博弈中的美国股市与中国楼市

如果美国决定各过各的来甩开这个影子,那就不需要在费劲心力去剪羊毛了。一旦地球分成两个世界,那剩下的就是怎么捅刀子了。 … 这就很难办。我屡次提到我之前的文章:粮食战争,说的就是这个意思。国庆之后我会写一下我们的七个弱项:粮食,石油,生物,科技,网络,金融,国际规则。为什么前三项粮食,石油,生物最致命?因为粮食和石油如果大幅涨价容易引发恶性通胀。 … 但我们不得不防。我们也没幼稚的想去直接捅破美股的泡沫,对面大概也不会傻傻的通过抛售物业来捣乱。只有一些加拿大商人假装不懂政治,乱捅小刀子,在国家博弈的关键时刻,这种行为以及他带来的示范作用,毫无疑问已经不是纯粹的商业行为,这就是为什么我要写好几篇文章来揭露和批驳他,这不是什么关于规则和契约精神的分歧,是整个民族的复兴有可能被阻断的大是大非的立场问题。这种时候谈规则契约精神的都是看似聪明的大傻  (后面还有个字忘了打了),而那些同时鼓吹看多做多美国股市看空做空中国楼市的,都是大坏  (后面有个字也忘记打了)。 … 实物贸易循环是以人民币背书,为美元提供信用,不然美元不说成为一张废纸,至少要贬值一倍。可是美元信用一旦被动被收缩,不说美股泡沫撑不住,整个美元体系就要崩塌。美国人搞贸易摩擦,心里没点数吗?这不是单纯的两败俱伤,是杀敌五百自损一千。 … 即便今时今日,贸易摩擦要是再全面升级,孰高孰低可能就要见分晓了。所以我一直认为,扛到最后时刻,美国必定主动阶段性缓和并重新调整战略。为什么呢?因为贸易摩擦是美国的手段,不是他们的目的,他本来就搞不赢也不想搞到底。 而反过来,作为实物贸易占有有利地位的一方,贸易摩擦则很可能就是我们的目的。为什么这么说,我有三点可以证明。一是在五月谈判的时候,美方以为我们要签协议了,但是我们突然替换了协议文本,美方据此一直指责我们不守信,而新闻联播也好几次回应说撤回在谈判中的协议并不失信。这其实是在摸清对手的要价和目的后,推翻这些条件重谈。二是在两国元首会晤之后,一度也要缓和了,但是我们始终坚持必须全面撤销所有增加的关税,这等于让川普前功尽弃。就这两点看,我觉得我们是想将对手拖住,并拖在我们有优势的领域消耗。第三点就是美国挑起科技领域的纠纷之后,我们虽然说要搞稀土制裁,要搞不可靠清单,但是雷声大雨点小。就是因为我们不希望转移主战场,其他领域我们都是弱势地位,打起来力不从心。 Source: 博弈中的美国股市与中国楼市

Temasek Biggest Shareholdings Fall $23.5 billion in Three Months – Bloomberg

Temasek Holdings Pte’s biggest equity shareholdings and those of its subsidiaries have plunged almost $24 billion since January as the spreading coronavirus sends markets into spasms. … Temasek’s top 12 equity holdings by market value were worth a combined $73.8 billion on Jan. 2 but had fallen to $50.3 billion as of March 20. This […]

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