Oracle's Share Price Rollercoaster

Some trend charts seem like a “so what”, until you highlight the part that matters. This technique works on any line chart in finance, e.g., revenue dips, expense spikes, variance changes

This Week's Chart Drop

In mid-September, Larry Ellison was briefly the world’s richest man. On a single day, Oracle’s share price jumped 36%, yet most of those gains have since unwound. Overall, the share price is still up 20% this year, but investors are questioning whether this is part of an AI bubble.

This Week's Design Trick

To highlight the recent drop, I created a second series and formatted it in a different colour. If you don’t want to show part of your data, the NA() function works perfectly to hide it while keeping the chart structure intact.

Each week, I share one simple Excel visual—from sport, business, or personal finance—to give finance professionals ideas on how to present their data.

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