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
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.
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.
bias downside narrow range today trading
We should have narrow range trading today with a downside bias on profit-taking.
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.
account gains market softness
Profit-taking after yesterday's gains account for the softness in the market today.
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.
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.
asian decline performance recent stocks today weak
The decline today was a disappointing end to the year. The weak performance was attributable to weak Asian stocks as well as profit-taking after recent gains.
along banking general market momentum moved sector simply
There isn't much momentum in the banking sector; the sector simply moved along the general uptrend of the market today.
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 concerns domestic enter focus introduced market next services
There are concerns that new competitors like China Netcom and China Telecom will enter the domestic market once 3G services are introduced next year. The focus now is on such uncertainties.
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.
banking buying global hold kong level mainly property stocks
Hong Kong has been outperforming other markets, but buying has mainly been of banking and property stocks and they could not hold at this level because global equities are going down.