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minus-squareHollowNaught@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46arrow-down14·5 days agoBoth sides are right in a way. It just depends on what you’re comparing the +/-10% to
minus-squarejacksilver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up60·4 days agoThis is clearly about the US stock market crashing. In that case it’s always the days gain/loss, in which case Yang is the only person who is right. This is important because a lot of people saw “down 10%” and now “up 10%” without realizing that’s still day over day loss.
minus-squareHollowNaught@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoWhile the idea put forward by him is correct, stating that 100-10=90+9=99 is just entirely incorrect, hence why I’m saying they’re both somewhat correct
minus-squaresin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 days agoPercent increase/decrease is change/original.
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·4 days agoThat is the difference between percent and percentage points.
Both sides are right in a way. It just depends on what you’re comparing the +/-10% to
This is clearly about the US stock market crashing. In that case it’s always the days gain/loss, in which case Yang is the only person who is right.
This is important because a lot of people saw “down 10%” and now “up 10%” without realizing that’s still day over day loss.
While the idea put forward by him is correct, stating that 100-10=90+9=99 is just entirely incorrect, hence why I’m saying they’re both somewhat correct
Percent increase/decrease is
change/original.That is the difference between percent and percentage points.