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Monday, 7 September 2015

已經踏入金融危機嗎?

過往中國高速增長,一大部份都是由銀行以為人民服務之心態印銀紙來帶動。國企收了指示要推動經濟,而銀行又樂意貸款,那就唔理三七二十一,擴張了先算(反正管理層可從中獲益)。錢印了,到了百姓身上,錢是會花,可惜都是比較喜歡儲蓄。公司到了現在發現當初不理性的投資根本難以回本,如何還債?於是政府想出用股票泡沫解決債務問題,希望市民自願埋單,可惜事與願違,債務問題絲毫未解決就要救股市。政府發現無法再以舉債投資來救經濟,反而想慢慢讓泡沫排氣,於是政府減少投資,並嘗試壓抑樓市泡沫,導致一系列貴金屬自由落體。一眾以資源為經濟重心之國家隨之崩潰,資金不斷流出。

美國多年來休養生息,到了加息之時,雖然加極都係微乎其微,但在發展中國家震盪之時已經夠吸引。當發展中國家樂於讓貨幣貶值時,中國政府又要維持聯系匯率。一時用儲備托人民幣,一時又嘗試讓它微微貶值。訊息混淆令風險上升,更加速了資金外流。

最能夠形容中國現在處境的,就是十個煲幾個蓋(肯定無九個蓋),樣樣都要控制,但樣樣都控制不了。歸根究底,問題所在就是政府不讓市場自我修復。而為何不讓市場自我修復,就是個政治問題,沒有民主,沒有經濟,人民會乖乖嗎?

到了現在,雖然不少股票已經頗為吸引,但一想到中國日益惡化的經濟問題,就令我停一停,諗一諗。而我覺得最重要的問題是,究竟今次會否導致系統性的金融風暴。

Wednesday, 10 June 2015

中國農村女股神

CNBC 有如此有趣的報導:

Wang Li, grocer and 'stock market goddess' in Nanliu village.

Farmers are eschewing crops to plough their cash into the booming stock market , a journey by CNBC into the heart of rural China discovered.

Wang Li, an unassuming grocer, invested $820 back in 2010 and soon earned the nickname 'stock market goddess' after her portfolio topped $33,000 - around 40 times her initial investment. Some of the companies in her portfolio include big-ticket names like Bank of China.

The farmers now only tend their fields outside of market hours, Liu noted.

農民收市後才開工也許是新常態。
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102747012

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另一則有趣分析: China does US bubble, bust & bailout all in one year

A housing bubble, followed by a massive stock market bubble, followed by capital flowing away from the real economy, quantitative easing, and then long-term bond buying when the market doesn’t behave as the central bank wants. Except in the U.S., this took place from 2006 to 2012. In China, it has all happened in one year since 2014.

http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2015/06/china-does-us-bubble-and-bust-in-one-year/
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中國一年經歷美國多年的事有何出奇,中國三年用的水泥都比美國百年多。

Infographic: Comparing China's Concrete Usage in the 20th and 21st Centuries - Making the Modern World by Vaclav Smil, Book Review | GatesNotes.com The Blog of Bill Gates