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by WalterBright 1758 days ago
Do you really believe that inflation is only 5%? I don't. I see big price increases across the board.

BTW, what the shares of one company does means nothing in this discussion. What the S&P 500 does means something.

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(1) well I don’t know what to tell you haha, inflation calculations are public. You can’t just say without citation that ehhh I feel like it’s not though shrug - this is actually something you can calculate! Please, do it, or cite some sources - ideally credible ones! You can’t just make giant claims like that without evidence. Of course certain contributors will be higher than the average weighting - like housing - but that’s how averages work.

(2) ok the same exact thing applies to SPY shares and doubly so when you include dividends. I mean AAPL is 7% of the S&P500 and 12% of the NASDAQ and so is fairly representative but your point is well taken.