This app is designed to allow the user to extract specific information about European investments over the course of ten years. There are three different sets of interactive plots, each being adjusted according to the year selected. In addition to being able to select year, the user will also be able to take a closer look at the data based on the country and fund type they select.
Countries Analyzed:
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain
Fund Types:
Bond Funds, Equity Funds, Hedge Funds, Mixed Funds, Real Estate Funds, Other Funds
The App:
The first set of plots allow you to select a country and it provides nested bar plots with a different color for each type of fund the country has invested in. The top plot shows the stock value (amount owned) of each fund, over the selected year. The bottom plot shows the flows, which is the amount put in or taken out of that fund.
The second set of plots gives an in depth look at each fund, and how each country invests in them. The user can select a year and a fund type, then they will be provided with line plots showing the stock value and flows. It may be hard to compare initially due to the large number of countries represented on these plots, but hovering over each line will show the country name and how much was invested.
The final set of plots gives us an in depth look at how each country ranks in the amount of assets owned. The top bar plot illustrates rank of each country with respect to the selected fund. The bottom bar plot shows us the rank of the top five countries aggregated over all fund types for that particular year. It is interesting to note that the leader in a particular fund may not lead in the sum of all funds.