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Chart of the Day: Size of the World

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Visual Capitalist, looking at the $115 trillion world economy in 2025, broken down by county.

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Chart of the Day: US vs. the Rest of the G7

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Visual Capitalist showing the annual production per person of America’s richest states vs. the rest of the G7..

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Chart of the Day: Stock Moats

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Brian Feroldi and talks about the Five Types of Moats.

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Chart of the Day: Eight Months

Today’s Chart of the Day from Nuveen shows that in all the recessions going back to 1953, on average, stocks hit their bottom six months into a..

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Chart of the Day: Stocks in the Rear View Mirror

Today’s Chart of the Day from a Morningstar article about “Buffer” ETFs (aka exchange-traded funds), shows the distribution of returns for rolling..

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Colored charts showing the changes (improvements) in Poverty, Basic Education, Literacy, Democracy, Vaccinations, and Child Mortality across the World's total population for the past 2 centuries.

Chart of the Day: Good News for Last 200 Years

Today's Chart of the Day, from Our World in Data, shows how the world has improved per 100 people since 1820.

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Chart of the Day: Mind the 15% Gap

Today’s Chart of the Day is from a Morningstar article named, “Why Investors Missed Out on 15% of Total Funds Returns.” They call it the “gap,” which..

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Chart of the Day: 1988 Home Prices to Now

Today’s Chart of the Day is data from Case-Shiller Adjusted Home Price, charted by Mish.

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Chart of the Day: Value of $100

Today’s Chart of the Day from GoBankingRates shows the cost-of-living differences between the states. Oddly in Florida, $100 is worth $100.

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Chart of the Day: Land Owned By Government

Today’s Chart of the Day deviates from our usual financial topics and comes from the Bureau of Land Management.

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Line graph illustrating the returns of various asset classes from 1970 to 2020. S&P 500 - blue, Corporate Bonds - orange; Gold - yellow; Treasury Bonds - aqua; Real Estate - purple; Cash - green.

Chart of the Day: Growth of $100 Since 1970

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Markets in a Minute and shows the value of $100 invested in various assets from 1970 to 2023.

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Chart of the Day: More Mortgage Free

Today’s Chart of the Day from ResiClub shows the percentage of homes that are mortgage-free.

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Line graph illustrating the percentage of manufacturing jobs as compared to all jobs in the US from 1948 to 2023.

Chart of the Day: Manufacturing Decline

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from GlobalData and shows the percentage of manufacturing jobs in the US, from 1948 to 2023.

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Chart of the Day: More 401(k)'s Than Ever

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Torsten Slok who is the Chief Economist with Apollo. It shows the increase of defined contributions (401K’s and..

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lobbying levels show in green, Pharmaceuticals: $383M, Electronics $244M, Insurance $158M

Chart of the Day: Lobbying

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Open Secrets and shows the amount of money spent in lobbying our federal government in 2023. We have all heard about..

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Chart of the Day: Size of the World

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Visual Capitalist, looking at the $115 trillion world economy in 2025, broken down by county.

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Chart of the Day: US vs. the Rest of the G7

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Visual Capitalist showing the annual production per person of America’s richest states vs. the rest of the G7 Countries, a group of the seven most industrialized counties in the world.

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Chart of the Day: Stock Moats

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Brian Feroldi and talks about the Five Types of Moats.

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Chart of the Day: Eight Months

Today’s Chart of the Day from Nuveen shows that in all the recessions going back to 1953, on average, stocks hit their bottom six months into a recession and broke even again in eight months. It’s been so long, we often forget the pain we feel in a severely depressed market, but they are relatively short lived.

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Chart of the Day: Stocks in the Rear View Mirror

Today’s Chart of the Day from a Morningstar article about “Buffer” ETFs (aka exchange-traded funds), shows the distribution of returns for rolling 12-month periods for the stock market.  

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Chart of the Day: Good News for Last 200 Years

Today's Chart of the Day, from Our World in Data, shows how the world has improved per 100 people since 1820.

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Chart of the Day: Mind the 15% Gap

Today’s Chart of the Day is from a Morningstar article named, “Why Investors Missed Out on 15% of Total Funds Returns.” They call it the “gap,” which is comprised of losses experienced by typical investors from excess trading, buying high-flying funds and conversely, selling low-flying ones.

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Chart of the Day: 1988 Home Prices to Now

Today’s Chart of the Day is data from Case-Shiller Adjusted Home Price, charted by Mish.

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Chart of the Day: Value of $100

Today’s Chart of the Day from GoBankingRates shows the cost-of-living differences between the states. Oddly in Florida, $100 is worth $100.

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Chart of the Day: Land Owned By Government

Today’s Chart of the Day deviates from our usual financial topics and comes from the Bureau of Land Management.

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Chart of the Day: Growth of $100 Since 1970

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Markets in a Minute and shows the value of $100 invested in various assets from 1970 to 2023.

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Chart of the Day: More Mortgage Free

Today’s Chart of the Day from ResiClub shows the percentage of homes that are mortgage-free.

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Chart of the Day: Manufacturing Decline

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from GlobalData and shows the percentage of manufacturing jobs in the US, from 1948 to 2023.

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Chart of the Day: More 401(k)'s Than Ever

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Torsten Slok who is the Chief Economist with Apollo. It shows the increase of defined contributions (401K’s and the like) and decline in defined benefit (aka pensions) since 1984.

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Chart of the Day: Lobbying

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Open Secrets and shows the amount of money spent in lobbying our federal government in 2023. We have all heard about the money spent by the Pharmaceutical Industry, but we never see to what degree versus other industries.

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