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05 Apr Hong Kong stocks retreat as traders temper US rate-cut bets amid sticky inflation concerns

Posted at 03:27h in Asia

Hong Kong stocks dropped, joining a broader retreat in Asian markets, after hawkish comments from a Federal Reserve official tempered bets for an interest-rate cut as early as June this year.The Hang Seng Index weakened 1.1 per cent to 16,544.39 at 10.20am local time, reversing...

01 Apr Liechtenstein royal family-backed banking and asset management firm LGT says private equity has ‘good future’ in China

Posted at 07:00h in Asia

LGT Group, the world’s largest royal family-owned private banking and asset management group, sees private equity continuing to be attractive to high-net-worth clients, especially in China, where the public market has tumbled.While the value of private-equity deals in China dropped 58 per cent last year...

22 Mar Samsonite shares tumble in Hong Kong as surprise dual-listing plan douses take-private speculation

Posted at 07:01h in Asia

Samsonite reported a 28 per cent surge in sales last year to US$3.68 billion while earnings jumped 33 per cent to US$417 million, as a boom in post-Covid travel underpinned demand for its products. The firm stepped up marketing across all regions to capitalise on...

21 Mar Why Japan is forced to take baby steps to normalise monetary policy

Posted at 08:30h in Asia

Japan’s central bank ending its negative interest rate regime comes not a moment too soon, but that alone will not return the economy to its heyday. Uncertainty over the outlook for growth and inflation persists, and the internal issues that led to the adoption of...

17 Mar Opinion | Time to see ‘marketplace magic’ as the voodoo economics it really is

Posted at 01:30h in Asia

Even allowing for the long-standing tendency towards excess on the part of stock investors – which has all too often resulted in boom-and-bust cycles – the apparent inability of markets to see more than one step ahead is alarming. The latest manifestation of this is...

05 Mar Opinion | Why Japan’s Nikkei freak show should scare off Chinese investors

Posted at 09:30h in Asia

Japan’s GDP was about 60 per cent of the US’ in 1989 but is just 16 per cent now. Its population is shrinking, the number of marriages fell below 500,000 last year for the first time in 90 years and the median age is nearly...

04 Mar Nvidia surge brings memories of Tesla rally, as investors move from chasing electric vehicles to artificial intelligence

Posted at 02:25h in Asia

Now, Tesla shares are down more than 50 per cent from their 2021 peak, and other EV stocks that raced higher with it are shadows of their former selves. All of which should be sobering for Nvidia investors who see the stock as a limitless...

02 Mar Opinion | Why stock market stars are at odds with real world’s investment needs

Posted at 08:30h in Asia

We should be asking much deeper questions now than simply about whether and when another stock market bubble burst might come. We should be re-examining the role of private and public sectors in allocating financial resources to the global economy. Failure to do this could...

29 Feb Opinion | 9 lessons for investors in new era of stock market record highs

Posted at 07:15h in Asia

One day last week, my screen of daily global stock market price indices was a sea of green as every price was up. India touched an all-time high a month ago, earlier this month it was Australia and last week the EuroStoxx 600, the US...

24 Feb Opinion | Hong Kong is changing. Too bad outsiders see only decline

Posted at 01:30h in Asia

Fortune’s sister publication, Time magazine, returned to the narrative in September 2001 with a little more caution: “Hong Kong is not quite dead, but it is bleeding.” When Kraar died in March 2006, Hong Kong’s death was still nowhere to be seen, though the narrative...

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