%0 Journal Article %A David M. Blitzer %T Commentary: Governments and Stock Markets %D 2015 %R 10.3905/jii.2015.6.3.006 %J The Journal of Index Investing %P 6-9 %V 6 %N 3 %X Equity investors face many challenges, such as understanding markets, evaluating economic trends, and forecasting market moves, and in many countries, an additional challenge is understanding government efforts to influence markets and stock prices. No market is totally without some government attempts to affect prices or intervene in markets. This commentary provides a comparison of the U.S. and Chinese markets to examine the impact of efforts to boost stock prices.TOPICS: Fundamental equity analysis, exchanges/markets/clearinghouses, emerging %U https://jii.pm-research.com/content/iijindinv/6/3/6.full.pdf