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Chart Of The Day

$292,710 is the current, average price of a single-family home in the U.S.

Chart of the Day: Real Estate Down 5%, but Still Up 40%

Today's Chart of the Day is of the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index published yesterday, March 28.

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 blue bar chart shows the growth of $2,000 invested annually in the S&P 500 from 2001 - 2020

Chart of the Day: Don't Stay in Cash

“Time it right,” and “Don’t buy the peak” are attractive goals; however, the chart from @PeterMallouk shows the difference between perfect timing and..

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blue bar chart compares things such as number of words in the novel

Chart of the Day: More Hedge Funds than Burger Kings

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from the Financial Times and shows a variety of things.

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10% contribution in purple, increasing contribution in green, 3% contribution in blue

Chart of the Day: 1% Increase Annually to 10%

Today’s Chart supports the idea of, “Save early; save often.”

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decrease is representing by descending blue line

Chart of the Day: More with Less

I often joke that when I started banking in 1996 there were three of me that do the level of work I do now. This chart supports it.

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multiple charts shared in the semi-annual SPIVA report

Charts of the Day: 2022 Index vs. Active Update

The semi-annual SPIVA (S&P Index Vs. Active) report was recently released.

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bar chart in blue shows answers to survey

Chart of the Day: Home Changes in 2023

Today’s Chart of the Day is a survey of builders with data provided by John Burns Real Estate Consulting.

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a blue line indicates the ups and downs of returns dating back to 1926

Chart of the Day: 30 Years of Faith

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from an article written by Ben Carlson on A Wealth of Common Sense. The chart shows rolling 30-year returns of the..

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a black line indicates the decline in labor force participation

Chart of the Day: Men in the Workforce

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), a fascinating website for charts of economic data.

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