Although you present a positive stance on France's future economic prospects, there are no signs of a recovery in the economic data!
France's economy contracted 0.1% in Q4 2024, reversing a 0.4% expansion in Q3. Perhaps, a post-Olympics impact?
For the year 2024, France's economy expanded 0.6%, marking the slowest growth since the Q4 2020 COVID19 contraction.
https://tradingeconomics.com/france/gdp-growth
The 67 million people of France's produced $45,091 of GDP per capita
compared to $98,900 for the 39.43 million people in the state of California:
https://www.worldeconomics.com/GrossDomesticProduct/Current-GDP-Per-Capita/France.aspx
This is despite California having the highest marginal tax rate in USA:
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-highest-marginal-income-tax-rate-for-each-u-s-state/
It seems France still needs time to gain the confidence of global investors.
For Grid-level Battery Storage for renewable energy, Sungrow is the world's largest battery producer: https://en.sungrowpower.com/Solutions/6/storage-system
"unemployment rate for young people aged 16 to 24 soared to record 21.3%. Now, that figure is at 14.9%"
> Did you check that data before publishing this article? When the youth unemployment data came out embarrassingly bad, the National Bureau of Statistics stopped publishing it and had recently changed the method of calculation to get a lower figure but they are not comparable to the previous data! See CEIC data here: https://www.ceicdata.com/en/china/surveyed-unemployment/cn-unemployment-rate-age-16-to-24
Also see the recent FT.com article on this issue of unreliable data from China:
This comes on the heels of measures to suppress data that convey bad news.
When fertility rates started falling a few years ago, raising concerns about a shrinking labour force, the government stopped releasing that data.
When youth unemployment rates surged last year, the government discontinued those data as well. Now it is publishing unemployment data with supposed “improvements” that show lower youth unemployment rates but that are seen as less credible.
Data about consumer confidence and financial markets have also been subject to blackouts
However, I would not invest in any of them as they are only nominally 'public listed' companies.
That is why your choice of Caterpillar is likely to be a much better investment, even if they may be losing market share to their local competitors in China. regards,
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Do you have the names of those 10 US-listed Chinese companies?
Did you manage to invest in Chinese companies whose listings did *not* disappear?
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For Grid-level Battery Storage for renewable energy, Sungrow is the world's largest battery producer: https://en.sungrowpower.com/Solutions/6/storage-system
Second largest is Hypergrow:
https://www.hyperstrong.com/en
Both are in China. Sungrow is listed on the Shanghai exchange.
Diesel-powered generator demand is in continual decline globally.
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"unemployment rate for young people aged 16 to 24 soared to record 21.3%. Now, that figure is at 14.9%"
> Did you check that data before publishing this article?
When the youth unemployment data came out embarrassingly bad, the National Bureau of Statistics stopped publishing it and had recently changed the method of calculation to get a lower figure but they are not comparable to the previous data!
See CEIC data here:
https://www.ceicdata.com/en/china/surveyed-unemployment/cn-unemployment-rate-age-16-to-24
Also see the recent FT.com article on this issue of unreliable data from China:
This comes on the heels of measures to suppress data that convey bad news.
When fertility rates started falling a few years ago, raising concerns about a shrinking labour force, the government stopped releasing that data.
When youth unemployment rates surged last year, the government discontinued those data as well. Now it is publishing unemployment data with supposed “improvements” that show lower youth unemployment rates but that are seen as less credible.
Data about consumer confidence and financial markets have also been subject to blackouts
https://www.ft.com/content/4f25f36e-1234-41e3-9d34-a488f8ff631b
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Hi James, wishing you "Xīnnián kuàilè" (新年快乐)!
Here are some of Caterpillar's local Chinese competitors you may want to take a look into:
Zoomlion Heavy Industries:
https://en-product.zoomlion.com//product/pro_list.htm?sCat=64
Sany Heavy Equipment:
https://www.sanyglobal.com/product/
XCMG (Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group):
https://www.xcmg.com/en-ap/product/products.jsp
However, I would not invest in any of them as they are only nominally 'public listed' companies.
That is why your choice of Caterpillar is likely to be a much better investment, even if they may be losing market share to their local competitors in China.
regards,
Wimal