Historically in China, domestic consumerism has taken a backseat to global exports & foreign investment. This hierarchy has the potential to damage China as trade wars, reciprocal tariffs, and geopolitical uncertainty threaten to slow exports and foreign investment. On one hand China’s 33.1% YoY decline in exports to the U.S shows this need for added focus on domestic consumers. On the other hand, China's overall exports are growing 4.4% YoY with notable growth in markets such as South Africa and the EU. Despite this growth I believe China’s exports will dwindle as geopolitics escalate further, thus increasing the need for focus on domestic consumers. PCE (personal consumption expenditures) is the largest component of U.S GDP sitting around 70%, whereas in China PCE is 40% of GDP. Along with this, exports as a percentage of GDP in China almost double that of the U.S which sits at around 10%. As exports decrease China will need to switch gears and focus on themselves.
China has a population exceeding 1.4 billion, the neglect to focus on these citizens is a huge and costly mistake. In the long run Chinese domestic consumers can & will propel economic growth so long as they aren't an afterthought.
Equity Insights
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Theme of the Week
President Trump recently promoted semiannual financial reporting for public firms. This contrasts the current quarterly financial reports we are accustomed to. The case for semiannual reporting is that it is a money saver & it allows companies to focus more on their long term goals. Public companies spend a ton on quarterly reports and it forces them to focus on short term goals instead of long term progress. Those in favor of semiannual reporting say that quarterly reports are too big of a burden on small-caps who oftentimes can't afford it. On the other hand, quarterly reports are deemed essential by those who invest in mega-cap companies. They say mega-cap data needs to be highly publicized for the millions of investors.
I propose a loosely worked compromise, companies with a small/micro market capitalization report semiannually. Thus saving themselves the cost and burden of quarterly reports. Companies with mid, large, and mega market capitalizations report quarterly since more investors (retail and institutional) depend on their reports (and these companies often have more money to spend).
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