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Chart Of The Day

top 18 market turmoil and Dow Jones averages in a list format

Chart of the Day: Every Five Years or So

Today’s Chart of the Day, from an article written by Robin Powell with IFA.com, shows the 18 largest market events over the last 95 years.

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Chart of the Day: Hurricanes and the Equator

Today’s Chart of the Day is a slight departure from a typical financial post, and similar to one I shared a few years ago, but has some additional..

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Blue map of the united states showing return on investment of homes

Chart of the Day: Real Estate Over Five Year Spans

Today’s Chart of the Day from ResiClub shows the average 5-year home price return has averaged 26% per state since 1975.

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 Line graph showing Renter Burden vs. Homeowner Burden changes from 2015 through 2024.

Chart of the Day: Imbalance of Rent vs. Buy

Today’s Chart is from Zillow showing that typically the share of income spent on housing costs for homeowners, such as mortgage, taxes, and..

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Map of the United States with temperature and year numbers, Florida's highest is 107 in 1901.

Chart of the Day: July Record Heat

As we all walk outside this month and think, “It is hot!", remember today’s Chart of the Day from the Statewide High Temperature Records set during..

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Pie chart with brand logos illustrating the various banners held within the 11 global companies that control most of the brands one is familiar with.

Chart of the Day: Brand Wheel

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Jon Erlichman and shows what I like to call the “Brand Wheel".

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grid shows 1st in light blue, 2nd in black, and 3rd in dark blue

Chart of the Day: Winners Don't Win Forever

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Counterpoint Global with data from FactSet. It shows the top three largest US companies from 1950 to 2023. AT&T..

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Line graph illustrating the number of hours a worked per worker since 1974 for select economies - some of the lines represent the US in white, France red, and Germany blue.

Chart of the Day: US Work Ethic

Today’s Chart of the Day is from the Financial Times and shows the number of annual hours worked, per worker, for select economies since 1974.

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A map of the United States displaying the percentage of personal income paid toward state and local taxes by state in 2024. States with the highest tax percentages are depicted in dark red, while those with the lower percentages transition through shades of orange to yellow.

Chart of the Day: State Taxes

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Visualcapitalist.com and shows the percentage of personal income paid toward state and local taxes by state in 2024.

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