Monday, October 13, 2008

Heavy Lifting - % Ups and Downs


If something (let's say... the stock market) falls 20%. It has to then gain 25% to get back where it started.

10,000 down 20% is 8,000
8,000 up 20% is only 9,600
8,000 up 25% brings us back to 10,000

I hate that.

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