Stock Market Archive:

Barry Ritholtz has pulled together a great collection of charts mapping out how we tend to view economic cycles. Check out his post for an interesting related discussion.

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Stock Mapper

In: Stock Market

9 Apr 2010

One of the best stock visualizations I’ve seen.  Designer Hermann Zachiegner and Two-N INC have created a really nifty interactive visualization of near-real-time stats for global stock markets. Play with the filters and sorting buttons to bring up different heatmaps and bar charts; roll-over popups give details, logos, and recent news items. (via)

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This time from the NYT, covering 200 CEOs. Related article.

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A bit of data cherry picking, perhaps (announced job cuts?). Related article. (via Barry Ritholtz)

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A comparative look at the scale.

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The average size of stock trades has been shrinking in the medium term.

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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.

Thanks to Stephen Dobson for the heads up.

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I don’t post many editorials, but I love Matt Taibbi’s gonzo journalism style and his insights about cracks in the financial system.

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The FT has an audio annotated slideshow explaining the proposal.
(note, to get around FT’s registration try this link)

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The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”. Updated 1/27/09.

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A 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!

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The overlapping memberships of 15 Fortune 500 board members. (From 2008) The site allows construction of all kinds of people-maps (bands, funerals, etc).

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2008 and 2009 by sector, and compared to 2007 peaks.

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An interactive look at 10 years of global indices, bonds, interest rates, commodities, and a few key stocks.

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The second one from Vanguard lets you adjust when you leave and enter the market (based on market crashes/recoveries). Very cool.

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