Crews Bank & Trust Blog | Samuel A. Kiburz, Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer

Area map showing the composition of the US Bond market by sector from 2001 to 2024.

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Chart of the Day: Government Bonds Dominate the US Bond Market

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Avantis Investors and shows the weighted percentage of bonds issued by various sectors of the market.

Black and white printed lists of the Top 40 and Bottom 40 occupations, ranked on their compatibility with AI.

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Chart of the Day: AI and Compatible Jobs

Today’s Chart of the Day is from a study by Cornell University (arXiv.org) published in July 2025, called “Working with AI: Measuring the..

Line graph showing the ups and downs of the stock market, notated with various

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Chart of the Day: Reasons to Sell

Today’s Chart is from @QCompounding showing 50+ "smart-sounding" reasons used to sell stocks since 1950 to 2020, all while the market went up 100(x)..

A funnel chart illustrating the store-count change of the top 10 US fast-food chains with the greatest increases (blue) and top 10 US fast-food chains with the greatest declines (red) from 2023 to 2024.

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Chart of the Day: Starbucks for the Win

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Chartr and confirms you are not imaging things while driving around. Yes, you are seeing more and more Starbucks pop..

Bar chart comparing air bag deployments, reported injuries and police reported incidents between humans (gray) and Waymo driverless cars (blue).

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Chart of the Day: Driver vs. Driverless Cars

Today’s Chart of the Day is from a Waymo*/Stanford report shared by JP Morgan that shows the “incidents per million miles" comparing human drivers,..

Chart illustrating the US Household spend on various consumer categories from 1929-2024, with healthcare highlighted in purple.

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Chart of the Day: Percent Spent on Healthcare

Today’s Chart of the Day from The New York Times shows the share of US household expenditures in various consumer categories, such as groceries,..

Line graph illustrating the home builder months of supply by stage of construction: Yellow representing Permitted Houses (Not Started); red: Under Construction Houses and blue: Completed Houses.

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Chart of the Day: Permitted House Explosion

Today’s Chart of the Day is from re:venture and shows the history of home builder months of supply by stage of construction.

Two maps of the US showing the change in Top Employer by state from 1990 to 2024.

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Chart of the Day: Top Employers

Today’s Chart of the Day, shared by my colleague Jackson Garner, is from an article in The New York Times showing the change in the top employer (by..

blurred image of charts in the blog with a post-it note stating The View Behind and The View Ahead of the Second Half of 2025 covering much of the

Chart of the Day

Chart of the Day Extra: The Year-to-Date Recap

As we closed out the first half of 2025, all I could think is, “That was a wild ride!”

Line graph showing number of houses sold per year per real estate agent from 1999 to present.

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Chart of the Day: Number of Homes Sold Per Agent

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Torsten Slok of Apollo Global Management's US Housing Outlook report, showing home sales per real estate agent since..

Christine Hause, Vice President and Senior Wealth Strategist and Samuel A. Kiburz, Senior Vice President

Estate Planning Chart of the Day Managing your Wealth

Chart of the Day Extra: Complimentary Estate-Planning Seminars 7/29-31

Join Christine Hause, Vice President and Senior Wealth Strategist, and me, Chart of the Day author Samuel A. Kiburz, Senior Vice President, Chief..

Blue bar graph showing the percentage of a total car assembled in the US

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Chart of the Day: % of Their Car

Today’s Chart of the Day, from Barron’s with data from Bloomberg, shows what percentage of a car is assembled in the US by manufacturer and the..

Line graph illustrating the highs and lows of self-reported wellbeing starting at age 18 thru 85 years.

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Chart of the Day: Age 52 Then Happier

Today’s Chart of the Day, based on a Nielsen survey, shows the changes in the level of self-reported wellbeingon a scale from 1-10, by age.

Bar graph ranking the answers to the question, When I think about my child’s experience growing up, I wish _____ had never been invented.

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Chart of the Day: Wish This Was Not Around

Today’s Chart of the Day, “We Don’t Have to Give in to the Smartphones,” is from a New York Times article.

List ranking the top 15 wealthiest individuals on the planet, showing total net worth, YTD $ change, country of origin and which industry they're in.

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Chart of the Day: Top 15 Individuals

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index, listing the 15 wealthiest individuals on the planet.

Samuel A. Kiburz, Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer

Samuel serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer for the Crews family of banks. He manages the individual investment holdings of his clients, including individuals, families, foundations, and institutions throughout the State of Florida. Samuel has been involved in banking since 1996 and has more than 20 years experience working in wealth management.

Investments are not a deposit or other obligation of, or guaranteed by, the bank, are not FDIC insured, not insured by any federal government agency, and are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal.

Chart of the Day: Government Bonds Dominate the US Bond Market

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Avantis Investors and shows the weighted percentage of bonds issued by various sectors of the market.

Chart of the Day

08/26/25

Chart of the Day: AI and Compatible Jobs

Today’s Chart of the Day is from a study by Cornell University (arXiv.org) published in July 2025, called “Working with AI: Measuring the Occupational Implications of Generative AI” and contains two charts.

Chart of the Day

08/21/25

Chart of the Day: Reasons to Sell

Today’s Chart is from @QCompounding showing 50+ "smart-sounding" reasons used to sell stocks since 1950 to 2020, all while the market went up 100(x) after inflation.

Chart of the Day

08/19/25

Chart of the Day: Starbucks for the Win

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Chartr and confirms you are not imaging things while driving around. Yes, you are seeing more and more Starbucks pop up as they keep expanding, opening 589 stores in 2024!

Chart of the Day

08/14/25

Chart of the Day: Driver vs. Driverless Cars

Today’s Chart of the Day is from a Waymo*/Stanford report shared by JP Morgan that shows the “incidents per million miles" comparing human drivers, in the gray bars, to driverless Waymo autos represented in the blue bars.

Chart of the Day

08/12/25

Chart of the Day: Percent Spent on Healthcare

Today’s Chart of the Day from The New York Times shows the share of US household expenditures in various consumer categories, such as groceries, clothing, housing, and healthcare.

Chart of the Day

08/7/25

Chart of the Day: Permitted House Explosion

Today’s Chart of the Day is from re:venture and shows the history of home builder months of supply by stage of construction.

Chart of the Day

08/5/25

Chart of the Day: Top Employers

Today’s Chart of the Day, shared by my colleague Jackson Garner, is from an article in The New York Times showing the change in the top employer (by industry) in each state from 1990 to 2024.

Chart of the Day

07/31/25

Chart of the Day Extra: The Year-to-Date Recap

As we closed out the first half of 2025, all I could think is, “That was a wild ride!”

Chart of the Day

07/29/25

Chart of the Day: Number of Homes Sold Per Agent

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Torsten Slok of Apollo Global Management's US Housing Outlook report, showing home sales per real estate agent since 1999.

Estate Planning, Chart of the Day, Managing your Wealth

07/24/25

Chart of the Day Extra: Complimentary Estate-Planning Seminars 7/29-31

Join Christine Hause, Vice President and Senior Wealth Strategist, and me, Chart of the Day author Samuel A. Kiburz, Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, for complimentary estate-planning seminars at our Punta Gorda branch, 2331 Tamiami Trail, next week.

Chart of the Day

07/22/25

Chart of the Day: % of Their Car

Today’s Chart of the Day, from Barron’s with data from Bloomberg, shows what percentage of a car is assembled in the US by manufacturer and the number of major US plants each company owns.

Chart of the Day

07/17/25