Victor Sun | Personal Finance

Personal Finance Analysis

A non-scientific, statistically-insignificant analysis and visualization of personal spending.


Some interesting observations:

  • Spending behaviour depends on location (Figure 1.)
  • Eating behaviour depends on day of week (Figure 2.)
  • Most frequented stores are Superstore and McDonald's (Figure 3.)
  • Housing and transportation are projected to increase over time (Figure 4.)
Spending by location heatmap

Figure 1. Heatmap of cumulative personal spending by month and location.

Spending by weekday heatmap

Figure 2. Heatmap of cumulative personal spending by category and months/day of week.

Most frequented stores

Figure 3. Most frequented stores 2014-2020.

Spending forecast

Figure 4. Forecasting personal spending 2021-2025.