You know what I just realized? The HSI is not really the Chinese market at all! It's HONG KONG'S! And given the recent protest there, it stands to reason why it has been tanking. You see, I regularly monitor all the markets, the US markets a few times a day, and the overseas markets a few times at night. All this time I thought the HSI was the Chinese market! In essence I guess you could say it is because China claims to own Hong King anyway, it was probably an early off-shoot to sell their stuff to the United States and other countries back in the days we had similar disputes - as it's all that I can imagine. It's so complex! Turns out the major stock market in China is the SSE composite index, which if you google it - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Stock_Exchange you will learn the market is not entirely open to foreign investors and is frequently influenced by decisions of the government! What kind of market is that!? It's this ignorance of the markets that really needs to be explained to people to better understand just how ridiculous China is! I am also going to start keeping an eye on the Russian markets in my little ticker app along with starting a new thread about the Chinese market to help myself and others like me get a better understanding of it.

I have to admit, there is nothing more complicated than the global markets!