[whateverman23]

S&P 500 YTD is at 20%

Vanguard growth fund (VIGAX) 42%

AMZN 71%

APPL 56%

MSFT 55%

GOOG 52%

TSLA 124%

Anyone with an aggressive but not insane portfolio could be at 47% growth in 2023.

[JackRumford]

yes but the size of the portfolio is the issue here

[whateverman23]

Okay, but that's not the framing of the argument I'm responding to in this thread. The title of the article and the people I'm responding to are framing the percentage growth as the problem.