Other countries, most importantly China, have accumulated large foreign currency reserves as they kept the dollar from rising too much against their currencies.
Big macro funds like Third Point and Brevan Howard in recent months have accumulated large Greek bond positions expecting to be offered more on the buyback.
The wealthy countries of the Gulf, and some of the Caspian countries, can easily manage a temporary fall in prices – they have accumulated large external funds, although some face more worrisome long-term fiscal prospects.
There is supposed to be an air of mystery about Adam -- he won't discuss his past, and seems to have accumulated large sums of money under assumed names -- but his secrets, when finally revealed, feel as phony as Adam, himself.
In some cases, governments have accumulated large amounts of foreign debt, usually with little to show for it.The principal international economic institutions are now working with the biggest donor countries and the seven CIS countries themselves to grapple with some of the problems they face, and to establish new forms of help for them in return for clear commitments from the recipients.
Chinese subway companies have accumulated large amounts of failure data up to now, these data truly reflect field operating conditions.
Wetlands in the area have accumulated large quantities of metals, and high concentrations of these metals in streams occurred primarily in response to SO4-related acidification events or associated with high dissolved organic carbon production in early summer.
While American companies already complain about Chinese solar panels being dumped in the U.S. market, Chinese PV manufactures have not been able to sell all of their products and have accumulated large inventories.
People in the industry point out that traders who have accumulated large fortunes without any public attention may prefer to keep working in a private environment -- perhaps at a competitor, or a trading house they set up themselves.
