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Increase from 1950 - 2020 shown in blue line on chart

Chart of the Day: Increasing Chances To Reach Age 100

Today’s Chart of the Day shows the percentage of people who have reached the age of 100.

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A chart sourced from the Wall Street Journal, based on data from the Labor Department, illustrates a 25% cumulative increase in grocery and dining-out expenses since 2020. Additionally, the analysis highlights a 30-year high, with 11% of disposable income designated for food expenditures. The rise is attributed to elevated labor and food costs, with anticipated exacerbation due to forthcoming higher minimum wage laws.

Chart of the Day: 25% More for Food

Today’s Chart of the Day is from the Wall Street Journal utilizing data from the Labor Department, showing that you are not imagining things; there..

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Charts show number of realtors per 1,000 jobs divided by state

Chart of the Day: Number of Real Estate Agents

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Dr. Torsten Slok from Apollo and shows the number of real estate agents per 1,000 jobs.

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Line chart illustrating the decline in average family size from 3.3 in 1960 to 2.5 today. Decrease began in 1965 with the enactment of the Social Security Act. Recent decreases, although stabilizing, are attributed to families having fewer children.

Chart of the Day: Family Size is Shrinking

Today's chart, sourced from Apollo and the Census Bureau data, illustrates a decline in the average family size from 3.3 members per household in..

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 chart ranges from 30 to 65, but green circles representing how many times your salary you should have saved. 30 = 1, over 65 = 10

Chart of the Day: Age vs. Salary Saved

Today’s Chart of the Day comes from Yahoo Finance with estimates by Fidelity. It shows a general rule of thumb for financial planning for how much..

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Today's Chart of the day shows a graph with a blue line representing the ebbs and flows of the total number of all the stocks in the US. The high point was in the 1990's with 7,500 stocks and the low point being now, with only 3,700.

Chart of the Day: All Stocks Index

Today’s Chart comes from an article in Barron’s with information from Wilshire Indexes. The “Wiltshire 5000” is an index similar to the S&P 500, with..

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Chart of the Day: Lifespan vs. Healthspan

Today’s Chart of the Day is from A Teachable Moment by Tony Isola and one to keep in the back of your mind.

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ar graph illustrating S&P 500 1-Year, 3-Year and 5-Year average cumulative returns from 1988 to 2020, comparing returns in investing on any day (light green) vs investing at all-time highs (dark green).

Chart of the Day: Invest at the Record High

Today’s Chart, from Peter Mallouk via the Chart Report, shows the average cumulative S&P 500 returns from 1998 to 2020.

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 Chart showing car insurance price in blue and overall consumer prices in black

Chart of the Day: Car Insurance Up 37%

Today’s Chart of the Day from Bloomberg with data from the US Bureau of Labor shows the inflation of car insurance (black) vs. everything else (blue)..

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