AMD's Stock Price Skyrockets 52% in a Single Day

[spartaman64]

3 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

No, they're going to take a look at the graph and when they try to recall the information they're going to remember what the graph looked like, which at a cursory glance indicates an increase FAR greater than just 50%. 

I think you guys are making it out to be much more of a problem than it really is. I dont think anyone on this forum is that illiterate 

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, spartaman64 said:

I think you guys are making it out to be much more of a problem than it really is. I dont think anyone on this forum is that illiterate 

The forum maybe. The general public? Probably.

[79wjd]

43 minutes ago, spartaman64 said:

I think you guys are making it out to be much more of a problem than it really is. I dont think anyone on this forum is that illiterate 

You'd be amazed how many people, even on this forum either don't read and just look at the pictures, or read/focus on one line and ignore everything else. But that's not the entire problem, the bigger issue (at least on this forum) is that people have a tendency (myself included) to make a comment based on something they've read or remember from elsewhere on the forum. And, unfortunately, most people don't have eidetic memories, however visual representations of information are far easier to recall making it likely for someone to incorrectly recall the data. 

 

I don't think the graph is really that big of an issue, but it isn't the best possible representation either. 

[spartaman64]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

The graph is intended for people who are trading stocks. Not people who want an actual indication as to how the company is doing. The difference is important.

so google is not worried about misleading people into believing amd stocks rose 500%

[Notional]

16 minutes ago, spartaman64 said:

so google is not worried about misleading people into believing amd stocks rose 500%

If you are mislead by that graph, you are too dumb to do stock trading. And tie your own shoes.

[Entropy]

I may not buy AMD hardware,  but goddamned if this didn't brighten my day. 

[Agosto]

Well, today stocks went down by ~14%, it was kind of expected though

[GlitchD]

Wow well i hope it make a difference because at this rate i will invest in Zen and Polaris and never go back.

[bigneo]

22 hours ago, Sakkura said:

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here, AMD's market value may have climbed to over $3 billion, but Nvidia is still at nearly $20 billion. 

 

I'm just saying it started while I own GTX card myself...

 

Here are two cool videos if haven't seen them yet:

(I think part 2 is more linked to this discussion, but some history in part 1 is also good info)

p.s. you get use to the Scotish accent

 

Part 1: 

 

Part 2:

 

[Energycore]

To chime in on the topic of the graph, really those who don't understand what the numbers mean in it are unconcerned with the topic. If they want to fake knowledge by talking about the graph without fully parsing it, that's on them.

[dalekphalm]

As everyone has noted, the stock price fell about 14% on Monday. However, today it's rebounded another 8% upwards. AMD stock is currently sitting at $3.72 USD per share.

 

That's still a good upward trend. Obviously this is just a microtrend over the last 3 business days, it will be interesting how this plays out over the longer term.

[Sakkura]

12 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

As everyone has noted, the stock price fell about 14% on Monday. However, today it's rebounded another 8% upwards. AMD stock is currently sitting at $3.72 USD per share.

 

That's still a good upward trend. Obviously this is just a microtrend over the last 3 business days, it will be interesting how this plays out over the longer term.

It's typical of stock that's suddenly jumped in price, some people who might not have noticed the price jump right away were cashing in their winnings and causing the drop. That left a bit of room for the price to increase again.

[Mihle]

Good

 

Looks like its staying around 3.6 right now.

[pbenologa]

Topic is about AMD Stoc Price, comments about a GRAPH. Wow what have we become. 

[Dabombinable]

50 minutes ago, pbenologa said:

Topic is about AMD Stoc Price, comments about a GRAPH. Wow what have we become. 

Sshhh, some people think that the option to view a 1 month section of a graph that goes for decades makes it misleading

[dragoon20005]

I am looking at the stock prices graphs for years

 

and 3.6 dollars per stock is really low when you compare the prices when it was the dot com boom

 

almost 93 dollars per stock in May 5 2000 almost 16 years ago.

[Belgarathian]

On 4/23/2016 at 6:06 PM, Enderman said:

Spoiler

 

That's called a biased/misleading graph...

This is the stuff you get taught in elementary school.

 

This graph illustrates a 500% increase not a 50% increase

 

That is called bias and misleading.

 

500% =/= 50%

How do you get 500% off the graph, given the Y axis starts at 2.5?

[Belgarathian]

On 4/23/2016 at 7:24 AM, CommandMan7 said:

Well I calculated that based on the 140 million trading volume yesterday times 1.37, but I might be doing that wrong.

Volume traded is the amount of shared traded in period. 

 

You want to take the shares outstanding and multiply them by the new value, and then minus the old value to get you capital gains/difference.

[Dabombinable]

22 minutes ago, dragoon20005 said:

I am looking at the stock prices graphs for years

 

and 3.6 dollars per stock is really low when you compare the prices when it was the dot com boom

 

almost 93 dollars per stock in May 5 2000 almost 16 years ago.

Considering AMD started at $3 a share....

[dragoon20005]

1 minute ago, Dabombinable said:

Considering AMD started at $3 a share....

god bless those who bought the shares during the IPO and earn a butt ton during the Dot Com boom and cash out before the Do Com bubble burst.

 

I play with stock and always ended up poorer than before

[Stuff_]

Sucks. I sold my shares back around Feb or so. Then a few months later it goes flying through the roof.

 

I lost on a large potential gain.

[Prysin]

1 hour ago, Stuff_ said:

Sucks. I sold my shares back around Feb or so. Then a few months later it goes flying through the roof.

 

I lost on a large potential gain.

why on earth would you sell your AMD stocks PRE ZEN and Polaris release?

 

Stocks will increase just around those moments. And that is when you decide to jump ship or stay.

[vanished]

4 minutes ago, Prysin said:

why on earth would you sell your AMD stocks PRE ZEN and Polaris release?

 

Stocks will increase just around those moments. And that is when you decide to jump ship or stay.

My guess is they will likely climb right up until release, and then if they do well they might jump a little more but if they turn out to be crap products, it will plummet, so sell right before then if you're a pessimist  

[GER_T4IGA]

On 23. April 2016 at 7:49 AM, Enderman said:

it changes the proportions...

or maybe you dont understand what bias is?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misleading_graph

you can learn all about it there

In Germany people say something like "never trust a graph that you haven't faked yourself"