Comments on: Three Posters About Personal Finance

By: Ryan McLean

Ryan McLean — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:58:19 +0000

@JamesFowlkes: Thank you for your kind words. The Big Picture chart is available in poster format, and can be ordered through our website: http://www.investmentsillustrated.com

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By: Brett | Investing Part Time

Brett | Investing Part Time — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:03:58 +0000

JD,
This charts are pretty awesome. Barry over at The Big Picture (blog) posts up charts like these every week, and they’re some of my favorites to check out!

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By: Tyler Karaszewski

Tyler Karaszewski — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 04:44:47 +0000

@The silver purse:

like this?
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=y+%3D+1.08%5Ex+from+0+to+50

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By: Ryan McCafferty

Ryan McCafferty — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 01:50:06 +0000

I just finished reading “Investing for Dummies” by Eric Tyson and “The Big Picture Chart” falls perfectly in line with his teachings.

Pretty much, you can expect approximately a 10% return in the stock market if you adhere to investing for the long term and diversifying your portfolio.

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By: sewingirl

sewingirl — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 01:38:40 +0000

My daughter ordered the Death and Taxes poster last year, and gave it to her Government teacher at school. Got her extra credit!

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By: The Silver Purse

The Silver Purse — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:12:04 +0000

As they say, “A picture is worth a 1000 words.” These visual charts have the power to quickly convey a vast amount of info and help us see the big picture.

Now, how can we visually show people the power of compounding in a visual way?

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By: James Fowlkes

James Fowlkes — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:34:47 +0000

THese are so freaking cool. Wish I could find these huge and put them up on my wall!

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By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:33:19 +0000

Another great data visualization is Hans Roslings “200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes”…its on the BBC youtube channel.

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By: Melissa

Melissa — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 17:16:38 +0000

They have lots of cool infographics at visual economics, for example, http://www.visualeconomics.com/food-consumption-in-america_2010-07-12/

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By: retirebyforty

retirebyforty — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:44:12 +0000

I really like the Death & Taxes poster. It is so much easier to see the big picture. Defense take up so much of our budget, that’s where we need to cut.
I made a money flowchart that shows how we spend and save. It’s more of a high level road map and not really detail budget plan, but it works for us.
Take a look and let me know what you think.

http://retireby40.org/2010/11/retirebyfortys-money-flowchart/

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By: eva

eva — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 16:14:09 +0000

As a researcher I adore charts and graphs. But I’m also very critical: many, many of the visuals that I see around are either inaccurate (at best) or incredibly misleading (at worst). So when they’re good they’re wonderful–but you have to be sharp.

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By: Mike Piper

Mike Piper — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 13:46:24 +0000

I’ve never liked that “mountain chart” of investment returns. I think it’s rather misleading.

Since it uses a logarithmic scale, it makes market drops look like nothing.

For example, 2008 or 2000-2002 each look like a little tiny dip in the stock market, when in reality they were declines of more than a third in the market’s value. For many investors, those periods were terrifying.

I think charts like that, which give an overly-smooth appearance of market returns, trick investors into thinking that market volatility is no big deal. Then they end up with a portfolio with far more risk/volatility than they’re truly comfortable with — often resulting in big mistakes when the market experiences its next decline.

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By: Barbara Friedberg

Barbara Friedberg — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 13:22:43 +0000

That investments illustrated chart looks INCREDIBLE. As an MBA prof and pf blogger & author I am always referencing historical asset class returns. The chart would keep the info handy. I’m going to the link now.

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By: Nicole@grumpyrumblings

Nicole@grumpyrumblings — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 13:12:16 +0000

I love my Death and Taxes poster from last year. I point to it occasionally during office hours.

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By: LifeAndMyFinances

LifeAndMyFinances — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:10:45 +0000

I hear ya J.D. I’m a sucker for charts and graphs too. That’s probably why I’m an analyst by day!

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By: dotCOMreport

dotCOMreport — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 11:50:54 +0000

I’m not a fan of charts and graphs myself (might have something to do with the financial geek stuff?), but this is really great and there’s some covetousness going on here too.

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