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Re:Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021 by dahdum on Thursday February 17, 2022 @12:39PM (#30376098)
Profit is a lagging indicator, you can't set your prices based on what supplies used to cost and expect to stay in business.

My local pizzeria had their best 2 years ever during the pandemic, yet they still raised their prices this year due to labor and supply cost. I can't really fault them for not wanting to lose a bunch of money this year to somehow make up for that.

Re:Investors bought a record share of U.S. homes in 2021 by willis936 on Thursday February 17, 2022 @01:14PM (#30376547)
You're describing a static profit margin scenario, which is not what we're observing with the largest companies with the highest profits.

https://www.yardeni.com/pub/sp500margin.pdf