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Small-Scale Question Sunday for January 28, 2024

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

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Wealth inequality is high, but it's not that high. There is no entity which controls anywhere near 1/3rd of the stock market.

I'm trying to think what the largest entity is. Perhaps the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund? At $1.5 trillion, it controls maybe a couple tenths of a percentage of the world's wealth.

Blackrock and Vanguard (mentioned above) don't own much. They manage money. If I put $1 million in Vanguard they take maybe $500/year in fees. That $1 million is my money, not Vanguard's.