Inflation-adjusted stock charts
Finance and crypto
inflation-adjusted investment charts
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11 positive, 39 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 12 critical, out of 65 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Design: 4 for, 5 againstIdea: 2 for, 4 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 2 for, 0 against
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Clean, nice-looking site
From 2 comments
Visually it's a really nice looking site. If I may offer one suggestion, it would be to use a minus sign (unicode U+2212) for the negative numbers - by default, for historical…
adrianmsmith on HNWhat a dope tool, thanks for building it! I love clean, simple dataviz websites like this.
artursapek on HN
Baguette explanation of the y-axis helps
From 1 comment
The baguette bit is what made it "click" for me. Thank you!
freeqaz on HN
Fast rendering
From 2 comments
“Rendered by the Crystal programming language in 739 µs.” Very nice!
rrevi on HNWhat tech stack are you using? The speed is impressive.
nestvine on HN
Objections
Time range selection does not update top summary figures
From 2 comments
One suggestion I would have - it's great that you can drag on the graph to choose a different time period. But the data at the top isn't changed by that change of time period,…
adrianmsmith on HNI wish the display of "Trendline' and "worst Drawdown" at the top would be calculated based on the selected time interval at the bottom. For index that have existed for a long…
skyde on HN
Dollar curve and CPI choice questioned
From 3 comments
I don't understand the details on how inflation is measured here, but I expected the US Dollar curve to be a constant 1, after the normalization. However, it seems to go down.…
leethargo on HNWhy not use Fed’s preferred measure PCEPI for longer term aggregate inflation adjustments? CPI is not adequate for long term adjustments for a variety of reasons. The common…
snake_doc on HNSo you used CPI as your inflation measure? I personally don't think CPI or RPI is a good inflation yardstick, because the calculations change over time. For consistency I would…
icu on HN
Start date normalization makes comparisons hard
From 2 comments
Having all lines normalized so they start from a common point at x = 0 would be helpful. That would allow reading the total returns as percentage of the initial (1987) investment…
pedrosorio on HNIf the goal is to demonstrate relative performance over time, wouldn't it be useful to use a normalization such that all lines either start at the same point (e.g. simulating…
fundamental on HN
Requests
Normalize all lines to a common start point
From 2 comments
Having all lines normalized so they start from a common point at x = 0 would be helpful. That would allow reading the total returns as percentage of the initial (1987) investment…
pedrosorio on HNIf the goal is to demonstrate relative performance over time, wouldn't it be useful to use a normalization such that all lines either start at the same point (e.g. simulating…
fundamental on HN
Add symbol search box
From 1 comment
I used to calculate this manually whenever I thought about the reality, and whenever wondering if I can retire. This is really cool. One comment though is the mass of company…
workah0lic on HN
Add more history such as the 1970s
From 2 comments
Wish it had the 70s, or ideally, the whole 20th century. The 80s-2010s has been a period of unusually low inflation and consistent market returns, buoyed by the end of the Cold…
nostrademons on HNPerhaps Gold should be on the front page, as it is always mentioned as a supposed inflation hedge. also https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-asset-class-allocation has…
nope96 on HN
Add 60/40 portfolio and commodities
From 2 comments
Would be interesting to insert the classic 60/40 stock/bond portfolio. Maybe also potentially a commodity index as well.
dcolkitt on HNPerhaps Gold should be on the front page, as it is always mentioned as a supposed inflation hedge. also https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-asset-class-allocation has…
nope96 on HN
Show dividend tax options
From 1 comment
Aren't dividends taxed? If so, you should have a way to set the tax rate for them so folks can evaluate performance in a taxable account vs tax free.
01100011 on HN
Questions
Which inflation measure is used and why CPI
From 3 comments
Why not use Fed’s preferred measure PCEPI for longer term aggregate inflation adjustments? CPI is not adequate for long term adjustments for a variety of reasons. The common…
snake_doc on HNSo you used CPI as your inflation measure? I personally don't think CPI or RPI is a good inflation yardstick, because the calculations change over time. For consistency I would…
icu on HNWhich inflation? If I am earning a thousand bucks a month and all my money goes on fixed costs, and those double, my inflation is 100%.
noja on HN
How the drawdown chart resets
From 1 comment
What is the Total Real Drawdown chart supposed to show? Does it just reset where 0% is every time the fund reaches a new market high?
loeg on HN
Where the data comes from
From 1 comment
Huh, so portfoliovisualizer but with slightly more convenient shortcuts built in. Looks neat, but way less powerful than just using portfolio visualiser. I’ve always wondered…
e63f67dd-065b on HN
Alternatives named
PortfolioVisualizer
From 2 comments
Perhaps Gold should be on the front page, as it is always mentioned as a supposed inflation hedge. also https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/backtest-asset-class-allocation has…
nope96 on HNHuh, so portfoliovisualizer but with slightly more convenient shortcuts built in. Looks neat, but way less powerful than just using portfolio visualiser. I’ve always wondered…
e63f67dd-065b on HN