Archive for the 'Financial markets' Category

US stockmarket returns since 1825 [Economist]

From the Economist

The total return of the S&P 500 index fell by nearly 40% last year, the second-worst performance by America’s stockmarket since 1825…


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What is a Hedge Fund?

In case you were wondering about what all those hedge fund managers were doing while earning those incredibly large incomes check this out:


A look inside hedge funds from Marketplace on Vimeo.

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The Crisis of Credit Visualized

The Crisis of Credit Visualized is a video from Interaction & Media Designer Jonathan Jarvis found via Cool Infographics.

The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

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Five indicators for tracking the Credit Crisis (NYTimes)

From New York Times Economix blog. Five indicators tracking the change in the supply/demand for Credit: High-Yield Bonds, 30-day Commercial Paper, 3-month LIBOR, 3-month t-bills, and TED Spread

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Unemployment magnifying glass

[tags]United States, Credit Crisis[/tags]

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Stock Market & World GDP Statistical Data Sculptures

The piece consists of two layers: the lower half is a mapping of the
world’s GDP and the top half is a mapping of the derivatives volume,
alloted to the coordinates of the countries on a map.

Sculpture found via infomation aesthetics

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Compare 12 Bear Markets (S&P 500) Aug 1929 – Oct 2008

Screenshot from a New York Times Interactive Graphic How This Bear Market Compares by Amanda Cox, Xaquín G.V. and David Leonhardt that shows the percentage drop in the S&P 500 during the last 12 bear markets. The current market drop is highlighted in red, while the drop after 1929 is highlighted in orange.

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Gasoline Inflation magnifying glass

[tags]United States, S&P 500, Bear Markets[/tags]

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