Shanghai Composite down almost 50% since peak in Oct.!!!

Today's newspaper, China View (Xinhua Press - the government news service):

Chinese shares dive nearly 4%, approach half of record high

Chinese shares continued dropping on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index diving nearly 4 percent to almost half of its highest level.

The index, which covers both A and B shares, slumped 3.97 percent, or 128.07 points, to 3,094.67.

It was 49.5 percent off from a record 6124.04 set in October and the lowest in more than a year.

What an amazing turn around.  When I came to Shanghai, everyone was invested in the market.  The market was trading at a PE of 60 (price to earnings ratio: the price one is paying for $1 of earnings).  Considering that 20 is around the range one normally feels a "high" value ...

 

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