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>"How much money is my portfolio currently worth?" Whereas Tufte's version is designed to answer the question, "Is now a good time to buy a given stock?" I dis
by nickb 19y ago
>"How much money is my portfolio currently worth?" Whereas Tufte's version is designed to answer the question, "Is now a good time to buy a given stock?"
I disagree. As someone who has some experience trading stock, there's no way that anyone would seriously make a trade just based on looking at sparklines. Even technical analysts need more information to make a decision. So in that regard, sparklines are a failure.
>The real problem though is that since his widgets are designed to answer a different set of questions, there isn't really any basis to compare the two sets of designs.
What about weather? What question is Tufte's version answering?!
- Alex3917 19y ago"As someone who has some experience trading stock, there's no way that anyone would seriously make a trade just based on looking at sparklines." That was kind of my thinking, that sparklines are more information than you need to know how much your portfolio is worth, but not enough to answer the question of whether to buy stock. (Which is what I was trying to say when I said that it answers the question poorly and unaesthetically.)