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Chart Of The Day

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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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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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Chart of the Day: Taxes and Spending

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from chartr with figures provided by the US Treasury to help us understand where our Federal Government taxes and..

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chart shows that 105 out of 112 asset classes lost money in 2022

Chart of the Day: Don't Feel Too Bad

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from BlackRock and shows that 105 of 112 asset classes lost money in 2022.

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chart breaks down the risk and return relationship into four quadrants: low return and low risk, high return and high risk, fraud, and stupid

Chart of the Day: Risk & Return

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from @genticici on Twitter. I was impressed by the simplicity of the concept, and it's very apropos to be on the back..

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the $1 went to $10 in the first 20 years, vs. $500,000 to $2,300,000 in last 20

Chart of the Day: Stocks for the Long Run

Today’s Chart of the Day is a reoccurring one we like to keep updated with current data.

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chart shows fluctuating residential rates with a blue line, Pre-Great Recession average represented with red line

Chart of the Day: Pre-Great Recession Average

Today's Chart of the Day, compiled from information from the Mortgage Bankers Association, shows the 30-year residential rates dating back to 1993.

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Under 200k in purple, 200k - 300k in orange, 300k - 400k in blue, 400k - 500k in green, over 500k in red

Chart of the Day: Five Years in Real Estate

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from John Burns and shows the historical percentages of homes sold by sales price going back to 2010.

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