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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2565190, member: 27832&quot;]The graphs all report accurate <i>numbers</i>. But by truncating the range (the vertical axis), the graphs <i>exaggerate</i> recent activity.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 3-year graph goes from 9/10 to 1/10 of the chart height, implying an 80-90% loss; the 10-year graph is even more extreme. The full graph accurately conveys a loss of about 5% over the last 3 years, and 10% or so from the 2008 peak. (For bonus points, it <i>also</i> spotlights the <i>true</i> ~65% drop from the 1989 bubble.)</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to display performance of an asset over time, you&#039;ve <i>got</i> to start the Y-axis at zero -- <i>unless</i> your goal is to make small fluctuations more prominent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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