China does everything wrong in efforts to reverse stock market slide

China does everything wrong in efforts to reverse stock market slide
<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: China gets low marks for how it's trying to save its equity markets by preventing the sale of stocks.
JUL 08, 2015
  • China gets low marks for how it is trying to save its equity markets by preventing the sale of stocks. This is what happens when a communist government tries to operate free-market policies. 'It suggests desperation'
  • Taking a fair-value approach to analyzing ETFs makes a lot of sense, even if it isn't something everyone is doing. What looks cheap
  • Hindsight being 20-20, why not criticize Europe's whole single-currency effort? Unpacking the monetary question
  • Navigating international travel in a world of Greece and China woes. Keep your bankers and creditors in the loop

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