Hi Kapitallist,
It’s such a cliché, but a picture really is worth a thousand words. Who wants to be overwhelmed by numbers when a useful visualization can tell the whole story with a single image?
We’ve compiled a list of articles illustrated by infographics – interesting visualizations that will help you make sense of the complex events currently unfolding in the news headlines. Hopefully they’ll provide some inspiration for your next investing idea.
As always, you’ll have to log in to your Kapitall account to access these visuals.
How Do U.S. Consumers Spend Their Money? How much does the average American spend on apparel, tobacco or housing? As consumers tighten their belts, this infographic can help you identify the sectors most vulnerable to the shifting trends of consumer spending.
Can the Average American Afford to Buy a New Home? This infographic illustrates the falling cost of home ownership. Where are these trends going, and more importantly, which companies win and lose because of them?
Which Retailers Will Come Out on Top This Holiday Season? Looking for an indicator to analyze the prospects of stocks like J.Crew, Kohl’s, JC Penney and Macy’s? Considering that this infographic is based on the data of more than one million Mint.com users, it might be a good leading indicator for your next investment in the retail sector.
Will China’s Economy Overtake the United States? So much has been said already about China’s rising influence. This infographic takes a visual approach to explaining China’s economic progress, while offering a few investing ideas and Kapitall tools to capture the trend.
E-Commerce vs. Brick and Mortar: For several years, online holiday shopping has been growing at a much faster pace than that of traditional ‘in store’ shopping. Though e-commerce expectations are high for 2009’s Christmas season, recent trends suggest online shopping is set to struggle as much as the brick and mortar stores are… or is it?
Poverty in America: It’s sobering to find out that food stamps now help to feed one in eight Americans and one in four children. Poverty is a tragedy, but it is a fact of the world we live in, and like most such facts, it has investment implications.
In case you missed it, here are this week’s five most popular articles on Kapitall:
Why Oprah Aint a Game Changer for Discovery Communications
Solar Stocks: End of Easy Money, Beginning of Real Competition
Have you been out of the loop over the Thanksgiving holiday? Here are last week’s Kapitall Updates to get you up to speed with recent news….
Nov 30: Best Buy Screwing Apple? Video Games and Steel Stocks
Dec 01: Top Investors Dumping Stocks, Soaring Cost of Staying in Afghanistan
What’s new on Kapitall…
1. You can now invite your friends to Kapitall to share investing ideas. Go to your Contacts Menu on the top left of your Playground, and click on the “Add/Invite” button.
2. We watch Twitter so you don’t have to: Kapitall just launched a new feature called TwitterScan. Every day we’ll create word clouds of the top business stories on Twitter, and recommend tweets to make it easier for you to find quality content on Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider and The New York Times, just to name a few publications.
3. Improve your Kapitall skills: We’ll be adding tutorial videos to the site over the coming days. For now, check out a few ways to use Kapitall’s Playground, or explore the possibilities of our investing tools.
Connect with us… If you’re in New York City before December 27, come visit us at the WIRED Pop-Up Store (415 West 13th Street) to play with Kapitall on a massive touch screen. If you can’t make it, be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Thanks for your feedback and support. Till next week!
The Kapitall team
