+54% these last 6 months and +123% for 365 days now.
Everybody has a short term memory. They are looking at what happened in the last 1 month.
Or they are comparing Bitcoin's price movements with others like ETH and Dash.
I'm actually quite happy with ether. I bought a nice chunk for someone, with a commission, and then sold it for him with a profit, with another commission. We both made out. Win-win.