Finance & Money Infographics

What is a Schumer Box? It’s a cheat sheet for your credit card, an at-a-glance reference for fees, interest rates and other key points. But when it comes to personal finance, you sometimes need a cheat sheet on reading cheat sheets. NerdWallet did the homework for you: here’s our guide to reading and understanding the inscrutable Schumer Box.

Each year the Federal Reserve Board provides a projection, acquired from the Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing, for the need of new U.S. paper currency. As you will see in this infographic, it takes money to make money. In fact, it takes a lot of money to make money.

In this infographic you will find the history of savings accounts and how it became what it is today. There is a lot of interesting facts and statistics available like how traces of savings accounts dates back to the 1500s.

Retirement planning is more intimidating than any other personal finance topic. Luckily, funding a secure and enjoyable retirement need not be mysterious. This infographic shows you exactly what to do.

Nobody wants to pay more than they have to. But paying even just an extra dollar on all your long-term loans or credit card bills can save you money in the long run. With this extra payment, you make a small step toward control of your financial future. CreditDonkey shows you how in the following infographic.

Numerous studies have attempted to prove, and consequently disprove, the birth order theory first proposed by Alfred Adler, an Austrian psychotherapist and Sigmund Freud collaborator. Does birth order truly play a significant role in outlining our personalities, or is this merely a theory perpetuated by pop culture?

Ask 10 people what investing means, and chances are they’ll all say “growing your money.” Yet despite popular Hollywood portrayal of how investing works, research shows that most of us still try to time the market, typically resulting in buying high and selling low. In this infographic, Jemstep examines why many of our buy/sell decisions are wrong, the damage it does to our portfolios, and a better way to invest for maximum returns over the long run.

What is a wallet? New technologies are making this question more difficult to answer every day. A recent American Express study reveals how U.S. consumers choose to pay for everyday things and how they feel about some of the new forms of payment in this infographic entitled, “What Your Wallet Says About You.”

Moving from one location to another typically requires a lot of work, money and even emotional energy. The good news is that moving for any number of reasons can trigger new tax eligibilities. This infographic from MyMove.com educates movers about the ways that moving can help them to save money at tax time.

Sounds to good to be true but in a reality it is not. By simply paying more on your mortgage than your payment structure and allocating that additional payment towards the principle, one can knock a ton of interest off their mortgages. The following infographic published explains the process.