FHK News and Press, FIRST TR EXCH ALPH From 10/02/19

The Hang Seng Index was closed for a market holiday on Tuesday, though things quickly went south during today's open, before the benchmark ended the session 0.2% lower . More news on: iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund II - First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDEX...

Violence in Hong Kong protests intensify  as a police officer shot a teenager, making it the first time in four months of demonstrations that a protester was hit by live ammunition. More news on: iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund II - First Trust H...

First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") announces the declaration of distributions for 129 exchange-traded funds (each a “Fund,” collectively, the “Funds”) advised by FTA. The following dates apply to today's distribution declarations: FTA is a federally register...

Sustainability is a popular word in today’s media and is a part of an abundance of freshly-coined terms which deal with climate change and how we can all be better stewards of the earth. And in the highly charged social environment we are in, some of the ways being proposed to achieve t...

Economic costs? The number of tourists visiting Hong Kong tumbled 40% Y/Y in August as protests gripped the city. More news on: iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund II - First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDEX Fund, Franklin Templeton ETF Trust - Franklin FTSE Hong ...

Following months of protests, Fitch has become the first ratings agency to downgrade Hong Kong as an issuer of long-term, foreign currency debt, lowering its ranking from AA+ to AA with a negative outlook. More news on: iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fun...

The Hang Seng index soared 3.6% during Wednesday afternoon trade following reports that a controversial extradition bill is set to be withdrawn. More news on: MTR Corporation Ltd. ADR, Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, Stocks on the move, Top stock market news...

The latest clashes in Hong Kong on Saturday saw police fire tear gas and water cannons while pro-democracy protesters threw petrol bombs, plunging the Asian financial hub into its worst crisis in decades. More news on: iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund...

Last week was another roller-coaster ride, but the S&P's ([[SPY]]) net decline was only 1% for the week and just -4.5% from its all-time high on July 26. The big news was the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, which are casting a cloud over China and raising concerns about global growth. These...

Hong Kong is gearing up for more protests this week after hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators braved heavy rain to rally peacefully on Sunday, marking a change to what have often been violent clashes. More news on: iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, First Trust Exchange-Trade...