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Chart of the Day: Winners May Not Always be Winners

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from A Wealth of Common Sense and shows the top 10 companies in the stock market going back to 1980.

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Chart of the Day: Invest from the Start

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from @QCompounding on Twitter and shows the value of some well-known companies now vs. when they became publicly owned.

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Chart of the Day: 60% of People Own Stocks

Today’s Chart of the Day from an article called “Best Time to Buy Stocks” shows the percentage of households that own stocks of any form. Besides a..

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Chart of the Day: Beef vs. Pork

Today’s Chart of the Day from the Wall Street Journal shows that you aren’t imagining that beef prices have gone up. Beef prices have increased..

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Chart of the Day: Pandemic Credit Card Usage

Today’s Chart of the Day from @CharlieBiello on Twitter shows the annual change in credit card balances dating back to 2000. The latest data shows a..

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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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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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top 15 companies in the United States including Apple and Microsoft

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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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 spans from 1958 to 2021 with the peak on September 30, 1981 with a yield of 15.84%

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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list includes things such as full legal name, work history, last tax return, and important documents such as a will, trust, and deed to your home

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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U.S. represented in blue on chart, dates span from 1975 to 2020

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: Winners May Not Always be Winners

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from A Wealth of Common Sense and shows the top 10 companies in the stock market going back to 1980.

More

Chart of the Day: Invest from the Start

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from @QCompounding on Twitter and shows the value of some well-known companies now vs. when they became publicly owned.

More

Chart of the Day: 60% of People Own Stocks

Today’s Chart of the Day from an article called “Best Time to Buy Stocks” shows the percentage of households that own stocks of any form. Besides a slight decline after the Great Recession, the percentage has held steady between 50%-60% of the US population and currently stands at 61%. 

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Chart of the Day: Beef vs. Pork

Today’s Chart of the Day from the Wall Street Journal shows that you aren’t imagining that beef prices have gone up. Beef prices have increased significantly versus chicken and pork since the pandemic.

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Chart of the Day: Pandemic Credit Card Usage

Today’s Chart of the Day from @CharlieBiello on Twitter shows the annual change in credit card balances dating back to 2000. The latest data shows a 17.2% increase, nearing the record set in 2001 at 18.9%. This is another unintended consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic response.

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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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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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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.

More

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.

More

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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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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