📉 China’s slowdown gets worse

China isn’t what it used to be | Rappers don’t kill people, ventilators do | [TOGETHER WITH]( Hi {NAME}, here's what you need to know for October 19th in 3:04 minutes. 💰 If you want to really make money as a trader, you’ll need to hold your own during the good, the bad, and the downright ugly. Join InTheMoneyStocks.com’s Nicholas Santiago for [How To Trade In Good Times And Bad]( on Tuesday, and find out how to get going when the going gets tough. [Grab your free ticket]( Today's big stories - China’s economy grew at its slowest pace in a year last quarter - There’s one precious metal with a lot more profit potential than gold right now – [Read Now]( - Healthcare giant Philips reported worse-than-expected results All Fail The King [All Fail The King] What’s Going On Here? [Data]( out on Monday showed that China’s economy grew at its slowest pace in a year last quarter, as last year’s teacher’s pet suddenly falls out of favor. What Does This Mean? China might’ve outperformed the rest of the world last year, but this year has brought a whole host of challenges for its economy. Energy shortages, for one, have led to surging prices and power rationing, which has pushed factories to cut production and led to a [drop]( in manufacturing activity. The government’s much-discussed crackdown on the real estate market, meanwhile, has really slowed the property sector down – no small thing considering property-related activities make up nearly a third of the Chinese economy. All that might be why the country’s economy grew just 4.9% last quarter compared to last year – well below the 7.9% of the quarter before. Investment banks, for their part, saw it coming: data out last week [showed]( that 10 of the 13 major banks have been cutting their full-year growth forecasts for China since August. Why Should I Care? Zooming in: Don’t expect a helping hand. Things aren’t all bad: China’s exports grew 28% last month compared to the year before, while consumer spending grew by a better-than-expected 4.4%. The government might be holding out hope that this will be enough to keep its recovery on track for now, which could explain why it isn’t rushing to bring in any financial support programs. The bigger picture: EMs break with tradition. China’s fellow emerging markets (EMs) aren’t doing much better: Bank of America is forecasting that the group of them (excluding China) won’t grow as quickly as the US next year – the third year in a row that’s happened ([tweet this](). This wasn’t the plan: EMs – which have a lot of scope to come on in leaps and bounds using advancements from around the world – traditionally grow faster and offer higher potential returns than more developed markets. 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And while the demand is still there for its (presumably less fatal) products, all-too-familiar shortages of components have left the company struggling to convert those orders into sales. All in all, Philips’ revenue fell by around 8% last quarter compared to the same time last year. Why Should I Care? For markets: Investors hold a grudge. Those shortages aren’t going anywhere fast, and the whole “toxic ventilator” thing might not be either: there could be any number of lawsuits in the pipeline, which might be why Philips cut its sales outlook for the rest of the year. Investors – who had already sent its stock down more than 25% between April and this update – didn’t take it well: they sent its share price down another 3%. Zooming out: The doctor will Zoom you now. Philips’ bedside manner could clearly do with some work, but at least it has telehealth in the meantime. And that’s not a bad market to fall back on: consulting firm McKinsey estimates that the US telehealth industry will grow from its 2019 revenue of $3 billion to as much as $250 billion. And Philips can thank an illness it didn’t cause for that one: McKinsey says the number of virtual doctors’ visits are up 38-fold since before the pandemic. You might also like: [How to value Philips’ newly focused business.]( Copy to share story: [( 🙋 [Ask a question](mailto:questions@finimize.com?body=Ask us a question: Where are you writing from? Let us know and we'll mention it when we reply.&noapp=true&subject=Diagnosis Murder&utm_campaign=daily-global-19-10-2021&utm_source=email) 💬 Quote of the day “To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.” – Anatole France (a French poet, journalist, and novelist) [Tweet this]( SPONSORED BY BITTREX Never miss a crypto beat You need to be on your toes as a crypto trader. Trends, after all, can turn on a dime. 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