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Where Your Taxes Go
One of the biggest businesses … is government. Did you ever wonder where your taxes go? Here is a chart that shows you. via National Priorities Project That is a different breakdown than I would have expected. What about you?
More S&P 500 Stocks Above Their 50-Day Averages than NASDAQ Stocks
As shown below, 75% of the stocks in the S&P 500 are currently trading above their 50-day moving averages. via Bespoke. This indicator has been trending slightly downward for about a month now, but it hasn't fallen below the 75% mark for quite some time. Generally, whenever this breadth reading gets above the 80%
Here Are Some Links to Start Your Week
Do you prefer dreams of the future or a history of the past? Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: Disruptive Technologies: Advances transforming life, business, & the economy. (McKinsey) Why the Only Thing Better Than Big Data Is Bigger Data. (Quartz)
What Happens On the Internet in 60 Seconds (Updated
Talk about information overload, almost 139 million emails are sent each minute. A lot more than that happens in a minute on the Internet. This infographic looks at what happens in just one minute on social web. via Qmee. It is interesting to think about the scope and scale of
China - Twenty Years Ago and Now
Had a quick stop-over in Beijing and got to visit to the Great Wall of China. Interesting to see how modern China is becoming. My first visit to China was in the 1990s. A lot has changed (mostly for the better). Here is a picture that compares today's Shanghai with what
What's The Biggest Business In Your State?
Obviously, business effects the economy of states. But, as the Washington Post notes, businesses are not created equally – bigger businesses naturally have outsized influence, generating more revenue, paying more taxes and employing more people. The following chart shows the largest company, by revenue, in each state. Some of these seem like easy guesses. For