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What Another China Stock Market Crash Means for Your Money

By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning - January 26, 2016

Another China stock market crash happened again today (Tuesday) as the Shanghai Composite dropped 6.4% to close at 2,749.79.

The drop in China's stock market was attributed to a renewed slide in oil prices, and mounting concerns about capital outflows ignited a late session sell-off and sparked investor panic.

The crashing Chinese stock market has had a major impact stateside, with the Dow Jones Industrial average falling 7.5% to open 2016. That’s why we're talking with Money Morning experts about what a China stock market crash means for your money.

The crashing Chinese stock market has had a major impact stateside, with the Dow Jones Industrial average falling 7.5% to open 2016. That's why we talking with Money Morning experts about what a China stock market crash means for your money.

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What Another China Stock Market Crash Means for Your Money

By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning - January 26, 2016

Another China stock market crash happened again today (Tuesday) as the Shanghai Composite dropped 6.4% to close at 2,749.79.

The drop in China's stock market was attributed to a renewed slide in oil prices, and mounting concerns about capital outflows ignited a late session sell-off and sparked investor panic.

The crashing Chinese stock market has had a major impact stateside, with the Dow Jones Industrial average falling 7.5% to open 2016. That’s why we're talking with Money Morning experts about what a China stock market crash means for your money.

The crashing Chinese stock market has had a major impact stateside, with the Dow Jones Industrial average falling 7.5% to open 2016. That's why we talking with Money Morning experts about what a China stock market crash means for your money.

Why China’s Stock Market Surged 3% Today

By Diane Alter, Contributing Writer, Money Morning - September 8, 2015

China’s stock market rallied Tuesday on hopes for additional stimulus from the nation’s central bank amid more weak trade data.

The Shanghai ended up 2.93%. The smaller Shenzhen surged 3.83%

Here’s what sent Chinese stocks higher….

Why Chinese Stocks Fell Again Today

By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - August 31, 2015

Chinese stocks were down again today (Monday) as the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.8%. China's stock market has now fallen roughly 38% since mid-June.

The drop comes after two consecutive days of gains for Chinese stocks. On Thursday, the Shanghai Index climbed 5.4%. It was up another 5% on Friday.

Here's what was pushing Chinese stocks lower today.

Five Reasons You Owe It to Your Money to Put China's Market Rout in Perspective

By Keith Fitz-Gerald, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report • @kfgtotalwealth - July 11, 2015

Millions of investors around the world are watching China's stock markets with bated breath, given that the Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses have lost more than $3 trillion in market capitalization between them over the past three weeks - a real money amount that's greater than Brazil's annual output or Spain's entire stock market, according to Bloomberg.

Bluntly speaking, they're hoping the "bubble" won't pop.

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How the Chinese Stock Market Sell-Off Will Affect U.S. Investors

By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - January 19, 2015

The Chinese stock market plunged today (Monday) after regulators imposed limits on margin trading.

You see, speculation has helped propel the Shanghai Composite Index about 60% since 2013's close.

Today's sell-off was prompted by fears that those speculators, who are trading on margin, would exit the market.

Here's what that means for U.S. markets...

China Stocks Broaden Appeal with Lower Valuations

By Bob Blandeburgo, Associate Editor, Money Morning - October 10, 2009

After a third quarter that saw China's stocks fall, equities in the world's third-largest economy may now be too cheap to pass up. The Shanghai Composite Index (SSE) was the worst performer among the so-called BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) in the third quarter, falling 6% as Chinese banks pulled the reins on […]

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