tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-246763822011-04-21T16:16:53.994-04:00A log of statistics reflecting major changes in society, law, buiness, science or metirc that has changed a great deal in short period of time.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12893755982069103785noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24676382.post-1150556344727772252006-06-17T10:55:00.000-04:002006-06-18T17:23:42.816-04:00<p><br /><a href="http://todayspodcast.com//images/image002.png" onclick="window.open('http://todayspodcast.com//images/image002.png','popup','width=484,height=292,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0');return false"><br /><img align="right" alt="OTC derivatives market change 1998 to 2005" height="121" src="http://todayspodcast.com//images/image002-tbn.png" width="200"/><br /></a>The OTC (over-the-counter) derivatives market has been growing by leaps and bounds. In the past eight years the total value of outstanding OTC derivatives grew from $80 trillion to nearly $285 trillion at the end of 2005. That is a change of 350%.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24676382-115055634472777225?l=bigdeltas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12893755982069103785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24676382.post-1150299662300032672006-06-14T11:33:00.000-04:002006-06-18T17:22:26.503-04:00<p>According to the <a href="http://iab.net">IAB</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PricewaterhouseCoopers">PWC</a> Internet advertising is up to nearly $4 billion from essentially zero in 1996. This is a huge delta.</p><br /><p>Aside from the 1999-2001 bubble Internet advertising is enjoying a consistent upswing.<br /><a href="http://www.iab.net/news/images/q12006.gif" onclick="window.open('http://www.iab.net/news/images/q12006.gif','popup','width=572,height=391,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false"><img src="http://www.iab.net/news/images/q12006.gif" height="100" width="146" border="1" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="Q12006" /></a></p><br /><br /><p>Via: <a href="http://insideanalytics.blogspot.com/2006/05/internet-advertising-hits-39b.html">Internet Advertising Hits $3.9B</a><p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24676382-115029966230003267?l=bigdeltas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12893755982069103785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24676382.post-1143223329829001472006-03-24T11:49:00.000-05:002006-06-14T11:42:45.570-04:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4565/19/1600/image001.0.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4565/19/200/image001.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;"/><br /></a><br /><br/><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Equity">Private equity</a> investment took off like a rocket in 2005. Page 54 of the February issue of <a href="http://BusinessWeek .com">BusinessWeek</a> shows report $174 billion flowed into privated equity funds in 2005. Up from $42 billion in 2004.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24676382-114322332982900147?l=bigdeltas.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12893755982069103785noreply@blogger.com0