What matters more than a yearly record from a single group is the longer trend, as shown in the plot at the top of this page.

比研究一年一年的记录更有价值的是研究长期的趋势，正如本文一开始所展示的图表。

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If we plot the number of transactions per user, we see a different trend (see figure 3).

如果划分到每用户事务数，我们将看到不同的趋势(参见图3)。

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The trend is wreaking havoc inside the publishing industry, but inside homes, the plot takes a personal twist as couples find themselves torn over the “right way” to read.

这种趋势对出版产业无疑是场浩劫。 而在家庭内部，这也引发了夫妻们关于什么才是正确阅读方式的争论。

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In fact, they have done so since 1982, suggesting that the trend is not a deliberate political plot.

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As you can see, although the scatter plot is all over the place, the trend is that when large is relatively cheap, large out performs and when small is cheap it outperforms.

FORBES: When large cap is relatively cheap it will outperform small cap