In this article i provide a critical perspective on governing the global corporation. They concluded that investors were best advised to adjust their equity strategy to this new consumer situation and invest in stocks of companies that cater to the. Savas kesidis vanguard research may 2017 an analysis of dividendoriented equity strategies. The word reemerged in the 1990s thanks to a small group of investment advisors at the citigroup bank in new york who changed the words meaning in a series of memos encouraging their clients to buy stocks in companies making luxury products. Management plan, balanced scorecard and analysis of efficiency and chargerate equity in facatativas sewerage and water supply company. Pdf management plan, balanced scorecard and analysis of. Minister freelands grandfather, national capital freenet. A new report from the international labour organization shows that across g20 countries corporate profits are up, up, up. Ajay kapur, global strategist at citigroup, and his research team came up with the term plutonomy in 2005 to describe a country that is defined by massive income and wealth inequality.
Download all posts by politicalgates about the faked pregnancy as pdf document. Citigroup plutonomy october 2005 pdf citigroup plutonomy october 2005 pdf download. The key challenge for corporates in this space is to maintain the mystique of prestige while trying to grow revenue and hit the massaffluent market. Equity strategy ajay kapur, cfa global strategist 21281648. If plutonomy explains away many conundrums that our equity clients worry about, then this suggests the risk premia ascribed to equities might be too high. First, these were regular research reports that we wrote as the global equity strategy team at citigroup. Aug 30, 2012 maybe im the last person whos hearing about the citigroup plutonomy memos, but theyre blowning me away. Plutonomy, perhaps like me, youve not heard much about this term, except. Plutonomy refers to a society where the majority of the wealth is controlled by an evershrinking. When howard came down to new york last december for what would be my last interview with him, i showed him this document published in the spring of 2005 by the wall street giant citigroup, setting forth an equity strategy under the title im not making this up revisiting plutonomy. Ajay kapur, global strategist at citigroup, and his research team came up with the term plutonomy in to describe a country that is defined. Yes no are you willing to prepay your order by check or wire transfer to avoid credit card fees. Old news, but not enough people know it this is old news, but old news that most people dont know about, because citigroup has been.
Oct 30, 2015 several years ago, two leaked memos on equity strategy by citigroup described plainly this politicoeconomic fact. Citigroups global strategist, says the balance sheets of the rich are in. Of course, naomi klein, being a journalist rather than an investment banker, spent time with the victims of all these policies and thus was pretty. Lets see if he can supervise the inventors of plutonomy as global equity strategy in his new movie, michael moore mentions the citigroup document of 2005 on plutonomy. Citigroups shocking plutonomy reports democratic underground. Download all posts by politicalgates about the faked pregnancy as pdf document here. Imbalances, citigroup, equity strategy, industry note. Citigroups shocking plutonomy reports ht michael moore. Jun 24, 2011 it was on what they called plutonomy an idea theyd been hawking around for a while and which was summarised in the wall street journal in 2007 as follows. Inequality play is over, says analyst who coined plutonomy.
Indeed, if the rich keep getting richer, as we suggest, savings rates might get even worse in the plutonomy countries. Msci ac world index, understanding how the plutonomy impacts consumption is key for equity market participants. This article offers a study on the plutonomy of dominant owners and what their. Since the year 2000 corporate profits as a proportion of total national incomes have risen by 2. Finding pureplays on the plutonomy theme, however, is tricky. Nov 06, 2017 capitalists speaking frankly posted on november 6, 2017 by garrett s. The other citigroup plutonomy memo mentioned in michael moores. The company was formed by the merger of banking giant citicorp and financial conglomerate travelers group in 1998. After establishing what a plutonomy is, and demonstrating it exists, the authors go on to make an effort to show that the plutonomy will continue into the foreseeable future. The plutonomy symposium rising tides lifting yachts time to recommit to plutonomy stocks binge on bling.
Rising tides lifting yachts time to recommit to plutonomy stocks binge on bling. Travelers was subsequently spun off from the company in 2002. While the papers in the 2009 special issue of business ethics quarterly explore the political role of corporations i argue that they lack a sophisticated analysis of power across institutional and actor networks. Griffin under socialism capitalist interest in preserving and profiting from the economic power of the rich was verbalized in a 2005 citigroup equity strategy report called plutonomy. This investment strategy focuses on the preservation of assets and aims to minimise investment risk as. They were not meant for internalsenior management or the wealthiest investors, but for wide distribution to institutional investors and smith barney retail investors. Time to recommit to plutonomy stocks binge on bling. In september 2006 citigroup published a report which they files6674234citigroupoct162005 plutonomy reportpart1. Open your eyes october 26th, 2005 leaked citigroup memo. Dec 31, 2018 aci 31871 pdf structural engineering report no.
What i find it strange is that while the authors point out that the plutonomy of the 20s reversed, they then made no effort to explain why. Oct 16, 2010 the citigroup plutonomy memos saturday, october 16, 2010 at 04. Buying luxury, explaining global imbalances by ajay kapur, niall macleod and narendra singh. Aug 12, 2010 in the must read, october 26th, 2005 leaked citigroup memo, titled equity strategy, plutonomy, buying luxury, global imbalances the fear of a potential backlash against the plutocracy is discussed at length. As we believe plutonomy explains away some of the conundrums we highlighted above, we are very relaxed about these issues. The global wealth report which boston consulting group bcg. Citigroup plutonomy october 2005 pdf the first memo is dated october 16, 2005 35 pages and is titled. Yes, they are real, and instead of being discussed on mainstream media outlets all over america and beyond, citigroup was surprisingly successful so far in suppressing these memos, using their lawyers to issue takedownnotices whenever these memos were. Economic growth that is powered and consumed by the wealthiest upper class of society. Equity multiples appear too low, the profit share of gdp is high and likely going higher, stocks look likely to beat housing, and we are bullish on equities. Concentration of wealth and spending in the hands of a few, probably has its limits.
Plutonomy the citigroup plan for the megarich at cost to. Nov 07, 2019 income inequality is an economic concept that tends to hit some segments of populations harder than others, with significant wage gaps often identified for women, african americans, and hispanics. In a report called the plutonomy symposium rising tides lifting yachts, ajay kapur, citigroups global strategist, says the balance sheets of the rich are in great shape, and will get much better, which is why he recommends going out and buying stocks of companies that cater to that very select market. Not to be confused with cit group, another large financial services company. Kapur, ajay et al the plutonomy symposium rising tides lifting yachts, citigroup, equity strategy, the global investigator, september 29, 2006. Pdf the us plutonomy and its effect on the capitalistlabor. Plutonomy is the science of production and distribution of wealth. Although they havent figured it out yet, this is really what the occupy movement is protesting. Much of the recent increase in inequality in englishspeaking. Plutonomy became a buzzword within financial circles after citigroup global equity strategist ajay kapur and his research team used the term to describe the.
Jun 24, 2019 citigroup equity strategy plutonomy pdf instock notification request sent your request to be notified when this product tluke back in stock has been sent to our sales department. Wait, now that i look around, i see that yves smith at naked capitalism posted about this on october 15, 2009, almost three years ago, and called for people to protest the annual meetings of the american bankers. If plutonomy explains away many conundrums that our. When it comes to business profits, its the plutonomy versus. American concrete institute,c in order to set up a list of libraries that you have access to, you must first login or sign up.
443 334 12 785 112 678 894 25 263 1119 393 617 1577 698 374 731 706 771 350 883 1337 242 946 555 1635 621 202 1196 1427 1567 1339 1262 560 441 73 342 200 481 114 697 1392 1258 47