On a completely unrelated note, it turns out that the largest BP shareholders are Wall Streets mega corps, like TBTF JP Morgan Chase, BlackRock, etc, all BFFs at the White House.
Here is a list of institutional holders as of March 31: nasdaq.com
Owner Name Date Shares Held Change (Shares) % Change (Shares) Value ($1000) STATE STREET CORP 3/31/2010 43,453,340 723,669 1.69% $1,476,110 WELLINGTON MANAGEMEN... 3/31/2010 34,841,626 3,165,145 9.99% $1,183,570 BARROW HANLEY MEWHIN... 3/31/2010 16,700,677 2,099,861 14.38% $567,322 BANK OF AMERICA CORP... 3/31/2010 13,905,449 (431,139) (3.01%) $472,368 STATE FARM MUTUAL AU... 3/31/2010 13,052,048 0 0.00% $443,378 PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIA... 3/31/2010 12,442,139 348,288 2.88% $422,659 MORGAN STANLEY 3/31/2010 11,224,852 253,865 2.31% $381,308 FMR LLC 3/31/2010 7,854,986 (297,589) (3.65%) $266,834 TRADEWINDS GLOBAL IN... 3/31/2010 7,436,248 126,460 1.73% $252,609 BILL & MELINDA GATES... 3/31/2010 7,133,000 2,500,000 53.96% $242,308 WELLS FARGO & CO/MN 3/31/2010 6,729,517 5,539 0.08% $228,602 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP ... 3/31/2010 6,695,882 (4,887,610) (42.19%) $227,459 PNC FINANCIAL SERVIC... 3/31/2010 5,423,963 (1,177,413) (17.84%) $184,252 US BANCORP \DE\ 3/31/2010 4,936,312 (98,593) (1.96%) $167,687 CLEARBRIDGE ADVISORS... 3/31/2010 4,427,590 393,019 9.74% $150,405 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL... 3/31/2010 4,323,091 (116,033) (2.61%) $146,855 BANK OF NEW YORK MEL... 3/31/2010 4,218,502 (72,295) (1.68%) $143,303 NORTHERN TRUST CORP 3/31/2010 4,147,596 (137,284) (3.20%) $140,894 FIDUCIARY MANAGEMENT... 3/31/2010 3,873,284 308,780 8.66% $131,575 J P MORGAN CHASE & C... 3/31/2010 3,627,677 317,568 9.59% $123,232 CAMBIAR INVESTORS LL... 3/31/2010 3,524,109 262,928 8.06% $119,714 PUTNAM INVESTMENT MA... 3/31/2010 3,229,304 830,830 34.64% $109,699 ALTRINSIC GLOBAL ADV... 3/31/2010 3,202,262 57,150 1.82% $108,781 BLACKROCK ADVISORS L... 3/31/2010 3,027,093 130,300 4.50% $102,830 AXA 3/31/2010 2,929,555 (238,897) (7.54%) $99,517
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