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Originally Posted by DAVES
Interesting BUT.......... When to buy and when to sell THAT IS THE QUESTION.
The S&P year to date has fallen nine percent. The Russell 2000 has fallen 14% year to date. The CPI consumer price index has hit 8%. Assuming you are AVERAGE and lost 9% in the market. We ALL are paying 8% more for goods some of which we can decide not to buy at this price others like food and gasoline will get painful for those who cannot afford to pay more, NET loss not sure how the math works is it 9 plus 14 average 9+14=23 divided by 2= 11.5%. No it is not as the same stocks are in both indexes. So using the S&P as average normal and CPI as average effect on all it is like anything else FUZZY MATH 9+8%=9.72% lost. In REAL MONEY almost 10% has DISAPPEARD.
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CPI isn't asset inflation. . .
apples and oranges
nothing to do with this point to be perfectly blunt