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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 738838, member: 6036&quot;]Those graphs are useful and tell a story. Thanks, Doug !</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#039;s important to &quot;do the math&quot; and not just let the visual appeal dominate. In the graph above, they chose to scale the graph such that it fills the box - as opposed to having the y-scale start at zero, they moved it up to 68,000. Some might say that&#039;s misleading and makes things look worse than they are.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That graph shows a one-year high of 73,000 and a low of 68,000 - a drop of 5,000, which is <b>less than 7%</b>. That performance is not too shabby considering what happen to stocks and home prices ! How many mutual funds dropped only 7% ?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A drop of 7% in the worst recession in 70 years seems like pretty strong performance.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Consult other graphs and see what they say in terms of drop as a percentage of original value.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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