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Chart of the Day: Sell Your Winners AND Your Losers

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Craig Lazzara's article “Persistently Disappointing.” It asks if top fund managers outperform due to skill or..

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Chart of the Day: Returns are Rarely Normal

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from A Wealth of Common Sense showing the range of annual returns over the last 95 years. The long-term average is 10%..

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Chart of the Day: TV is Still Top

Today’s Chart of the Day is from the recent Harvard Caps/Harris poll. After all of these years, at 43%, TV is still the principal place people get..

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Budgeting for Continuing Education

Whether it’s trade school, college, or an advanced degree, continuing education can be an excellent way to further your career or make a career..

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Chart of the Day: Total Population

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from statsofindia.in with information from the United Nations Population Fund. It shows where everyone lives on earth.

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Chart of the Day: What's in Your Portfolio?

Today’s Chart of the Day from S&P Global shows the size of the United States S&P 400 Mid-Cap and S&P 600 Small-Cap Indexes vs. the size of other..

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Chart of the Day: Exxon vs. Dow

Today’s Chart of the Day from a Bloomberg article discusses Exxon Mobil's exclusion from the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index. The chart shows that..

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When Should Parents Start Saving for College?

Next to buying a home, a college education is the largest expenditure most parents will ever make. The key is advance planning. The more money you..

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Chart of the Day: West vs. East Prices

Today’s Chart of the Day from the Wall Street Journal shows that home prices are falling on the West Coast of the U.S. and rising in the East.

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Chart of the Day: Real Returns

Today’s Chart of the Day from J.P. Morgan shows the history of the 10-year Treasury yield and the “real” yield, which is what you have left after you..

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Chart of the Day: Personal Records

Today’s Chart of the Day is a great checklist from MarketWatch.com. As an example, I store this information in the notes of “My Card," in Contacts on..

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How to budget for a family vacation that you can afford

Planning a Family Vacation

More than 60% of adults are hoping to take a vacation this year, according to a 2023 Bankrate survey, but of those adults, 80% are making adjustments..

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Chart of the Day: Opportunity in the U.S.

Today’s Chart of the Day from the Financial Times shows that the U.S. currently makes up about half of the world's stock market.

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chart shows over 14,000 banks in 1980 and just 4,236 in 2021

Chart of the Day: Vanishing Banks

There used to be a bank on every corner; however, today’s Chart of the Day from BlackRock shows a 71% decline in US banks since 1980. Why?

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Chart of the Day: Don't Chase the Trend

Today’s Chart of the Day from Bespoke shows the difference in price, excluding dividends, if you owned the S&P 500 only during the day after it went..

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Chart of the Day: Sell Your Winners AND Your Losers

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Craig Lazzara's article “Persistently Disappointing.” It asks if top fund managers outperform due to skill or good luck. In EVERY fund category and over EVERY time frame, it was found to simply be good luck.

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Chart of the Day: Returns are Rarely Normal

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from A Wealth of Common Sense showing the range of annual returns over the last 95 years. The long-term average is 10% over the entire period.

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Chart of the Day: TV is Still Top

Today’s Chart of the Day is from the recent Harvard Caps/Harris poll. After all of these years, at 43%, TV is still the principal place people get their news.

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Budgeting for Continuing Education

Whether it’s trade school, college, or an advanced degree, continuing education can be an excellent way to further your career or make a career change. It can also be profitable: the most recent data from the National Center for Education Statistics shows that, on average, employees with a four-year college degree can earn $20,000 to $25,000 more than employees with a high school-only education. However, tuition and other expenses can quickly add up, so budgeting for continuing education is essential.

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Chart of the Day: Total Population

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from statsofindia.in with information from the United Nations Population Fund. It shows where everyone lives on earth.

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Chart of the Day: What's in Your Portfolio?

Today’s Chart of the Day from S&P Global shows the size of the United States S&P 400 Mid-Cap and S&P 600 Small-Cap Indexes vs. the size of other country’s entire market value.

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Chart of the Day: Exxon vs. Dow

Today’s Chart of the Day from a Bloomberg article discusses Exxon Mobil's exclusion from the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index. The chart shows that out of the top 15 companies in the United States, more than half, noted in black, are excluded.

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When Should Parents Start Saving for College?

Next to buying a home, a college education is the largest expenditure most parents will ever make. The key is advance planning. The more money you save now, the less money you or your child will need to borrow later. It is important to begin saving as early as possible so you can earn interest, dividends, and/or capital gains on as much money as possible.

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Chart of the Day: West vs. East Prices

Today’s Chart of the Day from the Wall Street Journal shows that home prices are falling on the West Coast of the U.S. and rising in the East.

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Chart of the Day: Real Returns

Today’s Chart of the Day from J.P. Morgan shows the history of the 10-year Treasury yield and the “real” yield, which is what you have left after you subtract inflation.

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Chart of the Day: Personal Records

Today’s Chart of the Day is a great checklist from MarketWatch.com. As an example, I store this information in the notes of “My Card," in Contacts on my iPhone.

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Planning a Family Vacation


More than 60% of adults are hoping to take a vacation this year, according to a 2023 Bankrate survey, but of those adults, 80% are making adjustments to their plans due to rising costs. Making adjustments to your family vacation doesn’t have to mean sacrificing on traveling, and it doesn’t have to drain your bank account, either. We’ve put together some tips and tricks to help you plan for your family vacation, because no one wants to stress about money while traveling.

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Chart of the Day: Opportunity in the U.S.

Today’s Chart of the Day from the Financial Times shows that the U.S. currently makes up about half of the world's stock market.

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Chart of the Day: Vanishing Banks

There used to be a bank on every corner; however, today’s Chart of the Day from BlackRock shows a 71% decline in US banks since 1980.  Why?

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Chart of the Day: Don't Chase the Trend

Today’s Chart of the Day from Bespoke shows the difference in price, excluding dividends, if you owned the S&P 500 only during the day after it went up the previous day (blue) vs. owning it after it went down the previous day (orange).

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