The log-scale suggested in the comments would also be interesting. I graphed all three with S&P's data: http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/3978/caseshiller.png

The log-scale suggested in the comments would also be interesting. I graphed all three with S&P's data: http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/3978/caseshiller.png http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/3978/caseshiller.png It's only from Jan 1987, and they've set Jan 2000 as 100. I accidentally flipped colors in one - the smaller values are from composite 20, the larger ones from composite 10. Personally, I think the cut off one is worst. edit: just for the heck of it, I made a diffed one to show growth. I unfortunately didn't add a line at 0, but here it is anyway: http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/3557/caseshillerdiff.png http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/3557/caseshillerdiff.png