Readers,
Welcome to The Starting 5 Newsletter! The 30 Second Newsletter with stocks, motivation, and tunes! Hope you enjoy!
1. Stock Performance 📈
S&P 500 (SPY ETF): $589.37, down 0.12%
NASDAQ 100 (QQQ ETF): $519.50, down 0.08%
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA ETF): $422.87, up 0.10%
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Introducing The Warm-Up — the once-a-week newsletter breaking down the music behind the world’s top athletes.
Founded by two former Division I athletes, we’re not here to clutter your inbox — just one email a week with the pre-game playlists, locker room anthems, and go-to tracks that fuel champions and teams. Song-by-song, we show you what today’s top performers are listening to before they dominate.
It’s like having that teammate who always had the aux cord… now in your inbox.
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2. Crypto Check-In 🪙
Bitcoin (BTC): $112,085 ▲ +0.6%
Ethereum (ETH): $2,772.34 ▲ +1.3%
Solana (SOL): $183.92 ▲ +1.6%
3. Motivation Of The Day 💭
"Discipline is doing what needs to be done, even when you don’t want to do it."
— Unknown
4. Term Of The Day 📚
Sharpe Ratio
📖Definition: The Sharpe Ratio measures the performance of an investment compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk (volatility).
📊 Why it matters: It helps investors determine whether they’re being rewarded adequately for the risk they’re taking.
💡 Example: A portfolio with a Sharpe Ratio of 1.5 is considered to be generating solid risk-adjusted returns, while a ratio below 1 may indicate suboptimal risk/reward.
5. Song Of The Day 🎧
Track: “Too Fast (Pull Over)” – SZA
🎶 Why it hits: A slick blend of R&B and hip-hop that rides a mellow beat but punches with intensity — perfect for early hustle or late-night reflection.
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