Financial Surveys & Statistics

Here are some random, but relevant statistics that I’ve collected the past week.

28 – The number of days it took Apple Inc. to sell 1 million iPad units—much faster than the 74 days it took the iPhone to pass the million-unit sales mark in 2007. (Source: Rueters)

59% – Fifty-nine percent of voters still favor legislation like Arizona’s that authorizes local police to stop and verify the immigration status of anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant. Thirty-two percent (32%) oppose such a law. Those figures are virtually unchanged from a week ago. (Source: Rasmussen Reports, LLC)

6.2 Cents – The price of the metal in a 5-cent U.S. “nickel” coin, which also contains copper. The price of nickel has jumped 42% since the start of the year, compared with gains of less than 5% for aluminum and copper. (Source: The Financial Times)

$250,000 – The minimum asking bid on eBay for two sets of golf clubs claimed to have been used by Tiger Woods to win the U.S. and British Opens in 2000. The auction website removed the listing after the golfer said that both sets of clubs are in his garage. (Source: Bloomberg)

60% – Though most voters nationwide are concerned about impending terrorist attacks on the United States, the majority (60%)
says the government did a good or excellent job responding to the attempted terrorist car bombing in New York’s Times Square earlier this month.(Source: Rasmussen Reports, LLC)