ZHOK News and Press, SPDR Solactive Hong Kong ETF From 12/08/19

Hundreds of thousands of black-clad protesters thronged the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday, ahead of the six-month anniversary marking anti-government unrest. More news on: iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund II - First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDEX Fund, Fra...

Hong Kong's retail sales in October fell by their steepest on record, sliding 24.3% to HK$30.1B ($3.85B), as ongoing anti-government 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, Fran...

China has suspended American warship visits and sanctioned NGOs in retaliation for the passage of a U.S. bill backing pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. More news on: iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund II - First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDEX Fund, Frank...

Following another round of record highs on Wednesday, U.S. futures fell back 0.3% and Asian shares declined, as Hong Kong tensions spoiled the festive trading mood. More news on: iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund II - First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDEX Fun...

The Hang Seng index rose 1.6% overnight after pro-democracy forces won 86% of the seats on Hong Kong’s local district councils. More news on: iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund II - First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDEX Fund, Franklin Templeton ETF Tr...

The situation in Hong Kong has recently worsened as the protests have become violent. Protesters have resorted to employing Molotov cocktails and primitive weapons such as bricks and bows and arrows along with make-shift catapults. The police may soon start using live ammunition. More than a t...

As political unrest grips the territory, Hong Kong forecast GDP will contract 1.3% in 2019, marking the first annual contraction since the global financial crisis a decade ago. More news on: iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, First Trust Exchange-Traded AlphaDEX Fund II - First Trust Hong Kong ...

The Hang Seng Index sank another 2% on Wednesday as the five-month-old anti-government movement takes an increasingly violent turn. 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 -...

Traders are closely following the events in Hong Kong, where the Hang Seng Index lost almost 3% after the city's start-of-week commute descended into turmoil as demonstrators tried to block roads and delay trains. More news on: iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, First Trust Exchange-Traded Alph...

A week ago, when last we "spoke," I talked at length about what I called "the tragicomedy of great expectations." The gist of the discussion was that for all the talk of the US economy "decelerating," things were actually going along fairly well until ISM manufacturing dipped into contrac...