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Cannabis Stock Bubbles: The Higher They Rise the Greater They Fall
Over the past few years, investors have been eyeing a new type of green -- cannabis stocks. Even though only 33 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana to some degree and...
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Visualizing the Importance of Services in the World's Economy
Most of the world’s economic production comes from the agriculture, industry, and services sectors. The services sector, in particular, plays a much larger role in the world economy than you might...
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Charted: These Giant Companies Make Millions Every Day
In an age of “unicorn” companies, which are private companies with billion-dollar valuations, and even trillion dollar companies, it can be difficult to mentally comprehend important financial metrics...
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Charting the Best College in Each State in 2019
You obviously went to the best college. No one can tell you otherwise. But... there might be an objective way to measure colleges. With student debt climbing every year, we need our choices validated....
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Visualizing The Thrilling Economic Growth of The Last 2000 Years
The world’s economy is seemingly poised for a slowdown, due to factors such as shifts in consumer spending, decreased global investment, and escalating tensions in the trade war between the U.S. and...
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Budgeting for the Children: Where Does the Money Go?
How much of the federal budget is dedicated to helping children? From healthcare and nutrition to education and tax benefits, the United States government spends hundreds of billions of dollars on...
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Which Goods are Most Traded Between U.S. & China?
Trade talks between the United States and China are ongoing, with another round of talk set to launch soon. The standoff remains with just over a year to go before the 2020 presidential election....
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How Americans Spend Their Money, in One Chart
Americans are notorious spenders. Compared to many other nations around the world, households in the U.S. have a particularly low savings rate, and 28 percent of American adults have no emergency fund....
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Charted: The Highest-Paying Companies in the U.S.
According to the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the median household income in the U.S. is $61,937. Some companies are well-known for having sky-high salaries that are more than twice...
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Charting Extreme Poverty: Population Living on Less than $1.90 a Day
Poverty presses at the core of humanity. We often judge the best of us by the least of us. Most of us already know that much of the world’s population lives in extreme poverty. But just how prevalent...
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Timeline of the Most Expensive Wars in U.S. History
The U.S. is the biggest military power in the world, with an annual budget of $649B. The War in Afghanistan in total has cost the country over $910B. The conflict is now over 18 years old, making it by...
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The World Economy Explained in 10 Visualizations
The global economy has expanded rapidly over several centuries. Through depressions, wars, and other events, the world economy has continued to develop at an exponential rate. Starting at about $184...
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Charted: These U.S. Jobs Have the Biggest Paychecks in 2019
You may have heard growing up that the path to a good salary was to become a doctor or a lawyer. It turns out that this conventional wisdom is right—at least partly. Our new visualization uses the most...
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Visualize the Top 25 Private Cloud Companies in the World
Cloud computing is changing the economy and transforming the way millions of people work, and private companies with multibillion dollar valuations are at the forefront of the disruption. Our latest...
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A Snapshot of Worldwide Wheat Exports
Agricultural production is one of the mainstays of the economy, accounting for 3% of the world’s GDP and almost 30% of global employment. One of the most widely grown crops in the world is wheat, which...
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Mapping the Population of Global Millionaires in 2019
More millionaires live in the U.S. than any other country in the world, and it’s not even close. That’s according to the 2019 Global Wealth Databook by Credit Suisse. Here’s how the U.S. compares to...
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Mapped: How Much You Need to Retire Comfortably in Each State
Having enough savings to afford a comfortable retirement has been an issue for a long time now. In fact, some economists have recently estimated that millennials will face even a harder challenge and...
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Top 10 Hottest Stocks Since 2000: What if You had Invested $100?
Stock prices move up and down every day, but the very best companies bring value to their shareholders over the long term. Since 2019 is almost over, we wanted to understand the top 10 stocks so far...
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Visualize the Entire World’s Wealth Inequality
Wealth inequality shows up in a variety of different ways. You can see it in the uneven distribution of millionaires around the world. You can find it in a series of maps we published this time last...
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In One Chart: Where Do State Tax Revenues Come From?
The United States federal progressive income tax dates back over 100 years, to the Revenue Act of 1913. Back then, the U.S. received most of its tax revenues from tariffs. Many states have followed the...
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