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defined contributions in blue, defined benefits in green

Chart of the Day: More 401(k)'s Than Ever

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Torsten Slok who is the Chief Economist with Apollo. It shows the increase of defined contributions (401K’s and..

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lobbying levels show in green, Pharmaceuticals: $383M, Electronics $244M, Insurance $158M

Chart of the Day: Lobbying

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Open Secrets and shows the amount of money spent in lobbying our federal government in 2023. We have all heard about..

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Line graph showing return indices for the global market portfolio (blue) and its asset categories - Equities in brown, Real Estate (purple), Nov-government bonds (gray), Government bonds (green) and Commodities (gold) from 1970 to the present.

Chart of the Day: The Everything Portfolio (Part 2)

Today’s Chart of the Day is a follow up from the previous post and is from an academic paper called “The Risk and Reward of Investing” published by..

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Equities broad in teal, real estate in royal blue, nongovernment bonds in magenta, government bonds broad in green, commodities broad in orange- from Dec. 1970 to December 2022

Chart of the Day: The Everything Portfolio (Part 1)

Today’s Chart of the Day is from an academic paper called “The Risk and Reward of Investing” by Doeswijk and Swinkel published in July 2024.

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Line graph showing the price of gold from 1920 to 2022.

Chart of the Day: Gold vs. Inflation

Today's Chart of the Day from Ben Carlson's book "A Wealth of Common Sense" provides an insightful look at gold prices adjusted for inflation dating..

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red map of China with 94% of their population living on the eastern side

Chart of the Day: Unbalanced China

Today’s Chart of the Day from Epic Maps on X which shows the population density of China.

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Spreadsheet listing common publicly held stocks with the highest cumulative returns from 1925 to 2023. ranked from highest to lowest.

Chart of the Day: List of the Top Stocks

Today’s Chart of the Day is a list by Hendrik Bessembinder from his paper called “Which U.S. Stocks Generated the Highest Long-Term Returns?”..

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bar chart with global prices higher in red and lower in black

Chart of the Day: Big Mac Index

Today’s Chart of the Day from Voronoi shows the “Big Mac Index," a socially popular measure of a concept called Purchasing Power Parity. The concept..

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Chart showing election years from 1930 to present, listed by loss or gains by 10% ranges. Red years indicate election year losses, grey non-election years and green election year gains.

Chart of the Day: Markets in Election Years

Today’s Chart of the Day was provided by Angie Parsons, a Portfolio Manager at Crews Bank & Trust, after attending a presentation by Brian Levitt..

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