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Comment by jonlarson

If I understand right, this is basically merging s&p 500 [1] and dollar value index [2]. The value of the dollar has been dropping all year, at a higher rate than the value of the s&p 500 has been going up.

Basically, the market's dollar denominated value is going up, but dollars are becoming less valuable. This combines to mean that market value has actually down this year, not up.

Perhaps op can correct me on anything I got wrong.

[1] http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/spx [2] http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/dxy

parent jonlarson 9 years ago

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