Suppose the stock market crashes.

You heard of that market crash in '29? I predicted that.

BEIJING China s stock market has been a hot topic since the summer, when a rapid rise gave way to a major plunge, triggering a global equities sell off. The question now is what can be done to prevent further volatility.

Even after the market volatility following the crisis in Greece and the Chinese stock market s plunge, valuations appear to be high. The S P 500 has surpassed pre 2008 levels, with companies shares trading at 18 times their earnings.

(a) Equities small capitalization.

SHANGHAI The tumult in China s equity market appears to have come to an end. But considerable uncertainty remains, not only about what caused the recent plunge in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, but also about what the episode will mean for China s financial reform efforts.

But it probably will have little to do with a bond market crash. That was the case with the biggest US stock market corrections of the last century (after 1907, 1929, 1973, 2000, and 2007) and the biggest US housing market corrections of all time (after 1979, 1989, and 2006).

On January 9, A share champion Kweichow Moutai set another new record high, closing at RMB782.52 for the day. Total market capitalization amounted to RMB983 billion, just a stone s throw from the RMB1 trillion market capitalization mark.

And then the financial collapse happened.

After the government clamped down on that too, the liquidity was channeled toward stock exchanges once those crashed, it sloshed into the bond market. But the bond market is not large enough to absorb it all, so some has now returned to the stock exchanges, leading to a partial recovery in share prices, with the Shanghai index reaching 3,500.

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And how about stock market declines that are accompanied by a steep and persistent collapse in earnings by depressions?

Haldane cites a striking statistic in 1945, the average investor held the average US share for four years. By 2000, the average holding period had fallen to eight months by 2008, it was two months.

Part of the blame also lies with bad market timing. Many Europeans bought into the US stock market at its peak in 1999 and 2000, only to find themselves selling at steep discounts after the collapse of 2001.

(a) Continue to outsource small capitalization equity investments.

The increase in costs is primarily due to the substantial increase in the market value of the small capitalization portfolios, the management of which is billed on the basis of market value.

Moreover, after the stock market crash, the maximum tax on dividends paid on stocks was slashed from 35 to 15 , giving a substantial new advantage to long term investors and boosting the compounding effect of reinvesting after tax dividends. Again, this tax cut was justified in terms of stimulating the economy, which can, of course, be said of practically any measure aimed at supporting the stock market.

One reason may be the perception that many economists were smugly promoting the efficient markets hypothesis a view that seemed to rule out a collapse in asset prices. Believing that markets always know best, they dismissed warnings by a few mere mortals (including me) about overpricing of equities and housing.

It is assumed that 4.3 per cent of the Fund's assets are invested in small capitalization funds.

One major factor that induced excessive risk taking is that firms standard pay arrangements reward executives for short term gains, even when those gains are subsequently reversed. Although the financial sector lost more than half of its stock market value during the last five years, executives were still able to cash out, prior to the stock market implosion, large amounts of equity compensation and bonus compensation.

The Political Stock Market

It is true that extraordinarily low long term bond yields put us outside the range of historical experience. But so would a scenario in which a sudden bond market crash drags down prices of stocks and housing.

After the 1929 stock market crash the US government suspended much anti trust activity, allowing companies to acquire monopoly power that would boost their value. This policy delayed the recovery from high unemployment, but even that was not enough to rein in the political forces arrayed in favor of supporting the stock market.

This volatility highlights the challenges of ensuring a smooth process of financial liberalization in China. After extensive government intervention prohibited some selling of shares and froze trading for the bulk of the market, prices rebounded.

I'll buy at opening prices tomorrow, 500 shares of Continental Gas, 500 shares of Consolidated Copper and 100 shares of Central Carbine, the same 20point margin, yes.

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Indeed, economists failed to forecast most of the major crises in the last century, including the severe 1920 21 slump, the 1980 82 back to back recessions, and the worst of them all, the Great Depression after the 1929 stock market crash. In searching news archives for the year before the start of these recessions, I found virtually no warning from economists of a severe crisis ahead.

This creates, no surprise, herding behavior. Indeed, trading in the US nowadays is concentrated at the beginning and the last hour of the trading day, when HFTs are most active for the rest of the day, markets are illiquid, with few transactions.

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In the morning, at market opening.

(d) Promote regional money markets and stock exchanges as well as cross listing of stocks

Such steps must be carefully calibrated, as greater obligations, for example, could push market makers out of the market. But Haldane s conclusion is that, overall, markets are less stable as a result of the sharp rise in turnover, and that grit in the wheels, like grit on the roads, could help forestall the next crash.

Japan s vacation home boom of the 1980 s has largely fizzled with its collapsing stock market and urban land market. But even there, the market for vacation homes remains hot in places like Karuizawa, Lake Kawaguchi, and Hakone.

Something new has been seen in the Chinese A share market presently the stock index bounced back to 3,000 points amid a widespread bearish sentiment. Behind this, retail investors' sentiment remained subdued, while foreign investors have increased their holdings of A shares for seven consecutive months.

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NEW HAVEN The depression that followed the stock market crash of 1929 took a turn for the worse eight years later, and recovery came only with the enormous economic stimulus provided by World War II, a conflict that cost more than 60 million lives. By the time recovery finally arrived, much of Europe and Asia lay in ruins.

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And government intervention to block the exits is inadequate. On the contrary, until China s stock market opens up and its institutional foundation becomes predictable, volatility will be its only guiding rule.