Germany is known as Europe’s stronghold, but Germany’s investment freeze calls into question its real economic strength and future growth prospects. Here is a direct video link.
Germany is part of a global trend over the past few years for companies to use cash on hand for non-productive short-term incentives like higher perks for executives, and stock price levers like buying back shares and increasing dividends, but all of this only weakens future prospects for the companies, as it reduces their focus and investment in growing a longer term business model.
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