Investors Don’t Care That French Stocks Are On A Tear

Investors not feeling France.

Author:: Jon Shazar
Publish date:: Aug 5, 2015
Updated on: Jan 14, 2019

Begs to differ.

And on a tear they are, up 20% this year. Institutional investors don’t give a merde, moving their money to countries like Germany, Italy and Spain, which are not up 20% this year.

“It clearly shows a lack of confidence towards French companies” from these long-term investors, Mr. Hourcard said….Mr. Hourcard says some big institutional investors may be concerned that France’s economy continues to struggle, especially compared with those of its European neighbors. The European Commission forecasts French GDP growth of 1.1% for 2015, compared with 2.8% in Spain and 1.9% in Germany.

Rising Stocks Aren’t Enough to Keep Some Investors in France [WSJ MoneyBeat blog]

Oh, the wily and unscrupulous French: They spend years arguing with the ferocity of a cockfighter for tough, nay, draconian financial regulations. And then they elect a Socialist who promises to be even less interested in the concerns of the monied classes. And then, when Europe's two biggest economies—the ones housing the financial centers the French hope to destroy—announce that they'll impose the aforementioned tough, if not draconian, regulations, the French say, joke's on les Huns et les rosbifs.

In fairness, who's NOT afraid of the French?

Uber better stop playing "Poulet" with French regulators if it's going to keep spending money like a Greek.

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In light of all the other international investigations, maybe Danske was a wee bit more than an “assisted witness.”

Gouvernement français [CC BY-SA 3.0 fr], via Wikimedia Commons

Emmanuel Macron will do, they guess.

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Maybe John Cryan isn't the unluckiest Briton in Germany since the Cold War.