but the prices are way up, and with winn dixie closing we lose our last competitor to wal mart.

What I see is a shit ton of money pouring into the Mag 7. They have been driving the market up, driven by capital investment. There is a strong speculation that it is in a bubble, and maybe it is. I do think those companies building data centers speculatively are in for a shock... the LLM's have hit a capability wall (IMO) and people aren't getting the ROI on these invesetments that were projected. And many (most?) users just aren't willing to pay a ton for the what the LLM's CAN do.

Outside a narrow set of applications, the current state of "AI" is not as capable as many expected and the Mag 7 companies projected. The only real question in my mind is if we're going to see lackluster market returns for the next few years, or a major correction.

Because all this Ai will use massive amounts of electricity.’

But I am having my doubts that this will play out. The LLM's just aren't "all that." Many companies are reporting no significant ROI, or even a negative ROI.

But if they are used, electric rates will skyrocket.

and of course, the dollar buys less, so a share costs more.

Inflation has an impact, of course, but the markets have still done double digits AFTER inflation the last couple of years. I've watched my portfolio almost double in 4 years.

We have Hy-Vee which should be called high prices...but need real competitive groceries.

Although tbh, even if Meijer, kroger, and Walmart had to compete a little, without more than that no competition push.

Add to that for most commodities -- chicken, eggs, beef etc. only 2-3 companies control 90 percent of the market, so no drive to competition there.

Same with seeds and fertilizer.

Monopoly and oligopolies have allowed the Uber rich to ignore any market checks and balances

We have been eating nothing but beans and taters and mostly home grown veggies. I get so disgusted at the grocery store, I simply refuse to pay the prices they ask for beef and other things I used to buy. I knew this was coming and stocked up on all my staples during the summer. My grocery bills have actually gone down because I get the hell out of there fast because I'm so disgusted.

voters from tRUMP's terrible domestic economic policies that is causing voters by the millions to flee from him.