Tuesday, April 15, 2014

The "Dog Kill" Index Is The Most Tragic Chart On Wall Street

A graph on the Bloomberg terminal shows the number of pets lost, injured or killed each month on U.S. airlines.

The Bloomberg terminal is an expensive Wall Street trading machine with endless financial data.

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It also has one very sad chart called the "Dog Kill" index.

It's an index like the S&P 500 or Dow Jones Industrial Average. Except it tracks the number of pets injured, lost or killed while traveling with U.S. airlines each month. It's mostly dogs, the description notes.

It's an index like the S&P 500 or Dow Jones Industrial Average. Except it tracks the number of pets injured, lost or killed while traveling with U.S. airlines each month. It's mostly dogs, the description notes.

Hence the name.

There are two victims a month on average, though a high of six was reached in August 2007. Last year, 21 animals were affected, including cats, bunnies, a parakeet and a ferret.

There are two victims a month on average, though a high of six was reached in August 2007. Last year, 21 animals were affected , including cats, bunnies, a parakeet and a ferret.

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

The "Dog Kill" Index Is The Most Tragic Chart On Wall Street

The Bloomberg terminal is an expensive Wall Street trading machine with endless financial data.

It also has one very sad chart called the "Dog Kill" index.

It's an index like the S&P 500 or Dow Jones Industrial Average. Except it tracks the number of pets injured, lost or killed while traveling with U.S. airlines each month. It's mostly dogs, the description notes.

There are two victims a month on average, though a high of six was reached in August 2007. Last year, 21 animals were affected, including cats, bunnies, a parakeet and a ferret.

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