• alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 day ago

    No, you are attacking a straw man.

    Of course it’s not black and white, but the overall balance is much more towards American capital than European capital.

    Even for a company like Unilever, American institutional investors hold a much larger share than European investors hold in Mondelez.

    That’s the point I was making.

    • protist@mander.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      1 day ago

      The GDP of the US is about $30 trillion USD while the GDP of the EU + UK is about $23 trillion USD. Europe has enough capital to effectively compete with the US, and it does. “American institutional investors” include a ton of foreign capital. This isn’t a “David vs Goliath” situation