1 Import stock prices of your choice

2 Convert prices to returns by quarterly

## # A tibble: 326 × 3
##    asset date        returns
##    <chr> <date>        <dbl>
##  1 GOOG  2010-03-31 -0.100  
##  2 GOOG  2010-06-30 -0.243  
##  3 GOOG  2010-09-30  0.167  
##  4 GOOG  2010-12-31  0.122  
##  5 GOOG  2011-03-31 -0.0122 
##  6 GOOG  2011-06-30 -0.147  
##  7 GOOG  2011-09-30  0.0170 
##  8 GOOG  2011-12-30  0.226  
##  9 GOOG  2012-03-30 -0.00724
## 10 GOOG  2012-06-29 -0.100  
## # ℹ 316 more rows

3 Make plot

4 Interpret the plot

Market Benchmark (^GSPC): Typical Return: The distribution is concentrated around a median quarterly return of roughly +6%, showing relatively steady and consistent growth. Maximum Return: The S&P 500 reached a maximum quarterly return of around +20% during a strong quarter. Minimum Return: It experienced a quarterly loss of around -20% during a severe market downturn. The S&P 500 has the narrowest distribution, meaning its quarterly returns were more consistent than those of the individual stocks.

DLR: Typical Return: DLR has a more modest median quarterly return of around +8%. Maximum Return: Its maximum quarterly return was around +20% during its strongest periods. Minimum Return: Its quarterly return fell by around -20% to -28% during its worst periods. DLR has a narrower distribution compared with the large technology stocks, showing less variation in its quarterly returns.

GOOG: Typical Return: GOOG has a median quarterly return that range from 2% to 20%, so medium 10%. Maximum Return: Its maximum quarterly return was roughly +25% to +30%. Minimum Return: Its quarterly return fell by around -24% during its worst periods. GOOG has a more concentrated distribution than NVDA and META, meaning its quarterly returns varied less than those two stocks.

META: Typical Return: The distribution is centered around a median quarterly return of approximately +6%. Maximum Return: META reached a maximum quarterly return of nearly +60% during some of its strongest quarters. Minimum Return: It also experienced quarterly losses of up to around -42% during major declines. META has a relatively wide distribution, showing that its quarterly returns varied significantly during the period.

NVDA: Typical Return: The distribution is centered around a positive median quarterly return of about +7%. Maximum Return: NVDA reached a maximum quarterly return of more than +60% in some of its strongest quarters, showing a very high potential for growth. Minimum Return: It also experienced quarterly loss of around -70% during its worst period.NVDA has the widest distribution and the highest variation in quarterly returns. It had the potential for very large gains, but also experienced some of the largest quarterly losses.

Overall: The width of each distribution shows how much the quarterly returns varied during the period. The typical return shows where quarterly returns were most commonly concentrated, while the maximum and minimum returns show the largest historical quarterly gain and loss. NVDA had the widest range of returns, with the potential for very large gains but also large losses. In comparison, the S&P 500 and DLR had more concentrated distributions, meaning their quarterly returns were generally less variable.

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