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The Dow Piano audiolizes the stock market in 2010

The Dow Piano audiolizes the stock market in 2010

January 3, 2011 to Miscellaneous Visualization

Audiolization of the Dow

CNNMoney audiolizes the stock market in 2010 with the Dow Piano. Each day’s closing level determines the pitch played, and trading volume determines how loudly a note is played. Welcome to Dow Jones the musical.

[CNNMoney | Thanks, Dominique]

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A wise man once said…

A wise man once said…

Any sufficiently advanced financial instrument is indistinguishable from fraud.

via www.metafilter.com

via a.wholelottanothing.org

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Monetary Policy Dilemma

This is why goods from China are inexpensive.  It is artificial.

via ilovecharts.

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World GDP Distribution

This is interesting for a lot of different reasons.  For one, the US makes up a huge portion of the world’s GDP.  Two, Indiana is in rough shape if it is aligned with Greece.

via: ilovecharts.tumblr.com

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Scott Adams is on to something with this.

If the product was marketed only to smartphone owners who nervously watch the market trendlines (like me), but with lots of discretionary dollars (not like me), the venture would be an unequivocal success.

At times, finance and macro economics seem to have so many components that they must be irrational.  Systems with a lot of moving parts have a lot contact points that can break.

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