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Jeff Desjardins

Founder and Publisher at Visual Capitalist
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A founder of Visual Capitalist, Jeff holds a BCom from the Sauder School of Business at UBC. Jeff believes that a fusion of information and design can bring investors unique insight in a way that has never been done before. Originally hailing from Penticton, BC, Jeff is also an avid traveller, ...more
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Mapped: The World’s Countries Compared By 20 Key Metrics
Friday, December 16, 2022 8:29 PM EDT
With a GDP of nearly $23 trillion in 2021, the United States has the largest economic output of any country in the world.
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Visualizing Currencies’ Decline Against The U.S. Dollar
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 10:11 PM EDT
​​​​​​​In a highly volatile and difficult year for many currencies and equities, the U.S. dollar has been a safe haven for investors.
In this article: FXE, FXA, FXB, FXC, FXF, FXY, UUP
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Visualizing (And Understanding) An Inverted Yield Curve
Monday, December 12, 2022 10:39 PM EDT
The worrying trend is that an inverted yield curve in key government securities such as U.S. Treasuries can often foreshadow a recession.
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Mapping Out The Richest Billionaires In Each Country
Sunday, December 11, 2022 6:50 AM EDT
While there are nearly 8 billion people in the world, just over 3,000 are billionaires as of November 2022. This tiny group of people is worth nearly $11.8 trillion—Equivalent to about 11.8% of global GDP.
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Mapped: A Snapshot Of The Airbnb Landscape In Three Megacities
Saturday, December 10, 2022 2:15 AM EDT
Like other technology companies, Airbnb has had a challenging year in the stock market.
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Ranked: The World’s 20 Biggest Hedge Funds
Thursday, December 8, 2022 2:30 PM EDT
Collectively, the world’s 15,000 hedge funds manage around $4.5 trillion in assets, weathering economic storms and world events to ensure returns. This visual breaks down the world’s biggest hedge funds in terms of assets under management.
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Mapped: Which Countries Have The Highest Inflation?
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 8:58 AM EDT
Geopolitical tensions are triggering high energy costs, while supply-side disruptions are also distorting consumer prices. The end result is that almost half of countries worldwide are seeing double-digit inflation rates or higher.
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Mapped: Global Energy Prices, By Country In 2022
Sunday, December 4, 2022 6:29 AM EDT
For some countries, energy prices hit historic levels in 2022. Gasoline, electricity, and natural gas prices skyrocketed as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ruptured global energy supply chains.
In this article: OIL, UNG, XLU
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Ranked: The World’s Largest Copper Producers
Friday, December 2, 2022 8:26 PM EDT
Chile is the top copper producer in the world, with 27% of global copper production.
In this article: JJC (RETIRED)
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All Of The World’s Money And Markets In One Visualization
Monday, November 28, 2022 3:30 PM EDT
For 15 years, policymakers have tried to stimulate the global economy through money creation, zero-interest-rate policies, and more recently, aggressive post-COVID spending.
In this article: NDX, SPX, DJI
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Charted: Income Distributions In 16 Different Countries
Sunday, November 27, 2022 8:30 AM EDT
As earnings and living conditions have improved dramatically since the 19th century, they haven’t done so evenly across the world. There are still vast income gaps, both between different countries and within them.
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3D Mapping The World’s Largest Population Density Centers
Saturday, November 26, 2022 7:31 PM EDT
Each region and country tells its own demographic story, but the largest population clusters are especially illuminating.
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Ranked: The World’s Top Cotton Producers
Thursday, November 24, 2022 5:35 PM EDT
As the most-used natural fiber, cotton has become the most important non-food agricultural product. Currently, approximately half of all textiles require cotton fibers.
In this article: BAL (RETIRED)
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Mapped: Where Does Our Food Come From?
Wednesday, November 23, 2022 4:12 AM EDT
Humans have been selecting and growing crops for specific traits since the origins of agriculture some 10,000 years ago, shaping where and what crops are grown today.
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Visualized: FTX’s Leaked Balance Sheet
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 1:09 AM EDT
In a difficult year for the crypto space that has been full of hacks, failing funds, and decentralized stablecoins going to zero, nothing has compared to FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried’s (SBF) rapid implosion.
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Healthcare Spending And Life Expectancy, By Country
Monday, November 14, 2022 7:40 AM EDT
While the average life expectancy for humans has increased significantly on a global scale, there’s still a noticeable gap in average life expectancies between different countries.
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