Friday Challenge – Recreate this WSJ Chart

I thought I would give you all something to do before we finish the final posting on Excel Chart Sheets.

 

So I have been traveling for work a lot and that allows me to read more Wall Street Journals in the hotel.  I saw this graph in Monday July 28, 2014 WSJ. image

It depicts a year by year difference between analyst forecast for the S&P 500 and the Actual S&P 500 gains.

 

Here is my rendition using Excel standard charts.

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See if you can recreate it.  Below is the sample data to get you started and the reset is up to you.

Sample Data:  Recreate-this-Excel-Chart.xlsx

If you want to send me your chart, leave me a comment and I will send you an email where you can send me your sample chart.

Also, I am not quite sure what to call this chart/graph since it is not a standard Excel format.  How would you describe this chart?  Leave me a comment with your chart type name below.

I will show you how I created this in my next posting.  Thanks for being a fan!

Steve=True