Chart Crimes
The Irrelevant Investor
NOVEMBER 16, 2017
Stretching a linear axis vertically to prove a point. Don't do this. Some things should be shown as a level, not a percent change. The ten-year yield going from 2% to 2.1% is not a 5% change, it's a ten basis point move. The same holds for the VIX. Don't do this. So many things wrong with this one. This chart provides zero information. Comparing dollars across multiple decades have to be real, not nominal, and this should be shown as a percent change, year-over-year works.
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