The perfect conversation starter.
The Big Picture™ is an annually-updated, data-rich wall chart that illustrates the historical returns of major asset classes from 1926 onward.
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Versatile and Convincing
The Big Picture™ chart is a new tool from Investments Illustrated that can help you grow assets under management and keep clients invested.
This richly-detailed yet easy-to-read chart illustrates the returns of major asset classes from 1926 onward, couched within the context of key economic and political events.
Asset managers: Attract investors by co-branding our chart and deploying it among financial advisors. As a versatile conversation starter, you can expect the Big Picture chart will be used regularly in communications with the investing public.
Financial advisors: Use the Big Picture chart to introduce new clients to key investment principles and to help keep current clients on track.
The Big Picture™ chart conveys a wealth of information while maintaining an uncluttered appearance, making it easy to grasp key messages, such as:
- The power of compounding and diversification
- The staggering historical disparity between equity and fixed income returns
- How a balanced portfolio of cash, stocks, and bonds has stacked up over time
- How inflation has eroded real returns
- Historical context: political events, housing prices, and interest rates
- Gold and commodity returns, and their correlation to stocks
- The importance of staying invested
The chart measures 38" by 26", and is printed on high-quality, FSC-approved paper stock. Our wall chart is also available in a handout format. Orders above 500 can be branded with your company logo at no additional cost.
