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Chart of the Day: Eight Chickens Per Person

Today’s Chart of the Day from the Financial Times shows that chicken meat recently overtook pork as the most produced meat on the planet. Why?

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Chart of the Day: Not Since 1788

Today’s Chart of the Day from Bank of America shows that the increase in the 10-year treasury interest rates in 2022 caused the worst price decline..

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Chart of the Day: Is Gen Z Anti-Sports?

Are sports losing their shine? Today’s Chart of the Day is from Bloomberg and shows that 27% of Gen Z (currently ages 15 to 30) are decidedly..

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Chart of the Day: Managers’ Attractiveness and Fund Performance

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from an academic paper by Chengyu Bai with the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. It shows that funds with “attractive”..

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Chart of the Day: Start to 12-Months After

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Janus Henderson’s 2023 Outlook and shows the returns of the S&P 500 (large-cap stocks), Russell mid-cap, and Russell..

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Chart of the Day: US Dollar is Dominant

Today’s Chart of the Day was shared by Crews Bank & Trust Portfolio Manager Angie Parsons and comes from Wells Fargo Advisors. It shows that for all..

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Chart of the Day: View from the Top of the Hill Online Presentation

Join Samuel A. Kiburz, Chief Investment Officer, Senior Vice President, for a virtual macroeconomics presentation.

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Today’s Chart of the Day from Morningstar shows an increase in the closing of ESG Funds (Environmental, Social, and Governance funds).

Chart of the Day: To ESG or Not to ESG

Today’s Chart of the Day from Morningstar shows an increase in the closing of ESG Funds (Environmental, Social, and Governance funds).

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Chart of the Day: 4th Largest in History

Today’s Chart of the Day from Michael Gayed, @leadlagreport on X, shows the decline in the price of stocks and bonds going back to the Great..

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Chart of the Day: Investing vs. Gambling

Today’s Chart of the Day from Treyton Devore shows the odds of losing vs. making money.

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Chart of the Day: Rule of 72

Today’s Chart of the Day from BlackRock shows a great “thumbnail” rule that finance professionals use to do quick math: The Rule of 72. However, one..

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Chart of the Day: Richest Billionaires

Today's Chart of the Day from Visual Capitalist shows the richest billionaire in every state.

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Chart of the Day: 3 to 4 Bedrooms

Today’s Chart of the Day from Chartr shows that 4+ bedroom houses went from being 25% of homes in 1973 to just under 50% of the nearly one million..

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Chart of the Day: Fund Fees Are Declining

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from the annual 2022 US Fund Fee Study, which was released last month. Conducted by Morningstar, this study goes back..

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Chart of the Day: Liquidity of the Big Three ETF Companies

Today’s Chart of the Day from Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas shows that the “big three” of providers of Exchange Traded Funds (aka ETFs), which are..

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Chart of the Day: Eight Chickens Per Person

Today’s Chart of the Day from the Financial Times shows that chicken meat recently overtook pork as the most produced meat on the planet. Why?

More

Chart of the Day: Not Since 1788

Today’s Chart of the Day from Bank of America shows that the increase in the 10-year treasury interest rates in 2022 caused the worst price decline since 1788.

More

Chart of the Day: Is Gen Z Anti-Sports?

Are sports losing their shine? Today’s Chart of the Day is from Bloomberg and shows that 27% of Gen Z (currently ages 15 to 30) are decidedly "anti-sports."

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Chart of the Day: Managers’ Attractiveness and Fund Performance

 Today’s Chart of the Day comes from an academic paper by Chengyu Bai with the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. It shows that funds with “attractive” managers underperform funds with “unattractive” managers by over 2% per year.

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Chart of the Day: Start to 12-Months After

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Janus Henderson’s 2023 Outlook and shows the returns of the S&P 500 (large-cap stocks), Russell mid-cap, and Russell 2000 (small-cap) indexes from the start of all recessions from 1980 to 2022 through the 12-months following.

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Chart of the Day: US Dollar is Dominant

Today’s Chart of the Day was shared by Crews Bank & Trust Portfolio Manager Angie Parsons and comes from Wells Fargo Advisors. It shows that for all that is portrayed in the news, the US dollar remains the dominant reserve currency vs. the rest of the world. Why?

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Chart of the Day: View from the Top of the Hill Online Presentation

Join Samuel A. Kiburz, Chief Investment Officer, Senior Vice President, for a virtual macroeconomics presentation.

More

Chart of the Day: To ESG or Not to ESG

Today’s Chart of the Day from Morningstar shows an increase in the closing of ESG Funds (Environmental, Social, and Governance funds).

More

Chart of the Day: 4th Largest in History

Today’s Chart of the Day from Michael Gayed, @leadlagreport on X, shows the decline in the price of stocks and bonds going back to the Great Depression.

More

Chart of the Day: Investing vs. Gambling

Today’s Chart of the Day from Treyton Devore shows the odds of losing vs. making money.

More

Chart of the Day: Rule of 72

Today’s Chart of the Day from BlackRock shows a great “thumbnail” rule that finance professionals use to do quick math: The Rule of 72. However, one can also use an even more general rule called The Rule of 7-10.

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Chart of the Day: Richest Billionaires

Today's Chart of the Day from Visual Capitalist shows the richest billionaire in every state.

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Chart of the Day: 3 to 4 Bedrooms

Today’s Chart of the Day from Chartr shows that 4+ bedroom houses went from being 25% of homes in 1973 to just under 50% of the nearly one million new homes constructed in 2022.

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Chart of the Day: Fund Fees Are Declining

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from the annual 2022 US Fund Fee Study, which was released last month. Conducted by Morningstar, this study goes back to 1994 and shows that since 2002 investment fund fees have steadily declined from a peak of 1.40% to now just under 1.00%.

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Chart of the Day: Liquidity of the Big Three ETF Companies

Today’s Chart of the Day from Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas shows that the “big three” of providers of Exchange Traded Funds (aka ETFs), which are BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street, account for 67% of all trades in ETFs.

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