FHK News and Press, FIRST TR EXCH ALPH From 10/24/19

Key economic data continues to indicate that China is still slowing. In the video above, Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough and Senior Macro analyst Darius Dale dissect recent credit growth data in China and why the country remains short of U.S. dollars. The reason credit grow...

What is a growth rate that China can live with? And afford? Chinese growth rates have steadily fallen since the debt-fueled bonanza that marked the government’s navigation of the 2007-2008 downturn. On the surface, the Chinese economy appeared to substantively avoid the crisis that ac...

BASED ON THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION IN BERMUDA:RE+ILS In September a 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook Istanbul, triggering the evacuation of schools and public buildings and damaging buildings. The same week, a 5.8 magnitude event killed 38 people and caused massive damage to infrastructure an...

China's economic growth hit 6% in Q3 , the slowest growth in at least 26 years, amid broad declines that seemed to presage the need for more intervention to arrest the declines. More news on: iShares China Large-Cap ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI ...

Changes in various monetary aggregates are often the earliest leading indicator that monetary policy (tightening or easing) is flowing through the economy. This is a concept that we detailed in a note earlier this week. As central banks ease monetary policy and lower interest rates...

The sad thing about the trade war itself OK, so we know that the very idea of a trade war is a pretty silly thing to have. At least, in economics it's all a most odd thing to worry about. A trade deficit doesn't matter very much as it's always offset by a capital account surplus. It's entire...

Chinese consumer inflation has risen to a near-six-year peak , driven by a spike in pork prices. More news on: iShares China Large-Cap ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF, Global news and forex, News on ETFs Read more ...

Equity futures have taken a tumble as the South China Morning Post says there's no progress to report from a couple of days of deputy-level talks with the U.S. over trade. More news on: iShares China Large-Cap ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 C...

Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam invoked emergency powers on Friday for the first time in more than 50 years in a move intended to prevent violence from escalating in the Chinese-ruled city. More news on: iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund II - First Trust...

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...