Unique Data Visualization with “Map of the Market”

I’m a sucker for heatmaps. I guess I watched the Predator too many times as a child. Map of the Markets gives visitors a heatmap view of the hottest / coolest market sectors, along with the largest movers of the sector pie.

On the day the Countrywide mortgage news broke, the financial sector hemorrhaged red. Step back and look at the last 26 weeks and you can see the bright spot of the Technology sector was Apple. Mouse over the basic materials sector and you’ll quickly learn that Alcan has jumped 83% in 26 weeks. Aside from being technically a cool application which was well designed, as an investor I found it to be very information. I would have never looked at Alcan as an investment option, but thanks to this tool I’ll start to open my eyes to other sectors which I’m not familiar with.