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Chart Of The Day

Checkerboard-styled chart running from 2011-2024 using different colors representing the factors taken into consideration when planning a portfolio. Each square gives the loss or gain in percentages for that year.

Chart of the Day: A Case for Diversification aka the Chicklets Chart

Today’s Chart of the Day, often referred to as the Chicklets Chart, is updated annually to reflect the returns of the major factors in the equity..

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List of cognitive biases with an orange border

Chart of the Day: Cognitive Bias

Today’s Chart of the Day from PageTear was shared by Charlie Bilello. It shows 15 different Cognitive Biases, their definition, and examples.

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Area chart showing the Tooth Fairy payouts from 2001 to 2025

Chart of the Day - Tooth Fairy Payout

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Delta Dental and shows the average Tooth Fairy payout per lost tooth since 2001. A tongue in cheek survey but also..

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Curve shown in green and pink

Chart of the Day: Tax More/Less Get Less/More

Today’s Chart of the Day highlights The Laffer Curve, an economic theory created by Arthur Laffer in 1974. It proposes that there is a maximum amount..

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Line graph showing Feb funds rate, 30-year mortgage rate and 10-year Treasury bond rates

Chart of the Day - Lower Rates Don't Always Means Lower Mortgage Rates

Today’s Chart of the Day was shared by my colleague, and fellow Portfolio Manger, Angie Parsons. It's a from Bloomberg article showing the changes in..

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The average performance before, during and after a recession shown in pink, yellow and orange respectively. The performance after is much greater than during or before.

Chart of the Day: Positive Returns During Recessions

Today’s Chart of the Day and commentary is from Angie Parsons, my colleague and fellow Portfolio Manager. The chart from BlackRock shows stock..

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Chart illustrating Total Risk, with unsystematic risk noted in light blue and systematic risk in darker blue.

Chart of the Day: More Investments = Less Risk (To a Point)

Today’s Chart of the Day spotlights an important investment concept which was pioneered by Harry Markowitz, a Nobel Prize winner and pioneer of the..

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Chart of the Day: Work from Home Figures Sticky at 30%

Today’s Chart of the Day from Wolfstreet shows that Work from Home, a.k.a. WFH, is getting “sticky” at 30% after peaking at 60% during the pandemic.

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Line graph illustrating the median age of homebuyers from 1981 to 2024

Chart of Day - Median Age of Homebuyers

Today’s Chart of the Day uses data from the National Association of Realtors compiled by Torsten Sølk with Apollo, showing the history of the median..

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