But an analysis of the numbers by Forbes.com found no pattern of rising disparity among first-round salaries and bonuses has emerged yet.
In the media, Forbes.com turned itself into the Fort Knox of cutting edge analysis for the restoration of gold.
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One of the best sites I have found that allows you to do relative or comparative performance analysis is Stockcharts.com. (In the interests of full disclosure, it is partially owned by two old friends John Murphy and Greg Morris).
In fact, median downpayments on conventional mortgages already were 22% last year in nine major U.S. cities, according to an analysis by Zillow.com, up from 4% in the fourth quarter of 2006.
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In an exclusive analysis, CardRatings.com looked at credit conditions in each of the 50 states, and found a considerable difference in the credit profiles of the best and worst states.
It is an excellent analysis of the global debt imbalances (I plan to write a review on it for Forbes.com).
Chart Analysis : This percentage change chart (courtesy of TradeStation.com) shows the performance of the SPDR Diamonds Trust ( DIA) and Spyder Trust ( SPY) since the start of 2011.
"Starting salaries do not tell you a whole lot, but there is a real divergence in dollar terms as you go over the course of a career, " says Al Lee, director of quantitative analysis at PayScale.com.
Earlier today, San Francisco-based housing-data firm Trulia.com released a new analysis of renting versus owning in various cities around the U.S. As part of the excercise, Trulia identified 10 cities where the cost of purchasing a home was exorbitant compared to the local cost of renting.
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"The bottom line is you have to do a cost-benefit analysis, " Arnold of CreditRatings.com said.
This list of the unhappiest cities to work in, compiled by careers site CareerBliss.com, is based on analysis of more than 36, 000 independent employee reviews between Nov. 2011 and Nov. 2012.
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