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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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blue chart showing investor return gaps by categories such as allocation and taxable bond

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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Line chart showing home prices (dark blue) and mortgage payments (light blue) from 1988 to present.

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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Map of the United States, with area of federally owned land colored in red and state-owned land in white.

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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defined contributions in blue, defined benefits in green

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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Line graph showing return indices for the global market portfolio (blue) and its asset categories - Equities in brown, Real Estate (purple), Nov-government bonds (gray), Government bonds (green) and Commodities (gold) from 1970 to the present.

Chart of the Day: The Everything Portfolio (Part 2)

Today’s Chart of the Day is a follow up from the previous post and is from an academic paper called “The Risk and Reward of Investing” published by..

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Equities broad in teal, real estate in royal blue, nongovernment bonds in magenta, government bonds broad in green, commodities broad in orange- from Dec. 1970 to December 2022

Chart of the Day: The Everything Portfolio (Part 1)

Today’s Chart of the Day is from an academic paper called “The Risk and Reward of Investing” by Doeswijk and Swinkel published in July 2024.

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 Line graph showing the price of gold from 1920 to 2022.

Chart of the Day: Gold vs. Inflation

Today's Chart of the Day from Ben Carlson's book "A Wealth of Common Sense" provides an insightful look at gold prices adjusted for inflation dating..

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red map of China with 94% of their population living on the eastern side

Chart of the Day: Unbalanced China

Today’s Chart of the Day from Epic Maps on X which shows the population density of China.

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Spreadsheet listing common publicly held stocks with the highest cumulative returns from 1925 to 2023. ranked from highest to lowest.

Chart of the Day: List of the Top Stocks

Today’s Chart of the Day is a list by Hendrik Bessembinder from his paper called “Which U.S. Stocks Generated the Highest Long-Term Returns?”..

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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.

More

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.

More

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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Chart of the Day: The Everything Portfolio (Part 2)

Today’s Chart of the Day is a follow up from the previous post and is from an academic paper called “The Risk and Reward of Investing” published by Doeswijk and Swinkel in July 2024.

More

Chart of the Day: The Everything Portfolio (Part 1)

Today’s Chart of the Day is from an academic paper called “The Risk and Reward of Investing” by Doeswijk and Swinkel published in July 2024.

More

Chart of the Day: Gold vs. Inflation

Today's Chart of the Day from Ben Carlson's book "A Wealth of Common Sense" provides an insightful look at gold prices adjusted for inflation dating back to 1920.

More

Chart of the Day: Unbalanced China

Today’s Chart of the Day from Epic Maps on X which shows the population density of China.

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Chart of the Day: List of the Top Stocks

Today’s Chart of the Day is a list by Hendrik Bessembinder from his paper called “Which U.S. Stocks Generated the Highest Long-Term Returns?” published in July 2024.

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