A bit of data cherry picking, perhaps (announced job cuts?). Related article. (via Barry Ritholtz)
In: Bailout| Employment| Finance| Stock Market
8 Mar 2010The average size of stock trades has been shrinking in the medium term.
note: if you have trouble seeing the FT grapic try a google search for the article name “Average trade size on top world stock exchanges” and click on the link there.
In: Bailout| Finance| Source: Economist| Stock Market| US Economy
25 Feb 2010In: Bailout| Finance| Politics| Source: FT| Stock Market| US Economy
9 Feb 2010The FT has an audio annotated slideshow explaining the proposal.
(note, to get around FT’s registration try this link)
In: Employment| Finance| Housing| Interactive| Source: USA Today| Stock Market| US Economy
29 Jan 2010The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”. Updated 1/27/09.
In: Bailout| Finance| Interactive| Source: WSJ| Stock Market| US Economy
17 Jan 2010A very nice treemap presentation — you can drill down by year and company level. Clicking on a company box will bring up their own comments on compensation policies. Well done WSJ!
In: Employment| Finance| Interactive| Maps| Stock Market
7 Jan 2010The overlapping memberships of 15 Fortune 500 board members. (From 2008) The site allows construction of all kinds of people-maps (bands, funerals, etc).
In: Finance| Global Economy| Interactive| Source: FT| Stock Market| US Economy
22 Dec 2009An interactive look at 10 years of global indices, bonds, interest rates, commodities, and a few key stocks.
In: Finance| Interactive| Stock Market
19 Nov 2009The second one from Vanguard lets you adjust when you leave and enter the market (based on market crashes/recoveries). Very cool.
In: Finance| Interactive| Stock Market| US Economy
18 Nov 2009Vanguard has several interesting interactive tools for visualizing investment decisions. The first concerns investment composition. Use the sliders at the bottom to choose between stocks, bonds, and cash – and to show how your investments would have performed over any date range since 1928. Click on the little graph icons in the upper right corner to view it as data or a line chart. Thanks to Diane Fitzer for pointing them out.
In: Employment| Finance| Housing| Interactive| Stock Market| US Economy
2 Nov 2009Updated October 28th. The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”.
In: Bailout| Finance| Interactive| Stock Market| US Economy
21 Sep 2009I question the value of “Bold/Weak” as an axis. but it’s still interesting to look at. Related CNNMoney article.
More interesting: Change in stock price one year later, versus level of federal assistance:
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Wall Street Grifters
In: Bailout| Commentary| Finance| Stock Market| US Economy
19 Feb 2010I don’t post many editorials, but I love Matt Taibbi’s gonzo journalism style and his insights about cracks in the financial system.