Alex Wong
Alex Wong
Actor, dancer, and singer who landed a role on the Starz drama series Flesh and Bone in the role of Kim. He has appeared on Glee, Smash, The Voice, Dancing with the Stars, The Oscars and was also a semi-finalist on American Idol.
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth13 November 1986
CityEdmonton, Canada
bias downside narrow range today trading
We should have narrow range trading today with a downside bias on profit-taking.
above asian downside hold later markets maybe performance quite rise
There probably isn't too much downside from here. The performance of other Asian markets is quite encouraging so I think the index may hold above 16,000 and maybe rise to 16,250 later in the day.
china downside fall kong market performance price rebound seem share wall
The market is down on Wall Street's performance but it may rebound from here because Hutchison and Cheung Kong don't seem to have too much downside and China Mobile's share price in the U.S. didn't fall too sharply overnight.
account gains market softness
Profit-taking after yesterday's gains account for the softness in the market today.
bullish buying china driving further gains generally interest merger rumors
Rumors about a merger of China's A and B markets, coupled with generally bullish expectations of further gains of China stocks, are driving buying interest in this sector.
banks buy compete encouraged falling mortgage rates
With mortgage rates falling as banks compete aggressively for business, homebuyers are being encouraged to buy apartments.
gains helped market morning overnight street tokyo wall
Gains on Wall Street overnight and in Tokyo this morning helped the market recover.
break confirm heading needs
But the HSI needs to break 14,800 to confirm we're heading higher.
ahead cautious committee federal market meeting open people positive quite sentiment
Sentiment is not too positive and people are quite cautious ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Tuesday.
china elsewhere interest kong likely margins net performance pressure remain standard strong
Net interest margins in Hong Kong remain under pressure and Standard Chartered Bank's performance here in 2005 would likely not be as strong as in China and elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific where it has expanded aggressively.
announce companies company continues controls face generous government might operations outcome power relating scheme talks uncertain
There is some speculation that CLP might announce a generous payout. But the company continues to face an overhang because of the uncertain outcome of its talks with the government on the scheme of controls relating to the operations of power companies in Hong Kong.
blue kong pacific pressure stocks
The real pressure in Hong Kong should be on semiconductor stocks like ASM Pacific and QPL, ... As we don't have semiconductor blue chips, pressure on the index shouldn't be too great.
bargain choice hunters interest investors less natural rates retail sales upside weak
Financials are the natural choice for bargain hunters because retail sales in the U.S. were weak so investors feel the upside for interest rates may be less than expected.
companies earnings face markets starting strong worry
U.S. markets are starting to worry about the earnings of multinational companies in the face of the strong dollar.