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Chart of the Day: 90 Years and 15 Presidents

Happy New Year! With 2024 being a presidential election year, today’s Chart of the Day is from Capital Group and shows the hypothetical growth of..

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Chart of the Day: A.I. vs. the Market

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Dimensional Advisors

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Chart of the Day: 18% and 18 Years

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from S&P Dow Jones, which just celebrated 20 years of tracking market metrics, and shows only 18% of stocks..

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Chart of the Day: Heading South

Today’s Chart of the Day from Apollo shows migration during the pandemic. Florida and Texas gained 800,000 people, including 750,000 who moved from..

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Chart of the Day: Age to Retire of 61

Today’s Chart of the Day from a Gallup Survey shows that the retirement age of 61 has not materially changed over the last 20 years.

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Chart of the Day: Tipping of 15%

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Yahoo Finance and shows the tipping amount percentages for “average" service.

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Chart of the Day: Stocks From 1824 to Today

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Bank of America research provided by Ibbotson, which is an investment research company. It is a nice follow up..

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Chart of the Day: Buy the Dip

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Vanguard, and though it is not true in all cases, it is true in most, that since 1980 the best time to buy is..

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The price-to-earnings ratio helps investors compare the cost of stock to the earnings a company generates, and this chart shows the ratio with and without the Magnificent 7.

Chart of the Day: High Price to Pay

Today’s Chart of the Day from Bank of America Equity & Quant Strategy shows the price you pay for future earnings explains 80% of the returns for the..

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