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    > Meanwhile the S&P500 is up _23%_ this year
As the saying goes: "The stock market is not the economy." Most of that gain can be attributed to six stocks. Dropbox is down about 6% year-to-date.


Fair point. Let's look at profits then. Net profit margin across the S&P500 is 12%, a YOY increase.


How is net profit margin calculated? Some weighted average or is it net profit of every company divided by revenue of every company?


This article will provide some insight: https://insight.factset.com/sp-500-reporting-higher-net-prof...

In short, yeah, it depends. You need to carefully look at each data source and decide what exactly they mean by "net profit %" for an index.




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