Data Visualization

✒ 95% of the richest French men live to age 62, but only 75% of the poorest do.

✒ A brilliant chart showing the daily hours of readership in 2022, based on dataset of 6.5m stories on 32 newsy topics compiled by Chartbeat, an analytics firm.

✒ Visualising the Excel spreadsheet supposedly prepared by SBF before the bankruptcy, dated November 10, 2022. P.S. There is a an illiquid asset TRUMPLOSE on the balance sheet which turns out to be a token created by FTX to enable a betting market on whether Donald Trump would win or lose the 2020 presidential election.

✒ Autocratic countries reported GDP growth of 147% on average. Satellite imagery suggests the true figure is 76%.

✒ A language analysis of every article HBR published from 1922 to 2021 shows three key patterns about which topic areas gained or lost traction over time. Pattern 1:A decline in language relating to operations and finance & accounting. Pattern 2:An increase in language relating to strategy and marketing. Pattern 3:A steady showing of language … Read More

✒ Rising interest rates — which make it more expensive for businesses to borrow money, and erode stock valuation by reducing the value of a company’s future cash flows — have been a major factor behind these layoffs.

✒ Raising interest rate to combat inflation is a balancing act akin to slowing down a car that is speeding down a hill. Slamming the brake too hard, the economy could come to a standstill or even go into recession. However, if rates are raised too slowly, inflation could gather enough momentum that it becomes … Read More

✒ Data shows steep decline in the average mass of mammals over time. The evidence points toward one main culprit: humans. Human have always hunted the largest mammals, which makes sense as it gives a good return on investment. One successful kill could feed a family for a long time. Bigger mammals are also easier … Read More

✒ Two main ways that big tech companies generate revenue: They either sell you a product. Or sell you as the product to advertisers.

✒ Brilliant data visualisations that helps explain an important topic. Bookmarked for further study and reference.

✒ A visual representation about the perceptions of probability. Spoiler alert: “Probable more likely than probably.”

✒ “Dr. Sheldon Cooper presents: Fund with Flags”

✒ Hong Kong, having just 7% of the city zoned for residential use thus being “notorious” for its difficult real estate market, is only second to Monaco as the most expensive city on this list.

✒ The conflict in Ukraine has created the largest flow of refugees in a single year since at least the end of the cold war.

✒ Living in a “material” world.

✒ A token of appreciation, or depreciation?

✒ Will cryptocurrency become the 12th market sector in the GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard)?

✒ Read this for the visualization and explanation about what the yield curve tells us.

✒ A visual explainer on different methods of measuring inflation, and The Economist’s proposed new measure.

✒ All of the top 20 fastest growing cities are located in either Africa or Asia, and they are far outpacing growth on other continents, such as Europe.