Requiem For 2018: A Visual Retrospective

Well, it's officially 2019, which I suppose means it's time to take a sweeping look back at the year that was. On 2018, we can just grab and modify a quote from Silky Johnson (one of the many classic characters from the Chappelle Show): Well, well, well! What can I say about 2018 that hasn't already been said about Afghanistan? It looks bombed out and depleted. If there's one overarching lesson from last year, it's probably that Donald Trump's policies (both domestic and foreign) simply canno

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6 thoughts on “Requiem For 2018: A Visual Retrospective

  1. Widespread pessimism often is a contrarian indicator. “Often” is the operative word. With Trump at the helm, 2019 is looking like the year the over-levered debt-fueled global economy finally finds its iceberg.

  2. I tried to put wheel and wall as ticker. The chart suggested Wheels India Ltd and Wall Street Finance Ltd, both from India. Maybe a sign? The NIFTY50 didn’t perform so badly compared to Europe & US.

    The Dax commonly used includes dividends, it’s a total return index. The dax calculated as other indexes made even worse than -18%, it made -21%.
    This vs Italian benchmark FTSEMIB40 at -16%. It says a lot about that 2018.