🐻 Why’s it called a “bear” market?

Read to the end for a really hard game. [The Hustle] Netflix announced a new reality show based on its hit series “Squid Game.” While the stakes aren’t actual life or death, they are the highest ever for a reality show — players have the chance to win ~$4.5m. In today’s email: - The NYT: A strategy breakdown. - Interview: Our chat with Ray Dalio. - “Bear” vs. “bull”: Why we describe the market using animals. - Around the web: Overcoming fear of the unknown, an opportunity for nonprofits, a tricky game, and more cool internet finds. 🎧 On the go? [Listen to today’s podcast]( to hear Zack, Mark, and Rob discuss The New York Times’ shift from publisher to product company, and whether the move will pay off. The big idea [The NYT paper]( The NYT’s next era isn’t about news Back in the day, the typical New York Times subscriber might’ve woken to the sound of a newspaper hitting their front porch. These days, they’re more likely to wake up to a push notification. As the Times’ subscriber base has shifted to digital consumption, the company’s strategy has [adapted]( as well, per Axios. The new strategy… … is centered around getting existing subscribers to use more of its products, including: - Cooking, which has a library of 20k+ recipes, guides, and lessons - Games, which has its flagship crossword puzzle, along with Spelling Bee, Tiles, and newly acquired [Wordle]( - Reviews, which offers access to thousands of Wirecutter product recommendations and buying guides - Sports, which includes both national and local coverage from The Athletic These complementary products are one reason NYT’s digital revenue has grown from $400m to $1.1B since 2016. Why bundling? According to NYT’s chief product officer Alex Hardiman, “Multiproduct subscribers pay the most and retain best.” It’s why the NYT isn’t the only subscription product embracing bundling. Other recent bundlers are: - Apple One, which [includes]( music, cloud storage, games, Apple TV+, Apple News+, and Apple Fitness - The Disney Bundle, which [includes]( Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ A key to bundling is offering standalone options for each product, so the bundle price looks like a bargain. Which begs the question… … is NYT’s bundle a good deal? The collective price of NYT’s individual subscriptions comes out to $251/yr. The first year of NYT’s All Access subscription costs ~$163, a ~35% discount. Importantly, that discount drops in subsequent years. Whether the bundle is a good deal depends on how much a subscriber uses each product. Having recently passed 10m subs, NYT is shooting for 15m by 2027. If the bundling play works, news might become just a small part of the company’s business. 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Zack recently sat down with Dalio to talk about his latest book, The Changing World Order, which uses a historical lens to examine why empires rise and fall — and why the US may be showing some signs of decline. They covered a range of topics, including: - The three biggest issues America is facing right now - What’s driving the debt crisis - The growing wealth gap (and what we should do about it) - Thoughts on inflation and an impending recession - Investing during times of volatility - Whether crypto can become a reserve currency - Dalio’s worst (and best) failure as an investor - Billionaire personality tests - Jazz musicians and chicken nuggets Below is a link to a transcript of our interview with Dalio, accompanied by informative visuals. If you’d prefer to hear the podcast, you can [listen to it here](. [Read the full interview →]( Free Resource Instagram’s algorithm has shifted yet again The same old ain’t gold anymore. Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri [tweeted late April]( that the new ranking algorithm favors original content. A fair shake for the creator economy… … but how does it affect marketers who rely on reposts or user-generated content to cushion their cadence? How is originality even determined? Do you now have the license to ignore reposting your company’s latest campaigns? Knowledge from the [HubSpot blog post]( (4-minute read): - Currently, Instagram’s algorithm is designed to deter aggregator accounts (those compiling and reposting, say, cute pet or celebrity fashion videos). - Just make original content. If you crafted from scratch, or added any edits outside of Instagram, you should be in the clear. - The same goes for signal boosting — avoid straight-up reposting if aiming for visibility. Read the HubSpot article for the deets on recent Instagram updates, including the new product and enhanced people tags. [On Insta’s new algorithm →]( Bulls & Bears [bear cub]( Bear and bull markets, explained You’ve probably heard the term “bear market” a lot lately — but what does it mean? How does it differ from a bull market? And why are we involving animals in all this? Definitions, first - Bear market: Prices are dropping. - Bull market: Prices are rising. How much? Usually, an increase or decrease of 20% or more from a recent high or low. So, right now, we’re in a bear market because the S&P 500 index closed at 3,749.91, down ~22% from its previous high of 4,818.62 in January, [per]( CNBC. While these terms are commonly used to refer to markets — the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average — they can [also refer]( to individual stocks or other assets. Why the animals? There are multiple theories for the terms’ origins. One is that it’s how they kill: bulls gore enemies by thrusting upward with their horns, while bears swipe down with their claws. But a popular [theory]( dates back to a proverb about not selling a bear’s skin before you’ve caught the bear. In the 18th century, when someone sold something they didn’t yet own, hoping they could buy it later at a lower price, people would say they were a “bearskin jobber” who’d “sold the bearskin.” - That term was further popularized after the [South Sea Bubble](, a financial crash in 1720 involving the South Sea Company, a trading company that turned out to be pretty worthless despite its once-soaring stocks. And if that’s where the “bear” came from, another theory is that “bull” came about because people used to — ugh — make bulls and bears fight one another for entertainment. 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