In «Five» (1973), for example, Pindell writes sets of five tally marks in black ink, over and over again, on top of graph paper. (garthgreenan.com)
The zero - line at the top of the graph corresponds to periods where Macy's traded at a 52 - week high, while the dotted line of down 20 % corresponds to the point pundits traditionally — and arbitrarily — associate with a bear market. (seekingalpha.com)
The large blocks of blue areas reaching the top of the graph represent periods of widespread economic growth, such as the late - 1980's and -1990's, when the leading indicators for all four regions were positive. (hussman.net)