The Best Months for Stock Market Gains

This infographic analyzes over 30 years of stock market performance to identify the best and worst months for gains. Read more

The U.S. Stock Market: Best and Worst Performing Sectors in 2022

The markets in 2022 were characterized by a lot more pain than gain. That said, there were winners to be found, even during a turbulent year Read more

Ranking the Biggest Single-Day Stock Swings of All Time

One company dominates this ranking of the biggest single-day stock swings in U.S. history. Read more

Visualizing the Global Share of U.S. Stock Markets

Despite having 4% of the world’s population, the value of U.S. equities still make up over 40% of the global total. Read more

Retail Investors’ Most Popular Stocks of 2023 So Far

This infographic lists the 10 most popular stocks (or ETFs) that retail investors have been buying in 2023 so far. Read more

Visualizing 90 Years of Stock and Bond Portfolio Performance

How have investment returns for different portfolio allocations of stocks and bonds compared over the last 90 years? Read more

Ranked: America’s Largest Semiconductor Companies

This graphic visualizes the market capitalizations of America’s 15 largest semiconductor companies. Read more

Visualizing BlackRock’s Top Equity Holdings

BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager, with over $9 trillion in holdings. Here are the company’s top equity holdings. Read more

What are Top Investment Managers Holding in Their Portfolios?

In this excerpt from our Markets This Month VC+ newsletter, we looked at how five portfolios of super investors shaped up at end of Q1 2023. Read more

The 50 Best One-Year Returns on the S&P 500 (1980-2022)

The highest one-year return among the top S&P 500 stocks from 1980 to 2022 was a staggering 2,620%. Which stocks top the ranks? Read more