Finance Charts Daily
SPX Election Cycle Seasonal Composite
SPX Election cycle seasonal composite:
Materials positioning is at the 0 %ile to 2009:
Consumer weakness: 54% of consumers now say their financial situation compared to a year ago is worse due to higher prices, the most in history.
Happy Tax Day: Since 2001, average income tax rates have fallen across all income groups. Yet the share paid by top earners has risen, with the top five percent now covering 61% of total income taxes, up from 52.2%.
There are no high-income low-energy countries: Energy consumption is the ultimate proxy for economic prosperity:
China now produces nearly 40% more electricity than the US + EU combined.
