2025-07

Litmus VP Cynthia Price: for every $1 spent on email marketing, retailers average $42-$48 in revenue (≈4,000% ROI). Typical blast to 100,000 subscribers: 20-40 % open rate, ~3 % click-through (≈3,000 site visits). Even tiny purchase rates cover the low cost of sending. Risk: over-emailing trains users to ignore or unsubscribe, but companies accept the attrition because ROI stays positive.

Planet Money complains. To learn.

Hedonic adaptation: surprises (e.g., a rogue barista giving a free top-off) boost satisfaction once, but the delight fades and can turn into entitlement the next visit. Conclusion: small revenue + seat turnover pressure > marginal goodwill from free refills.

IBKR: Margin Masters

Client base 3.5 m accounts (avg. balance ≈$200k; ≈200 trades/yr)

Is the reign of the dollar over?

Dollar dominance metrics: 90 % of all FX trades involve USD; peak reserve share was 73 % (late-1990s) vs. 58 % today (IMF 2023 data). Liquidity: Selling $100 bn of Treasuries barely moves prices; attempting the same in Swiss francs or gold would “destroy the market.”

‘Why would he take such a risk?’ How a famous Chinese author befriended his censor

Weibo employed ~200 censors per shift; most never used the platform they policed. “Four lethal weapons” in company jargon: delete, hide, stop comments, make private.

Stories From the President's Daily Brief

What does Japan’s rice crisis say about its economy?

Average rice farmer age 68

Super-prime mover: Britain’s most successful estate agent

Oil-rich buyers (1970s), post-Soviet oligarchs (1990s) and Chinese billionaires (2000s) successively pushed prices skyward; London streets like Belgrave Sq. now function as “bank vaults” more than homes. Hersham’s value isn’t advertising but a four-decade contact book spanning Saudi royals, Chinese developers and third-generation hedge-fund heirs.