7 replies, 7 unread : Interpret Visual Data and Audience The image below shows the current price of a futures contract for wheat. A futures contract is a surrogate for the price of wheat. 1. Make a conclusion about what you see in the data below? What do you think might have been the underlying events or trends that caused the behavior you observed? 2. What audience do you think they had in mind when the folks at CNBC created this presentation? Make a suggestion that might improve the presentation of the data in the picture? Resources Need to know more about futures contracts? Read more about this topic by reading Futures Fundamentals: How the Market Works and discover how they are used and traded. Streaming Stock Quotes Are BON ? Wheat (Sep'14) (1W04 :CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE) * Data is delayed 521.75 521.25 USD Last Trade A1.25 (+0.24%) Change 1,857 10:49:02 PM EDT Volume Trade Time 521.00 Symbol: Go [Find Symbol] QUOTE CHART NEWS PROFILE EARNINGS PEERS FINANCIALS OWNERSHIP WHEAT SEP4 ZW/U4:CBOT 1 Day 5 Day 1 Mo 3 Mo 6 Mo YTD 5 Yr 10 Yr 1 Yr 3 YI Lower Indicators Daily Mountain Upper Indicators Standard O Logarithmic 10/03/12 Open 814.50 High 814.50 Low 814.50 Close 814.50 Volume 0 900.00 800.00 1 W04 700.00 800.00 500.00 Mtar May Jul Sep Nov Jan 2013 Mar Jul Jan 2014 May Sep Nov 2012 Volume On Thousands) 75 25 Events: Earnings Splits Dividends Compare to... Zoom Off Draw Trendlines Remove Add Notes Remove 521.25 +1.25+0.24% 521.25 Today's Change Today's Open Quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes 521.75 Day High 521.00 Day Low 1,857 Volume Last 7 replies, 7 unread : Interpret Visual Data and Audience The image below shows the current price of a futures contract for wheat. A futures contract is a surrogate for the price of wheat. 1. Make a conclusion about what you see in the data below? What do you think might have been the underlying events or trends that caused the behavior you observed? 2. What audience do you think they had in mind when the folks at CNBC created this presentation? Make a suggestion that might improve the presentation of the data in the picture? Resources Need to know more about futures contracts? Read more about this topic by reading Futures Fundamentals: How the Market Works and discover how they are used and traded. Streaming Stock Quotes Are BON ? Wheat (Sep'14) (1W04 :CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE) * Data is delayed 521.75 521.25 USD Last Trade A1.25 (+0.24%) Change 1,857 10:49:02 PM EDT Volume Trade Time 521.00 Symbol: Go [Find Symbol] QUOTE CHART NEWS PROFILE EARNINGS PEERS FINANCIALS OWNERSHIP WHEAT SEP4 ZW/U4:CBOT 1 Day 5 Day 1 Mo 3 Mo 6 Mo YTD 5 Yr 10 Yr 1 Yr 3 YI Lower Indicators Daily Mountain Upper Indicators Standard O Logarithmic 10/03/12 Open 814.50 High 814.50 Low 814.50 Close 814.50 Volume 0 900.00 800.00 1 W04 700.00 800.00 500.00 Mtar May Jul Sep Nov Jan 2013 Mar Jul Jan 2014 May Sep Nov 2012 Volume On Thousands) 75 25 Events: Earnings Splits Dividends Compare to... Zoom Off Draw Trendlines Remove Add Notes Remove 521.25 +1.25+0.24% 521.25 Today's Change Today's Open Quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes 521.75 Day High 521.00 Day Low 1,857 Volume Last