Given that the Hong Kong and mainland stock markets are unstable at present, investors might take a look at other markets; for example, Taiwan. Two factors will benefit the Taiwan stock market. First, ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-16
Technology innovation is a crucial step if China wants to achieve its goal of economic transformation. But when it comes to actual results on the ground, we see an aggregation of innovation industries ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-15
Have you ever wondered why there are a growing number of mini-storage users? Why are they willing to pay thousands of dollars a year to keep things they rarely need in the daily lives? What exactly ar ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-12
Google's artificial intelligence system has shown super-human status in beating a top-ranked player of the Go board game. DeepMind achieved the feat in a televised match of the 2,500-year-old strategy ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-10
A man who escaped a child molestation conviction several years ago, is back in police custody after pornographic images and video clips of a seven-year-old boy were found on his smart phone. The 27-ye ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-07
Tencent Holdings (00700.HK) launched the “red packet” function of its WeChat instant messaging service in Hong Kong during the Lunar New Year holidays. After linking their bank accounts to WeChat, it ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-02
So far this series on my favorite Chinese stocks has focused on big names like Tencent (00700.HK) and Fosun International (00656.HK), which are sector leaders with strong, focused management. But hidi ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-01
Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah on Wednesday delivered his ninth budget speech. The top finance official has a history of vastly underestimating the city's surplus/deficit. But he has won grea ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-27
US President Barack Obama launched a final push to persuade Congress to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, despite strong opposition from lawmakers who do not want detainees transfe ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-24
Since the beginning of the year, I have set up four working groups made up of tech experts and small business owners to look into how the government can speed up the development of financial technolog ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-23
The MSCI World Index has decreased 20 percent this year, indicating a technical bear market. Meanwhile, risk-aversion assets like the Japanese yen, gold and public utilities stocks have outperformed ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-15
Whenever some South Korean drama featuring the main character playing saxophone is on, or when a sax-themed movie is showing, there's typically a surge in people trying to learn the instrument. Many H ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-13
What Hong Kong investors care the most about are four things: US dollar, oil price, gold price, and the stock markets in mainland China and Hong Kong. In the year of the Monkey, I believe the US doll ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-11
US politics has been captured by terrorists. In December, polls showed that one in six Americans, about 16 percent of the population, now identify terrorism as the most important national problem, up ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-05
Slowdown or not, the right products help ensure a healthy business in whatever environment. A case in point is the smart electronics market in the mainland. During the Double 11 shopping event organiz ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-04
The Japanese central bank surprised the market last week by setting a negative interest rate. The move has generated concern about a sustained devaluation of yen. However, a closer look at the decisi ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-04
Google parent Alphabet Inc. said Amit Singhal, the longtime chief of its internet search business, will leave the company and be replaced by the head of the technology giant's artificial intelligence ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-04
In politics, there's nothing like being thick-skinned. What else can you make of Leung Chun-ying's latest flap and his comeback that was worse than the gaffe? Leung marked the Democratic Party's anniv ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-02
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's fourth policy address has failed to boost his record-low ratings. I think it lacked long-term planning and opened himself to criticism. Two worthwhile initiatives. Th ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
Last October, research firm IDC outlined the most outstanding Smart City Initiatives across Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) in its 2015 Smart City Evolution Index competition. Hong Kong's Science Park ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-29
