portmanteau of “vibe” + “recession,” describing when people feel like the economy is in recession—due to inflation, job stress, cost of living, etc.—even if macro-data doesn’t fully support it

📊Why it matters: Because sentiment shapes behavior. If consumers believe things are bad, they spend less; if investors believe slowdown is coming, they pull back. That can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Recognizing a vibecession helps in interpreting economic indicators and risk

💡Example: If most news is about rising costs of essentials and layoffs in media, but GDP is still growing modestly, people may act like there’s a recession (cutting spending, postponing purchases) — that collective feeling could slow growth even before a formal recession is declared

5. Song Of The Day 🎧

🎧Song: “Good 4 U” by Olivia Rodrigo
Genre: Pop
Why it hits: Its energetic tempo and raw lyrical delivery capture that mix of catharsis and post-breakup fire — perfect for powering through the midweek

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