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Background - Why monitor these statistics? We all know that the big economic numbers move markets. If GDP comes in - or employment, inflation, any of the big numbers - wildly different from forecast or expected then prices in equity markets will change significantly. Sadly it's rather diff...
By Daniel Shvartsman In the pre-internet, pre-Twitter ( TWTR ) days, international negotiations were no doubt volatile, but they tended to be hidden from public view until the end result came out. Leaks would happen, rumors would float, but there was something about operating in a closed r...
The Caixin PMI surveys showed the Chinese economy retaining solid business activity growth at the start of the second quarter, supported by another strong expansion in the service sector. Growth in the coming months is likely to be sustained at this steady pace according to forward-looking ind...
The precarious situation of the Hong Kong/U.S. dollar peg has come to light after Kyle Bass, managing partner at Hayman Capital Management, went public with what he believes to be an asymmetric trade based on the high likelihood that the HKD breaks its peg with the USD. This article examines t...
Asia-Pacific: The Week Ahead (Apr 15-19) Hong Kong is set to release updated unemployment figures in the week ahead, as market participants continue to eye developments in the region’s debt and currency markets. Labor market conditions in HK have been squarely in positive territor...
Hong Kong's stock market capitalization overnight surpassed Japan's for the first time since the Chinese equity bubble popped in 2015. More news on: iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDex ETF, Franklin FTSE Hong Kong ETF, News on ETFs, Global news and forex, Top stock...
China's industrial firms posted their worst slump in profits since late 2011 in the first two months of this year, which slumped 14% Y/Y to 708B yuan ($106B), according to the National Bureau of Statistics. More news on: iShares China Large-Cap ETF, KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF, De...
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority sold U.S. dollars to buy HK$1.51B (US$192M) late last week then bought an additional HK$3.93B on Wednesday in an effort to bolster a sagging currency, the Wall Street Journal reports. More news on: iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF, First Trust Hong Kong Alpha...
While the Shanghai Composite has bounced off its 2018 low, terrible data continues to roll in. It suggests more headwinds on the horizon for China’s stock market and economy. As Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough explains in the video above, China is currently running up against ...
With the world pre-occupied on the U.S. yield curve – which is flat and already heavily inverted – many are overlooking problems from the world’s third largest bond market. I’m talking about China. The Chinese economy has for a long-time used debt, currency...
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First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that the reorganizations of First Trust Australia AlphaDEX ® Fund (NYSE Arca: FAUS), First Trust Canada AlphaDEX ® Fund (Nasdaq: FCAN), First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDEX ® Fund (Nasdaq: FHK), and Fir...
First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that, subject to the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions, the reorganization of First Trust Australia AlphaDEX ® Fund (NYSE Arca: FAUS), First Trust Canada AlphaDEX ® Fund (Nasdaq: FCAN), ...
First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announced today that shareholders of First Trust Australia AlphaDEX ® Fund (NYSE Arca: FAUS), First Trust Canada AlphaDEX ® Fund (Nasdaq: FCAN), First Trust Hong Kong AlphaDEX ® Fund (Nasdaq: FHK), and First Trust South Korea A...