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I never understand what point people are making with these stock price charts.
Here's the 5 day graph.
The 1 month graph.
The YTD graph.
The 1 year graph.
The 5 year graph.
And none of those y axes start at zero, which is additionally misleading as it exaggerates the level of change.
How many stocks start at zero?
Oh no, not less than a balf percent change and stable for a couple hours right after opening!
6% actually.
Yeah, I don't know what that is. On the right is the actual day-to-day change. As of now the fall settled at about 2.5%: https://www.reuters.com/business/us-stock-futures-flat-debt-worries-markets-mull-trumps-tax-bill-2025-05-23/
I'm not saying it's a big drop. It's just funny how Trump can do this with his truths.