Perhaps Capital One (COF) is no longer advertising in Barron's? We tend to forget it's the advertisers that have a bit of pull with what journalists write. No matter what they say and vehemently deny this - and I'd agree but it's subconscious. Why would you want to deliberately and overtly piss off the people that are your main source of income?? Friendly bias with friends perhaps.

Paul is this your chart? I've not noticed a reverse chronology chart before. Or is it a mistake with the years on the x axis being backwards?