One of the commentators was saying not to panic due to the market drop because the market is up 61% over the time frame she specified and it is down only XX % on the day Monday.
Let's think about this a little. It is comparing apples to oranges. A 33% increase in the market only takes a 25% decline to wipe out since one number is higher than the other. Let me give an example...
Take a $1,000.00 investment and lets say it goes up by 33%, making the investment now worth $1,330.00. Your gain is $330.00. The new base is $1,330.00 so it only takes a 25% decline in the market to wipe out the 33% gain. $1,330.00 times 25% is $332.50, almost the same as the gain.
If they are going to report honestly they should use actual dollar gain and loss, not misleading percentages. I worked in retail for many years using a lot of percentages and believe me you soon see how misleading this can be.
Ken