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Re: London loses position as most valuable European stock market

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Post by Tarsul » Mon, Nov 14, 2022, 9:00 PM UTC

yakak wrote: post #8

I found it a bit puzzling that France was the other economy. Given that Germany is actually higher in terms of GDP its hard to tell what this really means. There's always been more pessimism for future returns of German companies and/or much more of the German economy isn't in public stocks? Or is it simply that Germany has more markets so the US in these comparisons would be separating NYSE and Nasdaq?

I mean the German GDP is significantly higher than French GDP, so I think the main point is that a lot of good German companies are simply not listed (read: many Mittelstand companies). But there's probably a lot more to untangle (e.g. the German public is not as invested in stocks as in other countries etc.).

Re: London loses position as most valuable European stock market

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Post by redanddead » Tue, Nov 15, 2022, 12:10 AM UTC

azalemeth wrote: post #3

rhaway84773 wrote: post #2

The BBC still dares not mention the B word which is a symptom of the kind of cowardice that led to the B word in the first place. The inability to call a spade a spade because the Tories might cut their funding (which they would do anyways).

Quite. I just don't understand why there's this collective delusion about the most backwards and stupid vote in living memory.

I dislike that the shenanigans in the UK affect Canadian politics so much

Re: London loses position as most valuable European stock market

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Post by simne » Tue, Nov 15, 2022, 12:20 AM UTC

yakak wrote: post #10

Kukumber wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One betting on economy of tomorow One betting on economy of yesterday Wich was future proof? Both still import massively from foreign countries, but Germany will face more problems due to energy shortages The US always wanted to weaken Germany, so pushing France was always the most favorable option anyway

If forcing Germany to invest in energy independence is going to weaken it, I have to wonder why forcing China to rely on industrial investment hasn't made it less competitive.

All depends, on speaking about short term perspective or long term.

But German economy is so much tied to export, and their politics so much depend on public opinion, so any step leading to short term weaken of current tops, considered as hostile.