Stock charts come in two main forms%3A Linear and logarithmic Linear charts treat all dollar price changes equally Professional investors look at both types of charts to understand stock moves USA ...

Back when I first started charting the spread of coronavirus I decided not to use a logarithmic scale. I figured that log scales were fine for communicating with other professionals, but most laymen ...

Odds are you haven't used logarithms since your teacher introduced them to you in high school mathematics, if you can remember back that far. But for investors who count on price charts to gauge stock ...

Yesterday's Chart Of The Day should be on a log scale for that kind of data. Gives it a different feel (and prompts other questions). Red is linear and on the left axis, blue is log and on the right.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I help people communicate data clearly with graphs. In “When Should I Use Logarithmic Scales in My Charts and Graphs”, I showed ...