20 Personal Finance Charts To Help You Build Wealth

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Sometimes, looking at a visual representation of facts or numbers can really unlock a concept for you.

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In this guest post, from Banker on FIRE, we take a look at 20 interesting visualizations and charts that all relate to some aspect of personal finance or investment.

You can find information on historical returns, who’s having a good year (and who’s having a bad year), the impact of time on your investments, the effect even small, incremental improvements can have over time, and more.

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On Investing

Sadly, millions of people will never invest in the stock market because they are so damn worried about their money. If you are in that boat, or know someone who is, please show them the chart below:

Yes, on a daily basis the stock market is kind of like a casino, albeit one in which the odds are slightly in your favor.

We’ve had a tremendous run-up in the stock market over the past decade. What does that mean for future returns?

Perhaps. When earnings plummeted in 2020, the price-to-earnings ratio mooned. But 2021 looked drastically different. In fact, earnings grew so much, that the P/E ratio has actually compressed.

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