Michael A. Arouet
@MichaelAArouet
Compounding. Economy & politics, investing, charts and irony. No investment advice. Watch out impersonators. I’m not on Threads, Telegram, Bluesky, Facebook etc
All one needs to know about successful investing in one sophisticated chart 👇

Which country is imploding most? Measured by its economy, social cohesion, crime rate and freedom of speech?
Spain has the highest youth unemployment rate in Europe, making it really tough for young people to start families. Can someone please explain the logic of Spain taking the most immigrants in Europe last year?

After years of really bad policies, it’s quite difficult to imagine how the UK can escape this mess. Sooner or later Bank of England will step in and start debt monetization. Wouldn’t you agree?

Top 10 US stocks are worth more than all European public companies combined. Well, just the Magnificent 7 spend more on research and development than all European public companies, they prefer to stick to industries from the last century instead. Chart @econovisuals

Jobs with highest fatal injury rates and percent of male workers. But equal pay for women and so on…

European carmakers are toasted, they already know it, but with the powerful unions and workers councils they won’t be able to cut their overblown workforce and close factories fast enough. Good luck German and French car industry.

There are things in Orban‘s approach many people shake their heads about, but there is one area where Hungary has been successful. Contrary to other countries, it made its birth rate go up again. Given the demographic disaster, others should copy Hungarian pro-family policies.

Why aren’t there any European cities marked on this map?

Socialists have an interesting understanding of democracy. Electing anyone who is not a socialist is „a dark day for democracy“. Isn’t it cute?
