Dude, basic math has nothing to do with monetary buy rates or the value of money. A 38% return is a 38% return, a 25% return is a 25% return. The formula doesn't change depending on the year for which you are figuring.
Likewise, your increased value in your investments as percentage increase or decrease is without regard to the amount of money in the account. You could have a 19.27% increase having started with $1 or with $1 million.
I've never changed the argument. My argument all along has been that 38% > 25%. I feel pretty secure in knowing that my argument is solid.
You are too stupid to even realize when you've attempted to change the argument.
When you decided you'd buy 32 shares at 616 a pop vs 1 share at 20,000 a pop. That is how your 38% was more dollars......
Then I posted reality and you are too stupid to even understand it.
% is an idiots game when it comes to money.......total dollars is king. Coming up 38% on 616 dollars doesn't even compare to 25% of 20,000........
Once you lost on total dollars you then tried to say you could buy the same 20,000 worth back in the day.......and again I hit you with another reality that 20,000 today was roughly 5,000 in 1975 so no you couldn't do it the way you want to to make you right......
Math does not work that way. Sorry bud.
You either compare 1 buy vs 1 buy or you dive into details and either way this years 5000 increase is the biggest in 1 year ever.
So again it's nice to know you are happier with a 236 gain vs a 5000 gain just to show how much you hate Trump.