Indeed! I think another option is financialization through investment banks wherein the money is used in all sorts of investment vehicles such as forex trading,

Indeed! I think another option is financialization through investment banks wherein the money is used in all sorts of investment vehicles such as forex trading, futures/options, bonds, hedge funds and whatnot. There's been a steady increase of such companies it seems. https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/pitfalls-financialization-american-business/ https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/pitfalls-financi... https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0103-63512018000200549&script=sci_abstract&tlng=en https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0103-63512018000200549... https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308901243_Financialization_of_non-financial_companies_an_insight_in_the_automotive_sector https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308901243_Financial...