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Chart Of The Day

Line graph showing the number of households with children under the age of 18, from 1950 to present.

Chart of the Day: Age 18 Peaked in 2007

Today’s Chart from Torsten Sløk with Apollo shows that the number of families with children under the age of 18 peaked in 2007 at 37 million and has..

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Map of the U.S. ranking inbound (purple) and outbound (green) relocations by state.

Chart of the Day: Inbound vs. Outbound

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Axios, with data from Atlas Van Lines of their 107,000 residential moves over the last year and shows the percent..

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Image of a tree with leaves illustrating life events in which one's estate plan should be revisited.

Chart of the Day: Life Changes

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Wealth.com and shows the various reasons why you should revisit (or obtain one if you don’t) your Estate Plan, which..

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Line graph illustrating the average increase in life expectancy, from 1900 to 2023.

Chart of the Day: Life is Longer

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Our World in Data showing that the global average life expectancy went from 32 years in 1900 to 73 years as of 2023.

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Bar graph showing how much, by age, one would have to save per month in order to be a millionaire at age 65.

Chart of the Day: How Much to Save

Today’s Chart of the Day from @PeterMallouk is a good one to share with the friends and family who are still working and saving.

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Line graph showing the percentage of Americans that consume alcoholic beverages, from 1940 to present.

Chart of the Day: Lowest Ever Alcohol Consumption

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Gallop and shows the share of Americans that drink alcohol since 1940.

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Line graph showing ages of all home buyers (red), repeat buyers (green), and first-time buyers (yellow) from 1980 to present.

Chart of the Day: First-Time Home Buyers Are Holding Off

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Axios Visuals with data from the National Association of Realtors.

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Overnight versus intraday returns for the S&P 500.

Chart of the Day: Day or Night Trading

The topic of Today’s Chart of the Day is something that often crosses my mind in the morning when I look at how the market is going to open.

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Chart illustrating the difference between investing (solid blue line) and gambling (broken blue line).

Chart of the Day: Investing vs. Gambling

Today’s Chart of the Day is from Michael Mauboussin and highlights the difference between investing vs. gambling. 

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