Visualizing 90 Years Of Stock And Bond Portfolio Performance

Last year, stock and bond returns tumbled after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates at the fastest speed in 40 years. It was the first time in decades that both asset classes posted negative annual investment returns in tandem. Over four decades, this has happened 2.4% of the time across any 12-month rolling period. To look at how various stock and bond asset allocations have performed over history—and their broader correlations—the above graphic charts their best, worst, and average returns, using data from Vanguard....

January 23, 2023 · 8 min · 1581 words · Edna White

Visualizing China S Energy Transition In 5 Charts Visual Capitalist

This infographic takes a look at what this ambitious plan for China’s energy would look like and what efforts are underway towards this goal. China’s Ambitious Plan A carbon-neutral China requires changing the entire economy over the next 40 years, a change the IEA compares to the ambition of the reforms that industrialized the country’s economy in the first place. China is the world’s largest consumer of electricity, well ahead of the second place consumer, the United States....

January 23, 2023 · 4 min · 844 words · Pearlie Akers

Visualizing The Countries With The Most Nuclear Weapons

But thanks to limited disclosures, records, and leaks, we can visualize the full extent* of the world’s nuclear arsenal. This graphic uses estimated nuclear warhead inventories from the Federation of American Scientists as of August 2021. Based on these estimates, there are just nine countries with nuclear weapons in the world. Editor’s note: Exact numbers of nuclear warheads possessed by countries are closely guarded state secrets, with the FAS estimate being the closest, most-used, and most-trusted international approximation available....

January 23, 2023 · 6 min · 1258 words · Kenneth Norsworthy