Andrew To
Andrew To
Andrew Tois a member of the Wong Tai Sin District Council, Hong Kong. Of Hakka ancestry, he is the former chairman of League of Social Democrats from 2010 to 2011, succeeding Wong Yuk-man. His wife, Jackie Hung, was a leader of Civil Human Rights Front and Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese...
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The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also depressed sentiment. If the HSI breaks 17,400 that will be the first sign that sentiment is weakening.
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I can only guess that this is one of those sort of anti-Microsoft sentiment things that's going on here.
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There is a prevailing sentiment that a higher cost for a managed service buys a lower-risk investment. I don't buy that argument.
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The campaign against polygamy, around which a lot of anti-Mormon sentiment was organized, seems horrific to me.
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The bull case on copper has grown even more compelling over the last month. Sentiment in the copper market has been boosted by yet more disruption to production.
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It gives us reason to take a closer look at overall manufacturing and business sentiment at the end of the year.
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Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties until there are signs that the U.S. interest rate cycle will end.
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I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discouraged from placing shares at this time.
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With the China market on holiday, Hong Kong is tracking trends in the Japanese market.
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We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key will be whether the index can hold above 17,400, if it can't it will indicate we'll see another single-day reversal.
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We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
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Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate fears.
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Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank. That injected confidence into the market.
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I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a weaker European telecom sector due to the high cost of Germany's third-generation mobile-phone licenses.