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Chart Of The Day

US dollar is represented in dark blue, other currencies considered include the Euro, Pound and Yen

Chart of the Day: Dollar Reign

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from the Financial Times and shows the dominance of the US dollar in central bank reserves globally, represented in..

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orange bar chart shows passenger trips on public transport broken down monthly from 2019 - 2023

Chart of the Day: Post-Pandemic Trips

Today’s Chart of the Day is from the Wall Street Journal. Some things have not gone back to “pre-pandemic” days. One is the percentage of those who..

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graph shows relationship between buying and renting from 1970 to 2022

Chart of the Day: Buying vs. Renting

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from re:venture in a discussion on Reddit. It's important to remember that the monthly cost to buy (yellow) is usually..

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three blue pie charts showing under performance and out performance of three different funds

Chart of the Day: Equal Weight for an Even More Incredible Win

Today’s Chart of the Day is from S&P Global. If you follow my posts, you will not be surprised that over the last 20 years the S&P 500 index, where..

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the declining birth rate is represented by a blue line, data spans from 1980 to 2020

Chart of the Day: US Birth Rates

Today’s Chart of the Day from Econofact.org shows the trend in US birth rates which peaked in 2007 and is now 20% less.

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The chart shows the value of $100 invested in the S&P 500 (in blue) versus the Invesco QQQ Trust (in orange) over last 10 years.

Commentary of the Day: NASDAQ 100 Concentration

Today’s Chart of the Day is a comment about a unique risk that can occur in successful index funds. For instance, we often hear about what many call..

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Some companies included are: Google, Walmart, Exxon, G.E., and Amazon

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 shows companies such as Airbnb, Doordash, and Roblox

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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percentage of stocks owned indicated by dotted green line

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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