stocks

Would the relatively low volatility of FXI have anything to do with the fact that the index is only 50 large cap stocks?

But people like that exist, and really, they're probably better off with some money in stocks.

Imagine inheriting $5m and putting it towards stocks, which have a long term average ROI of 7%, already inflation adjusted.

Public company stocks, particularly if big step changes in technology are involved, go through extreme volatility...

Well Europe did ban short selling in bank stocks and CDS for quite a while [1].

Immediately after this, they proceeded to sell the stocks that got them the dividends, which led to the stock price falling sharply.

Not to mention there are stocks listed on the exchange that literally do nothing.

It looks like the Chinese government was telling everyone to go and buy stocks.

A bubble seems to be popping and you recommand buying Chinese stocks?

Investors will see their money become valueless because it's held up in worthless Chinese stocks killing whatever trust they had in the Chinese government.

As a result, Norway now owns 1% of all global stocks.

Finally, to round it all out, they proceeded to make good on the short-sells once the stocks were low, leading to a nice profit all-around.

I'd rather say "China stocks adjusted over 8%".

While I think your analysis is poignant, I am befuddled by your use of the colloquialism "peeps." I note that the FXI statistic isn't that surprising -- the hardest-hit Chinese stocks were small- and mid-cap.