{"id":46479,"date":"2019-04-18T14:22:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T18:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=46479"},"modified":"2019-04-18T14:22:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T18:22:02","slug":"how-charts-tell-different-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=46479","title":{"rendered":"How charts tell different stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Honeywell is doing well today after an ebullient earnings report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I charted HON against some other tech stocks over the past five years.\u00a0 the big green one is Nvidia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HON5yearswithNVDA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HON5yearswithNVDA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"689\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HON5yearswithNVDA.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HON5yearswithNVDA-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Now remove the big green one &#8212; Nvidia. It changes everything.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HoneywellovertenyearswithoutNVDA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HoneywellovertenyearswithoutNVDA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"689\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HoneywellovertenyearswithoutNVDA.jpg 689w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HoneywellovertenyearswithoutNVDA-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In comparison to Microsoft, Apple and Amazon, Honeywell has not done well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But let&#8217;s say that you compare Honeywell to the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HoneywellvsSPandNasdaq.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46502\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HoneywellvsSPandNasdaq.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"699\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HoneywellvsSPandNasdaq.jpg 699w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HoneywellvsSPandNasdaq-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The moral of this story? Hanging onto a nice industrial stock like Honeywell will reward you. But hot technology stocks like Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft will reward you much more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But the nice thing is that a simple Nasdaq index fund &#8212; like NDAQ or VGT &#8212; will do just fine (even better in fact) without all the agita &#8212; like trying to figure out if Honeywell is going to crash because one of its big customers &#8212; Boeing &#8212; is having some problems with its biggest selling plane.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The charts above all came courtesy Fidelity&#8217;s Active Trade Pro software, which I like.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t do stupid<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Scarcely a day goes by without meeting someone with bandages around their ankle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;What happened?&#8221; I ask.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;I misjudged the bottom step.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;Were you holding the railing?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;No.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Just plain ducky<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FacebookUpload.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FacebookUpload.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FacebookUpload.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/FacebookUpload-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Why give anyone (especially Facebook) your real email address?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Get yourself <em>HarryFake@gmail.com<\/em> &#8212; except you can&#8217;t get that one. Someone else has it! You get the idea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>What to do if you lose your passport<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Before you lose it, scan the two important pages. Print several copies. Keep a scan\/photo on your phone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After you&#8217;ve lost your passport, don&#8217;t panic, much. But move quickly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Skim this piece from Conde Nast. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/story\/lost-passport-heres-what-to-do?mbid=nl_041819_weekly_intel&amp;CNDID=38760355&amp;utm_source=nl&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_brand=cnt&amp;utm_mailing=tvl_intel_ACTIVE_2019_0418%20(1)%20remainder&amp;bxid=MTM4MzM0MzUzODgxS0&amp;hasha=8ee9050bc59774c3f5b5b9580f85b269&amp;hashb=e63f68c7f08ab50ab9fadf2bc9b385523fc33ca0&amp;spMailingID=15494543&amp;spUserID=MTM4MzM0MzUzODgxS0&amp;spJobID=1621195507&amp;spReportId=MTYyMTE5NTUwNwS2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>here.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Moses and the Red Sea<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Ssecond passover story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">Nine-year-old Joey was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday School.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">&#8220;Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt . When He got to the Red Sea , he had his army build a pontoon bridge and all the people walked across safely. Then, he radioed headquarters for reinforcements.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">They sent bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">&#8220;Now, Joey, is that really what your teacher taught you?&#8221; his mother asked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\">&#8220;Well, no, Mom. But, if I told it the way the teacher did, you&#8217;d never believe it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HarryHIbscusLarge-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-46510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HarryHIbscusLarge-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Harry Newton, who&#8217;s having a conniption over software. More about that miserable subject tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){\n  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),\n  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)\n  })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');\n\n  ga('create', 'UA-45200733-1', 'technologyinvestor.com');\n  ga('send', 'pageview');\n<\/script>\n\n&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honeywell is doing well today after an ebullient earnings report. I charted HON against some other tech stocks over the past five years.\u00a0 the big green one is Nvidia. Now remove the big green one &#8212; Nvidia. It changes everything. In comparison to Microsoft, Apple and Amazon, Honeywell has not done well. But let&#8217;s say [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46479"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46512,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46479\/revisions\/46512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}