Global Financial Data

By the late 1980s, private equity funds were responsible for more than 20% of all US takeovers. Private equity funds benefited from the US tax system, which made interest payments on debt tax-deductible and thrived when interest rates were falling as it made deals cheaper. See a demo of our data now! https://globalfinancialdata.com/demo

After Black Monday in 1987, central banks were quick to slash rates. They were trying to avoid the same mistakes that lead to the Great Depression, but over time, markets depended on the Fed to rescue them. Thus, some argued that central banks were encouraging speculation. Sign up to see a demo of how our data can help you today thttps://globalfinancialdata.com/demo

Why GFD? You can leverage GFD’s total return data, commodities, and proprietary indices to calculate risk using various methodologies, such as Monte Carlo and historical simulation. Apply custom factor shocks or market scenarios to your strategy using a variety of risk models. See a demo of our data now: https://globalfinancialdata.com/demo

The 1980s saw a great bull market until 1987. In 1982, the Treasury sold 30-year bonds yielding almost 14.6%. On October 19th 1987, a year in which the economy had grown 3.5%, the Dow dropped almost 23% in a day, the largest-ever percentage fall. ... See a demo of our data today! https://globalfinancialdata.com/demo

The oldest bank still active today was founded just after the crusades in 1472 as the Mount of Piety, known today as the Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena. This bank, located in Sienna, Italy, is the 3rd largest bank in Italy with branches all around the country. Check out our data: https://globalfinancialdata.com/demo

Under Thatcher, 50 companies were privatized or sold, including the national airline, the main steel company and the water utilities. When Thatcher took office, nationalized industries accounted for 12% of Britain’s GDP. By 1997, their share was 2%. Sign up to see a demo of how our data can help you today thttps://globalfinancialdata.com/demo

Global Financial Data has added 67 years of data and over 13,000 daily data points to the Dow Jones Transportation Average. GFD’s version of the average now begins in 1832 and provides daily data covering 185 years. How did we do this? So glad you asked!... To put this data together, GFD found the top 40 railroads by capitalization each year from 1832-1889. Then GFD determined which of those 40 stocks had the greatest number of observations in each year and used that information to choose the 25 stocks for GFD’s railroad average. We then spliced our own calculations before 1889 onto the Dow Jones Transportation Average to create a continuous series. Try a demo of our data today! https://globalfinancialdata.com/demo

This logarithmic chart compares the behavior of energy prices to agricultural and industrial commodity prices over the past 750 years. Energy prices have increased the most, rising over 500-fold in the past 750 years, while industrial commodities have increased in price the least. A study of the chart shows long periods of hundreds of years when the energy price hardly changed. In particular, between 1350-1550 and again 1700-1900. However, the 1900s and the 2000s have proven to be a period of wild, but rising changes in the price of energy and commodities. https://globalfinancialdata.com/demo

At a certain point, tickers became too slow to inform investors during heavy volume trading periods. During the 1929 Crash, there was a delay of up to two hours between trades and the tickers. The lack of confidence in the information ultimately exasperated the crash. Finance has a long history of early adoption of new technology. So when computers became available, finance welcomed them with open arms.... https://globalfinancialdata.com/demo

When inflation was at its highest in Bolivia, The Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange of NY launched an ad campaign aimed at moving more Americans into commodities. They mailed out a note for a million pesos-- informing brokers this bill, worth $.55, was valued at $5k only 3 years prior.

Peep that Global Financial Data Graph This read is from December, but it's so nice, you should read twice. https://investoramnesia.com/20//13/siren-songs-ipos-spacs/

May 26, 1896, Charles Dow, an editor at the Wall St. Journal and co-founder of Dow Jones & Company, created a new stock market index and named it the Dow Jones Industrial Average. 10 years later, the DJIA had doubled to 65. In 1925, it had doubled again to 120, and just 5 years after that, had been on the cusp of 300 by April of 1930, right before it took a nose dive. By June, 1932, the DJIA had fallen to 44 as a result of the Great Depression. Try a demo of our data here: https://globalfinancialdata.com/demo

In 2016, the World Travel and Tourism Council estimated that the industry was responsible for 109 million jobs and made up $2.3 tril of the global GDP. In a recent report, WTTC estimates 2020 losses for 2020 between $3.4 trillion and $5.5 trillion in GDP.

