Total return on Stocks for European and other Countries during 2025 (media.piefed.social)

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[-] tomi000@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Otherwise the numbers aren’t comparable.

The statistic is comparing percentages, those dont have a currency.

Aa an exaggerated example: If you make a statistic about how much trees have grown in one year and they doubled in size everywhere, it doesnt matter if you measure in cm or inches. But if during that time someone redefines 1inch = 5cm and you only measure in inches, suddenly trees in metric countries didnt grow at all. Weird.

[-] Yeller_king@reddthat.com 1 points 2 months ago

The inch/cm analogy only works if the conversion rate is fixed. Currencies aren’t like that. Their conversion rates change over time. That changing conversion is part of the return when you compare countries. That’s why you need to put everything in one currency first, then calculate the percent change.

Your analogy actually proves my point: if the ‘inch’ changes relative to the cm over time, then you’d have to convert all measurements to one unit before comparing how fast trees grow, even though the percent growth itself is unit-free.

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