Chinese Stocks Craaasssshhh 8.5% Again! Japan's Nikkei Tumbles 4.61%!

This is just awesome!

Newton’s third law of motion: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

From Bloomberg: (bold mine)

China’s stocks plunged the most since 2007 as government support measures failed to allay investor concern that a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy is deepening.

The Shanghai Composite Index tumbled 8.5 percent to 3,209.91 at the close to erase its gains for the year. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index of Chinese stocks in Hong Kong fell 5.8 percent to its lowest level since March 2014. Futures on the CSI 300 Index declined by the 10 percent daily limit.

Worsening economic data and signs of capital outflows are undermining unprecedented government attempts to shore up the country’s $6 trillion stock market. While China said over the weekend it will allow pension funds to buy shares for the first time, a speculated cut in bank reserve ratios failed to materialize.

Broad based meltdown…

More than 800 stocks fell by the daily 10 percent limit on the Shanghai Composite, including China Shenhua Energy Co. and China Shipbuilding Industry Co. The gauge has tumbled 38 percent from its June 12 peak to wipe out more than $4 trillion of value.

The Hang Seng Index sank 5.2 percent in Hong Kong. The gauge’s relative strength index declined to 15.1, the lowest since the aftermath of the October 1987 stock market crash. A level below 30 signals to some traders losses are overdone. Taiwan’s Taiex index slid as much as 7.5 percent, before paring losses to 4.8 percent.

Despite today's crash, still expensive…

Stocks on mainland bourses traded at a median 61 times reported earnings on Friday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s the most among the 10 largest markets and more than three times the 19 multiple for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.

A stock market triggered capital flight…

Yuan positions at the central bank and financial institutions fell by the most on record last month, a sign capital outflows have picked up. Chinese equity funds were the biggest contributors to more than $4 billion of outflows in Asia excluding Japan in the week to Aug. 19, EPFR Global said. Margin traders reduced holdings of shares purchased with borrowed money for a fourth day on Aug. 21

This means more pressure on the yuan...

..as the USD/CNY marched upward today..

Oh by the way ...

Japan's Nikkei 225 also plunged today

SCMP’s George Chen gives the LOL of the day…

1929 China edition déjà vu?