Dumb question but..., page-3

I see, thats confusing!

It makes it very difficult to compare the performance of a share today to its historic peak. If the prices displayed on Google and ASX are consistently adjusting based upon dilution and inflation rates this means that these prices will never be consistent and next year google could display $12 or $16 or whatever, should their be inflation/deflation/stock or the methods and metrics they use to multiply changes etc.

Also, if they are reporting share price in 'todays' values it means that today priced at 26.5c and in 2011 also priced at $26.5c (for instance) but google is displaying at $6 for the same period (also for instance), it is saying that today although the share prices are nominally the same value the company is in fact worth 20x or more LESS than the same time in 2011.

Finally it doesn't give a good reflection of potential moves in the current metals bull market. Displaying a stock high of $8-$10 historically implies that reaching these levels again is obtainable, when in reality it is more likely going to reach a maximum of around 40-60c in todays nominal values as this seems to have been the actual stock price peak back in 2011.