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If media made well adjusted statements, it wouldn't be the media then wouldn't it :D

Which is why one should stick to obtaining their data from the source and ignore clickbait articles.

For lithium, it was ~300% up in a year and back to original price in a few months.

You are looking at different horizons. It might be up year over year but month over month if it trends down that information is more accurate as to where the future price will grow.