I previously noted (here and here) how Zero Hedge has been tracking the strange run of “suicides” among the world’s mid-level bankers in the last couple of years. Scare quotes because the circumstances are mysterious in many of the cases. And because banks and financial markets have been doing great all this time, right?
Here’s the update.
- In the end, 2014 saw 36 of these deaths. (ZH gives the list. Any pattern?)
- The trend continues in 2015, with four mid-level banker deaths, so far.
- They include yet another ABN Amro executive – this one well-known as a “cheerful” boyfriend of hot models – and yet another JPMorgan guy – this one who said openly on LinkedIn, “I am very good and creative with data manipulation…and can…provide senior managers what is needed before asked to do so.”
As I’ve said before: Whether these deaths are murders (to cover up something?) or genuine suicides by the despondent, either way they suggest a world financial system that is worse off than what is generally known.
This is something else either way. Thanks for sharing.
Rick Moran of American Thinker has dismissed the deaths as coincidence, but….Sorry Rick, there just aren’t that many banking mid-level *executives* or *key traders*, in the world. Your piece speaks of “millions” of banking employees in the world. Well yeah, like tellers and secretaries. We’re not talking about those folks, here.
No numbers to know if it’s significant or not. Further, the list is padded with people who weren’t “bankers” and deaths that were not suicide.
I agree that it would be useful if someone researched earlier years for similar deaths, and compared rates. In other words, spike or no spike? Obviously, the people who made the recent observations and composed the list do believe (or wish to suggest) a spike.
Umm, that is sort of the point. (That it could be “The Banker Murders” we’re looking at? So, look over their deaths in general.)
Accident between a fairly-loaded passenger train and a car, somehow kills five investment bankers – and no others (except the car’s driver):
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/04/us-usa-newyork-train-idUSKBN0L801U20150204
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/05/behavior-suv-driver-under-scrutiny-in-deadly-new-york-commuter-train-crash/
http://freedomoutpost.com/2015/02/5-prominent-nyc-figures-die-train-crash-3-top-investment-bankers/
I have no explanation beyond coincidence – except to note that one of the families of the deceased thought that their beloved had been handled strangely. Mainly I’m saying, “Weird.”
I should concede here that, with a title like “The Banker Suicides”, of course I’m going for the pun on “Virgin Suicides” – but with an intent of noticing more than just the suicides.