Seeing, reading or listening to things as impactful as what is related in this video in which it is indicated that only seven investment banks in Chicago dominate the commodities trade, and that despite there being enough for double the world's population they speculate and allow the death of hundreds of thousands of human beings each year, one cannot overlook the question, but who are the markets?.
Initially one could think of a diversity or a very broad set of investment entities that converge in a common international market, however the reality is different, the truth is that there are already serious studies on the power of a limited number of entities and their influence. You can find the link here.
In this document that you can download as a pdf, you will be able to see work by Stefano Battiston, from the statistical physics laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, James B. Glattfelder, a specialist in Complex Networks, and economist Stefania Vitali (The network of global corporate control)
In summary, after studying 43,000 multinational corporations, only 737 control 80% of total power globally, in turn the 50 largest form a complex network of shareholdings that dominate 40% of the world's economy, and they do it through a super entity in which everyone collaborates, mainly banks and insurance companies, they dominate the world's financial system, and they do it without any social or political expectation, simply focused on profits, people are an element of their algorithm.
Therefore they are the ones responsible for the political and social disorders in Greece, in Spain, and those who keep joining in.
However, they cannot be demonized much more than those small investors who use the same weapons, when for example and I leave a link here, they can bet on the rise of commodities with which thousands of human beings could be fed, it is not about evil entities, it is simply about a way of playing with human life without any scruples, when a person carries out this type of activity they usually associate it with mental pathology, however when they win millions of euros doing it, it is about a very successful investor, and if they sink a country, which has already happened, they can even be admired until the moment of their death.
These top 50 entities.
BARCLAYS PLC GB 6512 SCC 4.05
2 CAPITAL GROUP COMPANIES INC, THE US 6713 IN 6.66
3 FMR CORP US 6713 IN 8.94
4 AXA FR 6712 SCC 11.21
5 STATE STREET CORPORATION US 6713 SCC 13.02
6 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. US 6512 SCC 14.55
7 LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC GB 6603 SCC 16.02
8 VANGUARD GROUP, INC., THE US 7415 IN 17.25
9 UBS AG CH 6512 SCC 18.46
10 MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. US 6712 SCC 19.45
11 WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT CO. L.L.P. US 6713 IN 20.33
12 DEUTSCHE BANK AG DE 6512 SCC 21.17
13 FRANKLIN RESOURCES, INC. US 6512 SCC 21.99
14 CREDIT SUISSE GROUP CH 6512 SCC 22.81
15 WALTON ENTERPRISES LLC US 2923 T&T 23.56
16 BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP. US 6512 IN 24.28
17 NATIXIS FR 6512 SCC 24.98
18 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC., THE US 6712 SCC 25.64
19 T. ROWE PRICE GROUP, INC. US 6713 SCC 26.29
20 LEGG MASON, INC. US 6712 SCC 26.92
21 MORGAN STANLEY US 6712 SCC 27.56
22 MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. JP 6512 SCC 28.16
23 NORTHERN TRUST CORPORATION US 6512 SCC 28.72
24 SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE FR 6512 SCC 29.26
25 BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION US 6512 SCC 29.79
26 LLOYDS TSB GROUP PLC GB 6512 SCC 30.30
27 INVESCO PLC GB 6523 SCC 30.82
28 ALLIANZ SE DE 7415 SCC 31.32
29 TIAA US 6601 IN 32.24
30 OLD MUTUAL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY GB 6601 SCC 32.69
31 AVIVA PLC GB 6601 SCC 33.14
32 SCHRODERS PLC GB 6712 SCC 33.57
33 DODGE & COX US 7415 IN 34.00
34 LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS, INC. US 6712 SCC 34.43
35 SUN LIFE FINANCIAL, INC. CA 6601 SCC 34.82
36 STANDARD LIFE PLC GB 6601 SCC 35.2
37 CNCE FR 6512 SCC 35.57
38 NOMURA HOLDINGS, INC. JP 6512 SCC 35.92
39 THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY US 6512 IN 36.28
40 MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSUR. US 6601 IN 36.63
41 ING GROEP N.V. NL 6603 SCC 36.96
42 BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P. US 6713 IN 37.29
43 UNICREDITO ITALIANO SPA IT 6512 SCC 37.61
44 DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OF JP JP 6511 IN 37.93
45 VERENIGING AEGON NL 6512 IN 38.25
46 BNP PARIBAS FR 6512 SCC 38.56
47 AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP, INC. US 6713 SCC 38.88
48 RESONA HOLDINGS, INC. JP 6512 SCC 39.18
49 CAPITAL GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC. US 7414 IN 39.48
50 CHINA PETROCHEMICAL GROUP CO. CN 6511 T&T 39.78
These corporations encompass and dominate the global economy, the markets, that is they are the markets, they are not yet people but little by little they are being cornered.
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