06-17-2022, 12:59 PM
If most investments are controlled by the few rich and powerful then why do we inves
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Not a troll post, help me understand something.</p> <p>1) 84% of stocks are owned by the wealthy. Retail owns 25%. Only 25%.</p> <p>2) When large drops like this happen in a single day, it's evident that it's not mostly retail selling but rather these large institutions</p> <p>3) So then why are we (retail) then putting our money into a system that's not mainly dictated by us? </p> <p>I must be missing something. The institutions and rich can decide on a whim to sell, and even if retail had been buying, we just have to go along with the flow. And I do see a lot of memes on reddit about buying the dip (which indicates to me retail, apart from the bears, is at least buying the dip in these times).</p> <p>Or I might be thinking about this entirely wrong</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PotatoWriter"> /u/PotatoWriter </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/vdpx1y/if_most_investments_are_controlled_by_the_few/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/vdpx1y/if_most_investments_are_controlled_by_the_few/">[comments]</a></span>
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Not a troll post, help me understand something.</p> <p>1) 84% of stocks are owned by the wealthy. Retail owns 25%. Only 25%.</p> <p>2) When large drops like this happen in a single day, it's evident that it's not mostly retail selling but rather these large institutions</p> <p>3) So then why are we (retail) then putting our money into a system that's not mainly dictated by us? </p> <p>I must be missing something. The institutions and rich can decide on a whim to sell, and even if retail had been buying, we just have to go along with the flow. And I do see a lot of memes on reddit about buying the dip (which indicates to me retail, apart from the bears, is at least buying the dip in these times).</p> <p>Or I might be thinking about this entirely wrong</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/PotatoWriter"> /u/PotatoWriter </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/vdpx1y/if_most_investments_are_controlled_by_the_few/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/vdpx1y/if_most_investments_are_controlled_by_the_few/">[comments]</a></span>