MICHAEL MCHUGH

Friday Five – Wishing your child optimism, The pursuit of alpha, Do the work

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Quote of the Week

If you are allowed one wish for your child, seriously consider wishing him or her optimism. — Daniel Kahneman

There is no formula for success—you just begin and then you continue. I’m often asked how to have a career in stand-up and the answer is confoundingly simple: Do the work. Over and over again, just do the work.— Cameron Esposito

Music of the Week

No Art Festival 2022 | ANOTR | NDSM Amsterdam | 2 Hours Closing Set is an ideal set list by NO ART that I’ve had on in the background while working this week. 

Article of the Week

“By emphasizing optionality, these students ignore the most important life lesson from finance: the pursuit of alpha. Alpha is the macho finance shorthand for an exemplary life. It is the excess return earned beyond the return required given risks assumed” is one of many outstanding quotes from The Trouble with Optionality.

Book of the Week

Drive: The Story of My Life by Larry Bird “reveals a side of himself-and of basketball-you’ve never seen before.” The book details his decision to transfer to Indiana State from Bobby Knight’s Indiana Hoosiers, the pain he felt from his father’s suicide, Bird’s failed first marriage, his basketball discipline to be great, why the Celtics are the Celtics, and the intense rivalry with the Magic Johnson and the Lakers in the ’80s. Pair this book with podcasts The ’86 Celtics Interviews (Ep. 11): Larry Bird and The Larry Bird Interview. I also enjoyed watching Larry Bird’s highlights

Podcast of the Week

Money Stuff: The Podcast is “the audio companion to Bloomberg Opinion’s beloved Money Stuff column hosted by its author Matt Levine and his friend, Bloomberg News reporter and TV host Katie Griefeld.” I listened to all of the podcast’s eposides and can confirm they’re hilarious including Calm Knuckles: SEC, ETF, SPOTFruitcases and Nutcases: ETF, ATIC, DJTPick up the Phone: Shorts, PSUS, BLSHurt People Hurt People: SBUX, LMEs, BofAGuy on Twitter: PSUS, Left, ETFsAll the Biggest Tombstones: M&A, ETF, MailbagDon’t Hate the Player: DJT, Bets, FundsBlood Farming: Purdue Pharma, empty voting and frozen headsJust Keep Bidding: MMTLP, PE, ETFsXs and Os: Trader U, VORB, QXOUncatchable Mouse Jigglers: TSLA, PARA, WFC WFHT+Lunchtime: Settlement, Musk, HwangEquitities in Secaucus: TXSE, PSUS, GMEBets Are Off: DFV, BUIDL, CFTCBad Mondy: Shrimp, Fingers, BrainsMoney Failed!: Death Bets, Paramount and ArchegosFun Shiny Object: FTX, Public, ETFsGobblin Hours: 24/7 FTC, Gold[Beeeeep]$: Elon, Jane Street, Hunterbrook, and Law is Law: DXYZ, MNGO, BLS


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