Good, fair, post.
I've always downplayed them (early in the year mostly) to make clear it is not as if our total valuation is proper, and the increased denominator of shares is then being appropriately layered in, decreasing the pps on a steady, accurate, valuation. Often when they are used as fear, my feeling had been that was the point being conveyed. Which I would argue against adamantly.
But certainly they are a very large portion of the trade activity. And that will obviously affect market.