We lost my grandfather last week - a great man and a true original. He had unfortunately been battling a strange blood disorder for quite some time.My grandfather … [Read more...]
Price Weighting Doesn’t Make Sense for Stock Indices
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is composed of 30 stocks meant to "represent" the industrial health of American companies. Some of the companies included on the list are … [Read more...]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 5/7/2017
That's our way of announcing I updated our main datasets on the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and 10-Year constan maturity treasuries. There are about 15 calculators … [Read more...]
What Was Your Savings Rate in 2016?
Don't Quit Your Day Job... certainly mixes up the article categories, but at our heart we're a finance web site. Personal finance or otherwise, that means most of the … [Read more...]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 4/29/2017
Well, it's certainly been a while since the last Weekender, hasn't it?I make no promises, but of course the Weekenders will continue if the mood is right! For the … [Read more...]
A Quick Look at the Labor Market via JOLTs
For quickly taking the pulse of the economy (vis a vis the job market), nothing beats JOLTS from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A relatively new offering, the Job … [Read more...]
A Look at Inflation Expectations as of 4/20/2017
One category we haven't visited lately is Treasury breakeven rates.By subtracting the current yield on inflation adjusted securities from the yield on treasuries, you … [Read more...]
Inflation and Dividend Adjusted S&P 500 through 4/7/2017
Today, let's take a look at the last 12 years of the dividend reinvested S&P 500 mashed up with the Consumer Price Index. This should show you the actual* … [Read more...]
Who Are the One Percent in the United States by Income and Net Worth?
The concept of the "one percent" has captured the American public's imagination in the last few years. Everything from newspaper articles to policy proposals makes a … [Read more...]
Fulltime College Educated Income Calculator by Percentile for the United States in 2016
On this page we present a calculator with estimated income percentiles for fulltime college educated workers. Data is from the 2016 Current Population Survey's Annual … [Read more...]
Fulltime Worker Income Calculator by Percentile for the United States in 2016
On this page is a 2016 fulltime worker income calculator for the United States. Data comes from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) survey, and this is the … [Read more...]
The DQYDJ Weekender, 3/18/2017
Haven't done a Weekender for a while, have I? Sorry about that - a comedy of errors over here at home base plus the young one have made it difficult.But c'mon, you … [Read more...]