Graph comparing the cost of gold (light blue line) vs oil (blue line) from 1870 to today. Arguments can be made that gold may be overpriced, or oil undervalued.

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Chart of the Day: Gold vs. Oil

Today’s Chart of the Day is for my gold bugs. It is provided by Invesco and shows one way that investors use to value gold is to compare it to the..

Multicolored line-graph dated from 2014 to 2024. Multiple fast-food companies are compared

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Chart of the Day: Fast Food Inflation

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Charlie Bilello with data from FinanceBuzz. It shows the inflation of fast-food prices over the last of 10 years vs...

stockmarket board with white numbers and green arrows

Managing your Wealth

A Time to Buy? A Time to Sell?

You may have heard the adage, “sell in May and go away,” which essentially comes from the poor performance that the markets experience during the..

Green bar chart illustrating percentage of oil production by country in 2023, with the Unites States first, followed by Russia, Saudi Arabia and Canada.

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Chart of the Day: One Out of Every Five

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Dr. Torsten Slok of Apolo Global Management with data from the International Energy Statistics.

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Chart of the Day: Less and Less Shares Since 1999

Today’s Chart of the Day is from the Financial Times with a note from Callum Thomas. The chart shows that there is a shrinking level of publicly held..

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Chart of the Day: One Third

Today’s Chart of the Day from Aperio shows the percentage of individual stocks in the Russell 3000, which represents the 3,000 largest stocks in the..

US map with county lines, pink means negative change and dark green is positive, most of Florida is dark green

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Chart of the Day: Population Shift

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Meghan Malas with data from the US Census Bureau.

Young man looking at his computer and talking to his banker about being scammed.

Security and Fraud Prevention

Stay Sharp: Tips to Avoid Being Scammed

In an act of desperation, Terry* frantically picked up the phone and called his Personal Banker at Crews Bank & Trust. Minutes before, when he logged..

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Chart of the Day: Life Satisfaction Over Time

Today’s Chart of the Day is from an article discussed in "A Wealth of Common Sense" by Ben Carlson with data from a research paper by David..

S&P 500 shown in red, dollar shown in blue

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Chart of the Day: Inflation vs. Stocks

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Charlie Bilello with information from YCharts. Over the last 30 years, inflation reduced the value of a dollar by..

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When is the Right Time to Start Talking to Your Children about Money?

When should parents talk to their children about money and how does one go about it? Just as you wouldn't throw a child into a swimming pool without..

Black and white bar graph showing the average number of months it takes to recover from stock market drops and illustrates the difference between a Pullback, a Correction and a Bear Market.

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Chart of the Day: Names/Times of Market

Today’s Chart of the Day from CFRA Research goes all the way back to 1945 and shows the average number of months it takes to “recover” from market..

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Chart of the Day: Holding Period

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Dresdner Kleinwort Macro Research and notes the average holding period of stocks since 1920.

Chart of the Day: 20% Increase in Insurance

Today’s Chart is from Charlie Bilello, with data from the US Bureau of Labor, showing that auto insurance has increased more than 20% from last year.

Increase from 1950 - 2020 shown in blue line on chart

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Chart of the Day: Increasing Chances to Reach Age 100

Today’s Chart of the Day shows the percentage of people who have reached the age of 100.

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05/7/24

Chart of the Day: Gold vs. Oil

Today’s Chart of the Day is for my gold bugs. It is provided by Invesco and shows one way that investors use to value gold is to compare it to the price of oil, which is another commodity where the price is affected by geopolitical risk, inflation, and economic instability.

The chart goes back to 1870 and the past appears to be a good predictor. As of today, gold’s recent 14% year-to-date return may make it overpriced. However, as with all things, the opposite argument can be made that oil is the one that is undervalued. Whatever the outcome, the divergence between the two does not linger long, signaling that there may be some volitivity in the price of both in the short term.

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05/2/24

Chart of the Day: Fast Food Inflation

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Charlie Bilello with data from FinanceBuzz. It shows the inflation of fast-food prices over the last of 10 years vs. actual inflation of 31%.

Managing your Wealth

05/1/24

A Time to Buy? A Time to Sell?

You may have heard the adage, “sell in May and go away,” which essentially comes from the poor performance that the markets experience during the summer months.

Chart of the Day

04/30/24

Chart of the Day: One Out of Every Five

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Dr. Torsten Slok of Apolo Global Management with data from the International Energy Statistics.

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04/26/24

Chart of the Day: Less and Less Shares Since 1999

Today’s Chart of the Day is from the Financial Times with a note from Callum Thomas. The chart shows that there is a shrinking level of publicly held stocks. Why so?

Chart of the Day

04/23/24

Chart of the Day: One Third

Today’s Chart of the Day from Aperio shows the percentage of individual stocks in the Russell 3000, which represents the 3,000 largest stocks in the US, and how they have performed since 1987.

Chart of the Day

04/18/24

Chart of the Day: Population Shift

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Meghan Malas with data from the US Census Bureau.

Security and Fraud Prevention

04/17/24

Stay Sharp: Tips to Avoid Being Scammed

In an act of desperation, Terry* frantically picked up the phone and called his Personal Banker at Crews Bank & Trust. Minutes before, when he logged into his online account, he saw several unauthorized transactions from an unknown source. Terry was panicked. What should he do?

Chart of the Day

04/16/24

Chart of the Day: Life Satisfaction Over Time

Today’s Chart of the Day is from an article discussed in "A Wealth of Common Sense" by Ben Carlson with data from a research paper by David Blanchflower. The data shows the level of happiness someone experiences according to their age.

Chart of the Day

04/11/24

Chart of the Day: Inflation vs. Stocks

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Charlie Bilello with information from YCharts. Over the last 30 years, inflation reduced the value of a dollar by 50%.

Savings

04/10/24

When is the Right Time to Start Talking to Your Children about Money?

When should parents talk to their children about money and how does one go about it? Just as you wouldn't throw a child into a swimming pool without teaching them how to swim or send a successful 6th grader off to university, it's essential to approach financial education with careful consideration and timing.

Chart of the Day

04/9/24

Chart of the Day: Names/Times of Market

Today’s Chart of the Day from CFRA Research goes all the way back to 1945 and shows the average number of months it takes to “recover” from market declines.

Chart of the Day

04/4/24