Visualizing Financial Data

AfreshtakeonfinancialdatavisualizationforgreateraccuracyandunderstandingYourdataprovidesasnapshotofthestateofyourbusinessandiskeytothesuccessofyourconversations,decisions,andcommunications.Butallofthatcommunicationislost—orincorrectlyinterpreted—withoutproperdatavisualizationsthatprovidecontextandaccuraterepresentationofthenumbers.InVisualizingFinancialData,authorsJulieRodriguezandPiotrKaczmarekdrawupontheirunderstandingofinformationdesignandvisualcommunicationtoshowyouhowtoturnyourrawdataintomeaningfulinformation.Coverageincludescurrentconventionspairedwithinnovativevisualizationsthatcatertotheuniquerequirementsacrossfinancialdomains,includinginvestmentmanagement,financialaccounting,regulatoryreporting,sales,andmarketingcommunications.Presentedasaseriesofcasestudies,thishighlyvisualguidepresentsproblemsandsolutionsinthecontextofreal-worldscenarios.Withover250visualizations,you’llhaveaccesstorelevantexamplesthatserveasastartingpointtoyourimplementations.•Expandtheboundariesofdatavisualizationconventionsandlearnnewapproachestotraditionalchartsandgraphs•Optimizedatacommunicationsthatcatertoyouandyouraudience•Provideclaritytomaximizeunderstanding•Solvedatapresentationproblemsusingefficientvisualizationtechniques•UsetheprovidedcompanionwebsitetofollowalongwithexamplesThecompanionwebsitegivesyoutheillustrationfilesandthesourcedatasets,andpointsyoutothetypesofresourcesyouneedtogetstarted.