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by Niccolo Conte via Visual Capitalist The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns (2022 Edition) For investors, 2021 was a year in which nearly every asset class finished in the green, with commodities providing some of the best returns. The S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI) was the third best-performing asset class in 2021, returning 37.1% […]
by Omri Wallach via Visual Capitalist From Greek to Latin: Visualizing the Evolution of the Alphabet Over the course of 2021, the Greek alphabet was a major part of the news cycle. COVID-19 variants, which are labeled with Greek letters when becoming a variant of concern, normalized their usage. From the Alpha variant in the […]
by Niccolo Conte via Visual Capitalist How Every Market Performed in 2021 After the roller coaster of volatility in 2020, the majority of asset classes in 2021 saw positive returns as the world reopened for business. The Federal Reserve’s accommodative monetary policy, supply chain struggles, and high demand for fuels and raw materials for the […]
by Dorothy Neufeld via Visual Capitalist The $94 Trillion World Economy in One Chart Just four countries—the U.S., China, Japan, and Germany—make up over half of the world’s economic output by gross domestic product (GDP) in nominal terms. In fact, the GDP of the U.S. alone is greater than the combined GDP of 170 countries. […]
by Anshool Deshmukh via Visual Capitalist Mapped: Economic Freedom Around the World How would you define a country’s economic freedom? The cornerstones of economic freedom by most measures are personal choice, voluntary exchange, independence to compete in markets, and security of the person and privately-owned property. Simply put, it is about the quality of political […]
by Omri Wallach via Visual Capitalist Visualizing The Global Semiconductor Supply Chain Our digitally-driven society is powered by an extremely robust semiconductor supply chain, and until the COVID-19 pandemic, not many people thought about it. But a sudden surge in demand for digital goods, improved technologies, and recovering economies put the strain and spotlight directly […]
by Omri Wallach and Raul Amoros via Visual Capitalist View the full-size version of this infographic The World’s Biggest Startups: Top Unicorns of 2021 Many entrepreneurs start businesses around the world, but only the most successful new companies become “unicorns”—the biggest startups with a valuation above $1 billion. Some unicorns are little-known companies making quiet […]
by Carmen Ang and Christina Kostandi via Visual Capitalist The World’s Most Popular Social Networks, and Who Owns Them Currently, there are over 4.5 billion people around the world who use some form of social media—about 57% of the global population. Yet, while social media’s audience is widespread and diverse, just a handful of companies […]
by Jeff Desjardins via Visual Capitalist Today, the global population is estimated to sit at 7.91 billion people. By the end of 2022 or within the first months of 2023, that number is expected to officially cross the 8 billion mark. Incredibly, each new billion people has come faster than the previous—it was roughly only […]
byJeff Desjardins via Visual Capitalist We are each entitled to our own personal world view. But unfortunately, when it comes to interpreting information and trying to make objective sense of reality, human brains are hard-wired to make all kinds of mental mistakes that can impact our ability to make rational judgments. In total, there are […]
by Nick Routley via Visual Capitalist The Briefing The inflation rate in the U.S. has seen its fastest annual increase in over 30 years Fuel, transportation, and meat products are seeing some of the steepest increases Prices have been going up in a number of segments of the economy in recent months, and the public […]
by Anshool Deshmukh and Bhabna Banerjee via Visual Capitalist The Most Widespread Blood Types, by Country Blood is essential to the human body’s functioning. It dispenses crucial nutrients throughout the body, exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide, and carries our immune system’s “militia” of white blood cells and antibodies to stave off infections. But not all […]