According to data from the Bank of England, the U.K. GDP declined 9.9% in 2020-- the largest decline in more than 300 years. In 1921, it shrank 9.7% owing to the post-WWI depression. In 1709, it fell to 13% during a horribly cold winter, now called the Great Frost.

Bretton Woods, the US pegged their dollar to gold, which was set to$35 an oz & other countries tied their currency to the dollar. When Nixon took the US off the gold standard to address the financial woes incurred by the Vietnam War, it threw the world economy through a loop. Gold went from $35 in '71 to $400 by '95. The mark rose from $.24 to $.75, and the yen's worth quadrupled. Mexico, along with many South American currencies, wobbled and faltered.

Did you know 6 of the 10 best days for the S&P 500 index between 1999 and 2018 occurred within two weeks of the 10 worst days? We can help you invest more confidently.

The NY Subway, which made its debut Oct 27th 1904, was technological marvel that transformed the city. It was instrumental in changing Longacre Square into Times Square and helped turn the square mile surrounding the Wall Street station into the center of global finance. Time and time again, we’ve seen that a single technological advancement can entirely transform the world around us. GFD is the best source for all of your financial history needs!

You've got to read this one... It's so good! "That said, today we are going to talk about impact investing, sustainability, the responsibility of corporations, and all things related. But first, I want to talk about an old building in Washington, DC: The Carnegie Library. (stick with me.)" http://ow.ly/W1h050C24rn

Coca-Cola announced that they will be discontinuing their first diet soda, Tab. But Tab was by no means the first diet pop to hit the market. 1953, No-Cal (sold regionally throughout NY) was the first diet soda to broaden its marketing from diabetics and target dieters. Within in months of going into production, it was grossing 5-6 million yearly. Seeing No-Cal’s success, Coke developed Tab for wider markets, sparking soft drink companies everywhere to come up with their own... diet sodas. If you’re interested to know some more soda-related history, GFD wrote a great piece on Pepsi: http://www.globalfinancialdata.com/six-ounces-that-saved-a/

At the end of the Great Depression 48% of young adults lived with their parents. After having lived through the Great Recession and the current COVID crisis, 52% of young adults today are living with their parents. How would you advise young adults today?

Looking to confront the current crisis, the IMF (taking notes from Keynes) has called for renewed investment in emerging markets and infrastructure. Keynesian economics was instrumental following the Great Depression. But is it well suited to addressing a globalized economy?

1861-1864, Southern states experienced hyperinflation. The commodity price index rose as high as 10% a month and the cost of living was 92% higher than before the Civil War. For true insight into history, GFD provides daily prices on some commodities back to the 1870s and monthly prices on dozens of others. GFD provides prices on over one hundred commodities.

The Kennedy Slide of 1962: the market peaked in 1961 and plummeted in 1962. The S&P declined 22% and the DJIA fell 34.95. JFK refused to publicly address the Flash Crash, so what lead to recovery? In part, it was the confidence Wall St. had that there would be a recovery.

The 2010s enjoyed the longest bull market in history. It began in 2009 and lasted 129 months. Why? Well, in part, because of the miserable performance throughout the aughts. It drove prices low, so a rally could ensue. ... GFD has the insights to help you better understand the market.

"Despite all the facts, figures, and statistics so much of the stock market comes down to human behavior." Another fascinating read! https://investoramnesia.com///psychology-behavior-markets/

Back in 2017, GFD did an analysis of real estate prices in Great Britain spanning back to 1290. Adjusting for inflation, housing prices have remained pretty stable until the 1940s. Since the 1940s, housing prices have risen much faster than inflation. Got a question? We got data.

Despite the video game industries strong hold in the market today, there was a time when the industries future appeared shaky. In 1983, there was a video game crash known as the "Atari Shock. Revenues fell nearly 93%, until Nintendo revitalized the industry.

COVID has helped us all fall back in love with supermarkets. Another reason to love markets: they played a role in America’s triumph during the Cold War. From the agricultural technology, to variety of produce & goods, the modern supermarket was shaped by the Great Farms Race.