What the world would look like if countries were the size of their stock markets - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Helix Snake;48574977]Weirdly enough this also looks like a map of each country's size relative to their cultural affect through media on the rest of the world. US has Hollywood (among a lot of other things), UK has the BBC, Japan has their huge amount of anime and manga, and those three are the biggest countries on the map.[/QUOTE] Except Switzerland, you barely ever hear about those guys

So Japan has a bigger stock market than the UK? Further proof that mass immigration does not equal a good economy.

[QUOTE=TornadoAP;48575971]I like how Hong Kong, a tiny little island/peninsula nation on the coast of China has about the same stock market size as mainland China.[/QUOTE] Largely thanks to former British rule (and the separate system of government that resulted) and being a major global trade hub, I reckon.

[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;48575926]Honestly didn't expect Japan to be that large, or China to be that small. Though I suppose it makes sense, since this is a map of free market trade rather than GDP.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.mygovcost.org/2015/08/15/the-united-nations-of-debt/"] Wait untill you see Japan's debt.[/URL] [editline]30th August 2015[/editline] It's got 20 times more debt than Mexico, 5 times more than Germany, 4 times more than China and 2nd most total debt after US.

[QUOTE=BFG9000;48575835]Don't forget Japan's porn[/QUOTE] Yes, all of what Japan brings to the world table is porn, manga, and anime.

[QUOTE=Arrows;48576175]So Japan has a bigger stock market than the UK? Further proof that mass immigration does not equal a good economy.[/QUOTE] eh what are you smoking? japan has massive multinational corporations, its nothing about their immigration policy, japan by its lack of natural resources has to invest internationally

[QUOTE=InvaderNouga;48576266]Yes, all of what Japan brings to the world table is porn, manga, and anime.[/QUOTE] It's a joke mang It's not like I'm ignorant of other things they bring to the world like sushi, xenophobia, and high quality consumer vehicles

[QUOTE=BFG9000;48576504]It's a joke mang It's not like I'm ignorant of other things they bring to the world like sushi, xenophobia, and high quality consumer vehicles[/QUOTE] Yeah I was thinking you were joking just wanted to be safe lol, although I'm sure that's what a lot of Fast Anime types legitimately believe.

I'm honestly surprise at how small China's stock market is, I thought it would be much larger.

[QUOTE=Bbarnes005;48576833]I'm honestly surprise at how small China's stock market is, I thought it would be much larger.[/QUOTE] Well, China exports real products while a great part of the world sells air aka stocks.

China's stock capitalization should be larger than Japan's, idk what's up with this graphic

[QUOTE=Kommodore;48577483]China's stock capitalization should be larger than Japan's, idk what's up with this graphic[/QUOTE] their stock market is for all intensive purposes closed to foreign investors, its mainly Chinese citizens buying on margin which is why its grown quickly but is also very unstable [editline]30th August 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=godfatherk;48576208][URL="http://www.mygovcost.org/2015/08/15/the-united-nations-of-debt/"] Wait untill you see Japan's debt.[/URL] [editline]30th August 2015[/editline] It's got 20 times more debt than Mexico, 5 times more than Germany, 4 times more than China and 2nd most total debt after US.[/QUOTE] ya but china's debt is fudged, they sell it through state owned banks to state owned companies, its still there, but much more opaque

[QUOTE=smurfy;48575165]Holy shit, Switzerland will grow larger[/QUOTE] our genitals will grow larger

[QUOTE=Kaelnukem;48575365]So The Netherlands stayed the same size, that's just funny.[/QUOTE] Since when were the Netherlands 1/3rd of the size of France?

[QUOTE=AntonioR;48577323]Well, China exports real products while a great part of the world sells air aka stocks.[/QUOTE] You do realise that owning a stock means that you own a small portion of the company, right? How is that "air" in any way? [editline]31st August 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Sableye;48577499]their stock market is [B]for all intensive purposes[/B] closed to foreign investors, its mainly Chinese citizens buying on margin which is why its grown quickly but is also very unstable [editline]30th August 2015[/editline] ya but china's debt is fudged, they sell it through state owned banks to state owned companies, its still there, but much more opaque[/QUOTE] The correct phrase is "for all intents and purposes".

Greece is the new atlantis then?

[QUOTE=sloppy_joes;48575438]It's pretty impressive that Canada is as big as a lot of European nations considering it has the fraction of the population.[/QUOTE] I would like to see this adjusted to per-capita, I think it would look very much interesting (Switzerland would be fucking colossal for one)

[QUOTE=InvaderNouga;48576521]Yeah I was thinking you were joking just wanted to be safe lol, although I'm sure that's what a lot of Fast Anime types legitimately believe.[/QUOTE] You do understand that Japan's entertainment industry is pretty big tho, and its not a thing that's restricted to children even remotely. In fact, there are only specific subtypes that are really intended for teens/children, and even then because of our cultural differences some of the shit meant for 'kids' is pretty mature in comparison to our children's media

Holy shit, Switzerland stronk. I didn't expect that

[QUOTE=Arrows;48576175]So Japan has a bigger stock market than the UK? Further proof that mass immigration does not equal a good economy.[/QUOTE] ???? how the fuck did you can you draw a conclusion from those two together?

Would be more interesting to see the states in the US separately rather then the US as a whole. That and lumping/gluing continents together would be interesting to compare it with vs the US.

[QUOTE=Headhumpy;48580899]You do realise that owning a stock means that you own a small portion of the company, right? How is that "air" in any way?[/QUOTE] It's not a material good.

[QUOTE=elowin;48600278]It's not a material good.[/QUOTE] Yes it is. In case the company goes bust, you can take ownership of physical goods that the company has(like buildings,computers,furniture etc.) that's worth the same ammount as your stocks.

[QUOTE=godfatherk;48621191]Yes it is. In case the company goes bust, you can take ownership of physical goods that the company has(like buildings,computers,furniture etc.) that's worth the same ammount as your stocks.[/QUOTE] Typically stock value is higher then their buildings, computers, etc. Because a lot of value comes from personnel, brand image, services, etc. This is air as it can vanish in seconds with one wrong move.