Do US companies ever trade stock on the Chinese stock market? TSLA trades in Germany and I think it would be very popular as an investment in China, especially as it starts to gain in notoriety and popularity in the coming years. I imagine it would increase demand for the stock and drive its price higher.
China is still a communist country, I am surprised that they do have a stock exchange at all, but they do. According to wiki, Shanghai stock exchange is still not entirely open to foreign investors. Also, China has a preference for listing domestic companies (according to the same source).
I checked my two brokerage platforms for access to world markets. They both give me world wide access to most markets. One gives me access to SSE which is short for Shanghai Stock Exchange, but that is more likely Stockholm Stock Exchange. I do get access to Hong Kong Stock Exchange, if that can be counted as China.
Second brokerage gives me access to Hong Kong, few markets in Tokyo and Singapore only in ASIA. It does seem that SSE is closed to small foreign investors like myself.
I am curious if Chinese citizens have access to brokerages that let them trade on US markets. If they do not have easy access, they are unlikely to become Tesla investors. Imo the communist indoctrination of citizens is not helping with encouraging Chinese to trade on capitalist markets. Internet access is also limited (controlled or regulated), and that may hamper both educational and investment opportunities and attempts. It would surprise me to see a rush of Chinese capital into TSLA but I really wish to be wrong on this.
Talking about a rush of capital, there is a rush of Chinese capital into Sydney real estate market, pushing prices up and squeezing locals out, especially new home owners. Investing in real estate is a bit less sophisticated than investing in shares, I won't even mention other instruments.
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