It's not just about stopping some stupid number ; on your transcript in the end; it's about actually providing some compelling feedback.

最终，这不仅仅是防止在你们的成绩单上,填上愚蠢的分数;,它实际上是提供一些引人关注的反馈。

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So, we should use that, but people in finance resist using that because it's a lower number and when you're advertising your return you want to make it look as big as possible.

所以我们应该用这个指标,但金融界反感使用几何平均,因为它比其他平均数都来得小,他们为自己的收益率做广告时,当然希望数字越大越好

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