Many economic and financial analysts complain that emerging countries' stock markets are often heavily manipulated by their governments and are more political than economic. The unstated assumption seems to be that, in contrast, some pristine force of economic nature drives stock markets in advanced countries, and that forecasting their performance is thus like forecasting the growth of trees.
很多经济及金融分析人士牢骚满腹，称新兴国家的股市常常受到政府的严重干预，政治色彩比经济色彩更为浓厚。言外之意似乎是：发达国家股市只受纯粹经济因素的驱动，预测股市发展就像预测树木成材一样顺理成章。