Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months
by gibybo on Friday August 23, 2013 @12:33PM
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And inflation. Dividends averaged 1.5% during this period, inflation about 3%. So really we're looking at a ~15% decline in value.
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Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months
by tedsanders on Friday August 23, 2013 @03:16PM
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No, inflation is irrelevant to whether owning Microsoft was a good or bad decision. You want to compare to an alternative investment, such as treasury bills.
Inflation is only relevant if you want to see how the purchasing power of Microsoft owners changed.