China'sstrictoutboundmoneyrules prevent mom and pop investors (ortheirmutualfundmanagers) from buyingoverseasstockssuch as Alibaba, which is listedinNew York.
Before the new rules a mutualfund or hedge fund that wanted to dump 100, 000 shares of Microsoft quickly could, for example, bypass the New York Stock Exchange and sell them all at once on a different exchange if it saw an open order to buy 100, 000 shares--even if the offer price on the NYSE was a nickel higher.