Stock Market Archive:

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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Vanguard 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.

 

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Updated October 28th. The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”.

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I question the value of “Bold/Weak” as an axis. but it’s still interesting to look at. Related CNNMoney article.

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More interesting: Change in stock price one year later, versus level of federal assistance:

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So many data releases focus (correctly) on percentage changes m-to-m or y-to-y; but once in a while it’s useful to look at the actual numbers. Below is the S&P, Employment, Foreclosures, and Bankruptcies.

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Lots of talk last week about Wall Street still paying huge bonuses. Related article.

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To be fair, 2009 values are analyst “estimates”. Related article.

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Summary of EU and US reforms. The related article is a very good read on the subject.

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NYT’s version of just the USA (hat-tip to Ritholtz). Related article.

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Monthly interactive survey of 54 economist on a number of indicators and issues.

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A good chart of US bubbles. The print version (p.A8, 6/18/09) had much better aesthetics. but the data are the same. Related article.

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A table summarizing the oversight reforms proposed on Wednesday. Related Washpost article.

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Dshort’s June update of one of my favorite charts (inflation adjusted bullish version). Makes me wonder if we’re just going to re-inflate the bubble without any real correction.

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Interactive table of top 500 companies in the world (and for US/EU/UK/Japan) by market cap. You can sort any column, filter by sector, and drill down each company to see stats and historical rankings.

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