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Being good with numbers isn’t enough in finance. To stand out, you must turn data into stories that people remember. Tables, though tricky, can be a powerful tool if designed well.

This Week's Chart Drop

The Top 10 Rich List is dominated by Americans - 90% of the spots. Zooming out to the Top 100, 36 are American, nearly three times as many as China in second place. But looking at millionaires as a percentage of the population changes the story: smaller countries like Australia suddenly stand out.

This Week's Design Trick

Use Excel’s Data Type “Geography” to auto-populate flags and population for each country. No need to manually look up each one.

Each week, I share one simple Excel visual—from sport, business, or personal finance—to give finance professionals ideas on how to present their data.

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