Finance and the Framing Effect

I came across an interesting article on the current Market scenario by DEEPAK SHENOY...
Consider this statement:
"The Indian stock markets have grown 20% in the last year, with earnings growing over 18% on the back of an economy that grew 7%, among the largest growth rates in the world."

And then, in a piece from a newspaper where the sole editor was in a coma for two years:
"In the last two years, the stock markets have gone nowhere, at nearly the same levels of May 2008. Earnings have stagnated - the earning-per-share (EPS) of the Nifty has moved only 2% in the same period, despite the economy clocking growth rates of 6% or more. A fixed deposit in a bank would have done better."
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