Over the years, we at DQYDJ have posted various calculators, visualizations, and data driven studies. Since interactivity is the goal of Web 2.0, we’ve archived them here so you can quickly find them in an emergency, or just a midnight reading binge!
Calculators
- “How Do You Stack Up to Other Americans in Monthly Food Spending?” – Posted 3/24/2013
- “When Will You Be a Millionaire?” – Posted 2/25/2013
- “What Stock Market Returns Can You Expect?” – Posted 2/18/2013
- “Treasury Return Calculator” – Posted 1/28/2013
- “Optimizing Bet Sizes with the Kelly Criterion” – Posted 6/4/2012
- “S&P 500 Return Calculator” – Posted 5/9/2012
- “Optimal Asset Allocation with the Kelly Criterion” – Posted 4/25/2012
- “Mega Millions Expected Value Calculator” – Posted 4/18/2012
- “Avoiding 401(k)s: Bypassing The Worst Financial Decision Possible” – Posted 10/24/2011
- “Real Bay Area Income and Home Calculator, 2011 Edition!” – Posted 10/13/2011
- “Refinance Your Mortgage And Pay the Same Amount? Yeah, There’s a Calculator for That…” – Posted 10/5/2011
- “Should You Refinance Your Mortgage? A Calculator to Help You Decide!” – Posted 10/2/2011
- “Bay Area Home Pricing – and Why It’s Probably Not a Bubble” – Posted 9/28/2011 (2 calculators)
- “Home Price Affordability Calculator” – Posted 9/24/2011
- “How Much Does Noise Affect Real Estate Prices?” – Posted 7/29/2011
- “Hedge Your Gas Prices!” – Posted 2/26/2011
Visualizations
- “Which States Receive the Most Military Spending?” – Posted 2/03/2013
- “Which States Receive the Most Federal Benefits?” – Posted 1/24/2013
- “Which State Benefits the Most from the Mortgage Interest Deduction?” – Posted 10/11/2012
- “Home Price Recovery and the Federal Reserve” – Posted 3/15/2012
- “President Obama Is a Bigger Tax Cutter Than George Bush” – Posted 2/29/2012
- “S&P Ratings Cuts in Europe” – Posted 1/19/2012
- “Uncle Sam the CEO: Visualization of IRS Revenues Collected 1960-2010” – Posted 1/4/2012
- “A Visualization: Gross Domestic Product by Country, 2010” – Posted 12/28/2011
- “What is the Net Worth of Members of Congress?” – Posted 12/12/2011
- “The Male-Female Unemployment Gap” – Posted 12/7/2011
- “The Truth About the 1%ers: Income is Still Mobile in the United States!” – Posted 11/29/2011
- “We Have Bigger Problems Than A Failing Deficit Committee” – Posted 11/23/2011
- “Mortgages vs. Inflation: The Real Mortgage Rate is Historically Low…” – Posted 11/9/2011
- “How Many Hours a Week Do You Work? Why More Hours Means More Money in America.” – Posted 11/7/2011
- “Should Art and Psychology Majors Pay Higher Student Loan Rates?” – Posted 10/27/2011
- “Give Me Your Wallet! A Visualization of IRS Tax Collection, 1960 – 2010” – Posted 10/26/2011
- “Why You Should Stop Worrying About Median Wage Decreases – and Keep Worrying About Unemployment” – Posted 10/21/2011
- “Ranking the Fed Chairmen: Why Paul Volcker Was The Best (And Bernanke Isn’t Bad…)” – Posted 10/20/2011
- “Occupy Wall Street: How Much Do Republicans and Democrats Invest in Wall Street Firms?” – Posted 10/18/2011
- “Occupy Wall Street: Follow the Money to See Which Political Party Benefits!” – Posted 10/10/2011
- “Dr. S&P or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying About the Credit Rating Downgrade” – Posted 8/6/2011
- “An Alternative View of State Fiscal Health” – Posted 3/19/2011
- “An Attainable, ‘Perfect’ Salary?” – Posted 9/11/2010
- “Which Political Demographics Watch Which Sports?” – Posted 4/3/2010
- “2010 Olympics: Norway Wins!?” – Posted 3/10/2010
- “EU vs. The US. The Number Have It!” – Posted 1/22/2010
Data Driven Original Studies
- “Auditing CBO Estimates: A History of Deficit Projections Since 1976” – Posted 3/26/2013
- “Auditing CBO Estimates: A History of Outlay Projections Since 1976” – Posted 3/19/2013
- “When Was the All Time High in the S&P 500?” – Posted 3/17/2013
- “Auditing CBO Estimates: A History of Revenue Projections Since 1976” – Posted 3/12/2013
- “New Highs in the Dow Jones Industrial Average” – Posted 3/10/2013
- “Is Dave Ramsey’s Investment Advice Misguided?” – Posted 2/12/2013
- “Are College Graduates Better Off Today Than in the Past?” – Posted 12/21/2011
- “Should You Get a Degree or Drive a Truck?“ – Posted 11/29/2011
- “How Many Hours a Week Do You Work? Why More Hours Means More Money in America.” – Posted 11/7/2011
- “Real Bay Area Income and Home Calculator, 2011 Edition!” – Posted 10/13/2011
- “Bay Area Home Pricing – and Why It’s Probably Not a Bubble” – Posted 9/28/2011
