Growth of Consumer Price Index (CPI) vs. Tuition Inflation: Chart

College tuition in the U.S. has increased consistently for many years now. I have written a few articles on this topic some of which can be found here and here and here. The following chart shows college tuition has more than double since 2001 relative to Consumer Price Index (CPI): Click to enlarge Source: Your Personal …

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Healthcare Spending per Capita by Country 2020: Chart

Healthcare spending varies across OECD countries. The average OECD country spends about 10% of its GDP on healthcare. However the US is an outlier and spends more than 17% of its GDP on healthcare. The following chart shows healthcare spending per capita in OECD countries in US dollars. This chart does not show the figures …

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How Expensive Are FANMAG: Chart

The combined market caps of the six tech giants – Facebook(FB), Aaple(AAPL), Netflix(NFLX), Microsoft(MSFT), Amazon(AMZN) and Alphabet(GOOG) – are bigger than the equity market caps of many countries. In fact, according to a chart published by RAFI Indices last month, only two countries have market caps that are higher than that of the FANMAG’s market …

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