Finance Archive:
Banker Musical Chairs
8 Apr 2009From the FT: Interactive display of European investment banker staff moves.
Market Tree Map
In: Finance Interactive Maps Reference Stock Market Updated regularly US Economy
2 Apr 2009A tree map of more than 500 stocks, updated every 15 minutes. Click on the roll-over popups to bring up a pretty detailed drill down menu.
G20 by GDP, CPI, Stimulus, and Debt
In: Bailout Emerging Markets Finance Global Economy Interactive Maps Source: WSJ US Economy
1 Apr 2009Interactive map and tables (click along data series at top).
Central Bank Salaries
30 Mar 2009An amusing list of central bank salaries. (Bernanke’s underpaid)
Of course, they don’t mention their incomes before or after service.
G-20 Stimulus Spending
In: Bailout Commentary Finance Global Economy Interactive Maps Source: Washington Post US Economy
30 Mar 2009Related Washington Post article.
Of course, not being in terms of GDP, that isn’t the best perspective.
Here’s the original data from Brookings:
And here’s a nice interactive heatmap of the plans (roll-over for country details):
Investment Banking (Q109 update)
In: Bailout Finance Interactive Maps Source: FT Stock Market Updated regularly US Economy
29 Mar 2009Interactive tables and charts showing different kinds of IB operations over time (from the FT).
Read These Now
27 Mar 2009
It’s been a slow week graphic-wise, but I came across two fantastic articles on the crisis — can’t recommend them enough:
Matt Taibbi (Hunter S Thompson successor):
The Big Takeover
Simon Johnson (former IMF Chief Economist):
The Quiet Coup
State of the Economy (2/28 update)
In: Employment Finance Housing Interactive Source: Ritholtz Updated regularly US Economy
26 Mar 2009A very powerful interactive analytical presentation/tool.
From Russell Investments (via Ritholtz)
Top 20 Financial Institutions, 1999-2009
In: Finance Global Economy Interactive Source: FT US Economy
23 Mar 2009Click on a bank to highlight it, then move the year slider at the bottom to watch the rankings change
I recently came across FlowingData, a fantastic blog of data analysis and graphic design. Nathan covers a lot of the same territory that I do here, but casts a much broader net and has a lot of discussion about the design methods and tools of the trade. This post about Financial Crisis visualizations is a great example. The links below are to graphics I haven’t posted before (most of which are from a Good Magazine contest).
Parsing the FED (updated Mar 18)
18 Mar 2009The Wall Street Journal provides an "interpretation" of most FED press releases, comparing them to previous statements.
US Debt
13 Mar 2009Ritholtz via option ARMageddon.
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8 Apr 2009Nice WSJ article on bubbles. (via Ritholtz)