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As in “a picture is worth a thousand words”,
“un bon croquis vaut mieux qu'un long discours”,
"百闻不如一见", or "As the Chinese say, 1001 words is worth more than a picture."!

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Price of a single ticket to Disney World

Price of a single ticket to Disney World

Actual ticket price vs. 1971 ticket price adjusted for inflation

Giles Parkinson, Portfolio Manager
Aviva Investors, Pricing power is the magic ingredient for equity investors, 27 November 2020
Active Fiscal Stimulus

Active Fiscal Stimulus

Projected Active Fiscal Stimulus (2020, % of GDP) vs. General Government Debt (2019, % of GDP)

Nathan Sheets, PhD, Chief Economist, Head of Global Macroeconomic Research; George Jiranek, Associate, Global Macroeconomic Research
PGIM Fixed Income, Perspectives, Is Higher Global Inflation Around the Corner? September 2020
Performance of a 60:40 Portfolio in the UK in the 1970s

Performance of a 60:40 Portfolio in the UK in the 1970s

Chart Excerpt

Henry Maxey, Chief Investment Officer
Ruffer, Dismantling the deflation machine, The Ruffer Review 2020
Italy vs. Sweden Real GDP before and after the Euro

Italy vs. Sweden Real GDP before and after the Euro

Italy joins the Euro in 2000, while Sweden stays out.

Charles Gave
Institut des Libertés, 21 September 2020
Total Pages Published in the Code of Federal Regulations

Total Pages Published in the Code of Federal Regulations

(1950-2019)

Federal Register Statistics
Regulatory Studies Center, The George Washington University, July 2020
A Perspective on Drawdowns

A Perspective on Drawdowns

S&P 500 Percent Off High Since March 9, 2009

Jill Mislinski, “S&P 500 Snapshot: Down 0.47% YTD”
Advisor Perspectives, July 24, 2020
Stocks and the Matthew effect

Stocks and the Matthew effect

“The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.” This famous adage has its roots in a biblical verse in the Gospel according to Matthew 25:29: “For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away .”

Steef Bergakker, Senior Portfolio Manager
Robeco, Insights, Graph of the Week, 03 July 2020

A Supercharged Recovery?

"The good news of a quick US recovery has a worrisome implication."

Mathieu Savary, Global Strategist
BCA Research, Chart Of The Week, June 22, 2020
Google search terms frequency (worldwide)

Google search terms frequency (worldwide)

January 2020 - May 2020

Laurence Monnier
Aviva Investors, "COVID-19 and data infrastructure: Will demand translate into profit?", 18 June 2020
U.S. Personal Saving Rate

U.S. Personal Saving Rate

As of April 2020.

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, June 3, 2020.
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