In most of those cases the guys higher up the food chain have appreciating assets such as land, consumer brand value, mining rights, developed oil fields and mi

In most of those cases the guys higher up the food chain have appreciating assets such as land, consumer brand value, mining rights, developed oil fields and mines, etc. The guys lower down the food chain make depreciating assets and have to get up every morning and make new stuff to sell every day or they go out of business.