I heard the following statement of Barron’s magazine piggybacked to today’s (April 28) AP radio news over AFN broadasting:

> “Two thirds of the money managers we surveyed think we are due for
> collection of 10 per cent in the next twelve months before stocks
> resume their rise. Favorable stocks, General Electric currently tops
> the list. **The Big Money crowd** also likes bank shares such as Bank of
> America and Citi Group.”

As I’m unfamiliar with the word, “Big Money crowd,” I looked for the usage of this word and found a pretty old example:

With bond yields edging up, about a third of **the Big Money crowd** thinks utility shares will be the worst performers in the next 12 months.” - online.barrons.com 2013/10/21

What does Big Money crowd mean, particularly ‘crowd’ here mean? Is Big Money a proper noun as B and M are shown in uppercase? Is "crowd" a mass noun that takes verb in singlar form like "likes" and "thinks"?