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Total return on Stocks for European and other Countries during 2025 (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you want to have a graph that shows the return on stocks across countries, which is what the title indicates, you have to convert everything to a single currency before calculating the percent changes. It doesn't matter which currency you choose either. It would make no sense to compare the percent changes without this conversion as then you wouldn't be measuring the real rate of return for the assets in each country.

Thinking of it as an internal thing doesn't make much sense to me as the graph draws a comparison across countries.

I don't understand how my point is out of place. I'm addressing the original question about whether exchange rates need to be accounted for.

[โ€“] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I did not say post title, I said image title. In any case, the data makes sense, it's just a misrepresentation of the country as a whole because it's not data that's that useful to those living in there.

My first reaction was to interpret the graph as "if you lived there, your stuff would gain value this much faster" but then realised it was literally "if you invested in stock from that country you would gain Y post conversion", so I felt it was a misleading post in a community with the spirit of buy local.

[โ€“] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago

Both titles are accurate.

Even for people living in the country, local-currency returns can be misleading. If your stock goes up 10% but your currency falls 15%, your global purchasing power is down. Thatโ€™s why exchange rate-adjusted returns matter whether youโ€™re local or international. It measures your real return.

Whether the post fits in this community or not, idk, but the comment I replied to asked an economic question about exchange rates.