Nope, just regular dollars.
Will your dollars change the equation of $40 Bucks for one tank of gas for 2010 and $40.40 for one tank of gas for 2011 (with regards to 1% inflation)?
Nope. But if the value of my stock also increases, I can buy the same amount of gas for the same number of shares.
Further if you have a job that pays you 40K a year in 2010 and the same in 2011 and you have no other income or investments and inflation increases 1% across the board will you have more or less purchasing power?
I'm not talking about incomes, just your claim that any asset valued in dollars will suffer the same loss in value as the dollar will suffer.
Either the dollar decreases in value or it doesn't, Investing dollars does not increase the value of a dollar no matter how hard you try.
I've never said anything different.