These aren't all bankers, they aren't all senior executives, they aren't all 50, the entire financial industry employs over 1,000,000 people, and you've understated the suicide rate (you may only be counting the male stat).
The article also doesn't count seven financial industry suicides in a week. It counts 3 (in that week, and in the [insanely broad] finance industry), and an auto executive.
With your numbers, it indeed become reasonably likely - thanks for that. I'm always confused by how titles can be inflated in the financial services.
My point was more: when it comes to conspiracy, stay away from story-telling, and do the math. That forces you to focus on assumption, such as the actual size for the group considered.
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These aren't all bankers, they aren't all senior executives, they aren't all 50, the entire financial industry employs over 1,000,000 people, and you've understated the suicide rate (you may only be counting the male stat).
The article also doesn't count seven financial industry suicides in a week. It counts 3 (in that week, and in the [insanely broad] finance industry), and an auto executive.
With your numbers, it indeed become reasonably likely - thanks for that. I'm always confused by how titles can be inflated in the financial services.
My point was more: when it comes to conspiracy, stay away from story-telling, and do the math. That forces you to focus on assumption, such as the actual size for the group considered.