13 Infographs on Global Economy, Trade, S&P 500, 50 Years of Video Games, IPOs and Mergers & Acquisitions

over 3 years ago

There is a saying that "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." The term was popularized by Mark Twain to a great extent. We have all witnessed his to be true. We have also witnessed the power of statistics to dispel the lies. It is a too to be used. Not some magical solution to solve all your problems. Today I'm bringing a curated list of infographs to give you a better economic sense of the world. They are all courtesy of https://www.visualcapitalist.com which has been a very valuable source of information for about half a decade.

The Top Export in Every Country: Asia

The Top Export in Every Country: Europe

The Top Export in Every Country: Africa

The Top Export in Every Country: Oceania

The Top Export in Every Country: North Ameria

The Top Export in Every Country: South America

Find the complete map here.

50 Years of Gaming History, by Revenue Stream (1970-2020)

Biggest Tech Mergers and Acquisitions of 2020

There are lot of interesting possibilities for the future coming out of these acquisitions. Acquisition of Slack was the the second thing that I found interesting. If this was done by a company other than SalesForce I might not think of it as a great deal. With increasing competition in the space, it would be a tough job to get Slack acquisition to pay off well.

The abvious biggest "Deal" is the aqusition of ARM. I think this was a brilliant and well played move by Nvidia. It will pay off extremly well for the company IMHO.

Here is a table for your convenience:

Date	Purchaser	Acquired Company	Amount (Billions)
2020-09-13	Nvidia	Arm	$40.0
2020-10-27	AMD	Xilinx	$35.0
2020-12-01	Salesforce	Slack	$27.7
2020-02-21	Morgan Stanley	ETrade	$13.0
2020-02-04	Koch Industries	Infor	$11.0
2020-10-29	Marvell Techonology	Inphi	$10.0
2020-02-28	Intuit	Credit Karma	$7.1
2020-05-04	Nvidia	Mellanox	$6.9
2020-01-13	Visa	Plaid	$5.3
2020-01-09	Insight Partners	Veeeam	$5.0
2020-12-14	Vista Equity Partners	Pluralsight	$3.5
2020-10-12	Twilio	Segment	$3.2
2020-07-06	Uber	Postmates	$2.7
2020-11-10	Adobe	Workfront	$1.5
2020-02-25	Salesforce	Vlocity	$1.3
2020-04-07	SoFI	Galileo	$1.2
2020-06-26	Amazon	Zoox	$1.2
2020-05-04	Intel	Moovit	$1.0
2020-11-30	Facebook	Kustomer	$1.0

The World’s Largest Shipping Hubs (2005-2019)

The World’s Largest IPOs Adjusted For Inflation

How Every Asset Class, Currency, and S&P 500 Sector Performed in 2020

I kept this bunch for last. 2020 has been a turbulent year. I see that in a more positive light. In Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters, one representing danger and the other, opportunity. Although there are few oppositions to using this definition, I like using this Danger + Opportunity combination. It has proven to be a truth over and over again. You just need to have the right perspective to see it that way.