Listed below are various charts and graphs that illustrate key BetterInvesting facts or principles.

Where people are allocating their investments

From the May 2004 Voice of the American Shareholder survey. Respondents were asked how they would allocate their funds. Half were told they had $10,000 to invest. The other half were told they had $100,000 to invest.

Noting the mutual fund scandals

According to the May 2004 Voice of the American Shareholder survey, men are more aware of the mutual fund scandals than women, and they are also more concerned about the scandals.

BetterInvesting Top 100 vs. the Total Stock Market (1986-2003)

The BetterInvesting Top 100 Index was born out of a desire to explore the collective performance of the stocks most widely held by BetterInvesting investors over time. For more details, see www.better-investing.org/articles/bi/1076/8443

Growth of money through compounding

This chart shows how a $10,000 investment would grow at various rates of return over 10, 20 and 30 years.

Investment clubs performance

This chart, based on BetterInvesting's Annual Performance Survey, compares the performance of investment clubs with that of the S&P 500.

Investment clubs growth

This chart shows the growth in the number of investment clubs from 1955 to the present.