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Chart Of The Day

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Chart of the Day: 75% Use Prime

Today’s Chart of the Day from Chartr shows that over 75% of American’s are using Amazon Prime as of 2024. Amazon is now the 4th largest company in..

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Graph showing the happiness level of Olympic bronze (red) and silver medalists (yellow) on a scale of 1 being the lowest and to 10 the highest.

Chart of the Day: Bronze Happier Than Silver

Today’s Chart of the Day has data from the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology used by our partners at BlackRock (the company that owns..

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Chart of the Day: Fees go on Forever

Today’s Chart of the Day from Bloomberg shows the percentage of assets and revenue by ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds), which we use extensively in..

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Bar graph by year, from 2020 to 2024, comparing the history of stockholder returns to free cash flow for Big Oil

Chart of the Day: The Value Stocks of Big Oil

Today’s Chart of the Day, shared by my colleague Angie Parsons, is from an article in Bloomberg which illustrates what a “value” stock is.

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red line chart showing the stark rise in sports betting since 2018

Chart of the Day: Online Sports Betting

As we near the Super Bowl, today’s Chart of the Day is from Chartr and shows the boom in online monthly sports betting.

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Three bar charts illustrating the highs and lows of stock, bonds and a combination of 60% stocks and 40% bonds, with 2024 highlighted in green, the prior years from 2021-2023 in gold and the remaining years in gray.

Chart of the Day: Return Distributions

Today’s Chart of the Day from Vanguard shows the distribution of returns from 1928 to 2024, for stocks, bonds, and a combined 60% stock/40% bond..

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Chart of the Day: Atomic Habit of 1%

Today’s Chart of the Day is a little different than others, but one to think about. It’s from the book Atomic Habits by James Clear written in 2018.

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Line chart illustrating the real US Housing Index starting in 1890 to present

Chart of the Day: Long Term Real Estate Prices

Today’s Chart of the Day, from OfDollarsndData, shows the Shiller inflation-adjusted value for US housing since 1890 and is the longest historical..

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Chart of the Day: Are Diamonds Not Forever?

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Bank of America and shows the price of diamonds going back 22 years. After spiking in 2022, diamond prices are..

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