Est. 2026 · Updated every market day
The Hotdog Index
The Dow measures 30 companies. The S&P measures 500. The Hotdog Index measures the only thing that matters: how many more hotdogs you can afford today than yesterday.
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Readings post on X after the 1:00 pm PT market close. Market holidays are a day off for the grill too.
The methodology
1. Watch
Take the S&P 500's close-to-close move for the day.
2. Convert
One percent of stock market equals one percent of hotdogs. Peer review is pending.
3. Proclaim
Announce it to the people. More hotdogs, or less hotdogs. Never fewer. Fewer is not a word Buffadamus knows.
History
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Numbers come from the S&P 500 daily close and are recorded when each post goes live. This is a joke, not a data product. Please do not trade hotdogs.