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Chart Of The Day

chart from September 2003 to September 2023

Chart of the Day: US Almost 50% of the World

Today’s Chart of the Day from Torsten Slok with Apollo shows that the United States now makes up almost 50% of the world’s total stock market value.

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Colored charts showing the changes (improvements) in Poverty, Basic Education, Literacy, Democracy, Vaccinations, and Child Mortality across the World's total population for the past 2 centuries.

Chart of the Day: Good News for Last 200 Years

Today's Chart of the Day, from Our World in Data, shows how the world has improved per 100 people since 1820.

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blue chart showing investor return gaps by categories such as allocation and taxable bond

Chart of the Day: Mind the 15% Gap

Today’s Chart of the Day is from a Morningstar article named, “Why Investors Missed Out on 15% of Total Funds Returns.” They call it the “gap,” which..

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Line chart showing home prices (dark blue) and mortgage payments (light blue) from 1988 to present.

Chart of the Day: 1988 Home Prices to Now

Today’s Chart of the Day is data from Case-Shiller Adjusted Home Price, charted by Mish.

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Green map of the United States of America

Chart of the Day: Value of $100

Today’s Chart of the Day from GoBankingRates shows the cost-of-living differences between the states. Oddly in Florida, $100 is worth $100.

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Map of the US, highlighting all federally owned land in red, and state-owned land is white.

Chart of the Day: Land Owned By Government

Today’s Chart of the Day deviates from our usual financial topics and comes from the Bureau of Land Management.

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Chart of the Day: Growth of $100 Since 1970

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Markets in a Minute and shows the value of $100 invested in various assets from 1970 to 2023.

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blue bar chart

Chart of the Day: More Mortgage Free

Today’s Chart of the Day from ResiClub shows the percentage of homes that are mortgage-free.

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Line graph illustrating the percentage of manufacturing jobs as compared to all jobs in the US from 1948 to 2023.

Chart of the Day: Manufacturing Decline

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from GlobalData and shows the percentage of manufacturing jobs in the US, from 1948 to 2023.

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