... un out of steam after hitting 18,289. Famed investor Stan Druckenmiller, George Soros' main cohort when he broke the Bank of England in 1992, said the invisible hand of central banks has built up asse ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-20
... ng out of steam since last year. The anti-corruption campaign may have partially contributed to that. Besides, mainland consumers are having more choices to access duty-free luxury products. This grou ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
... as enough steam to last until the end of the year at least. Last Wednesday, the official daily quota for Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect ran out for the first time. That triggered a wave of "unoffici ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-15
I wrote last week that investors should shed their inhibitions and make some short-term speculative bets in the Hong Kong market this month. The rally of the past few days has validated my view. As ma ...More
EJ Insight2015-04-14
... un out of steam after the rate cut, and the Hong Kong market has become the ATM for foreign investors during last week. Profit-taking has started with stocks that are sensitive to interest rates. In t ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-10
... ure hall. Steam could be seen rising from the corner where he squatted. The woman who took the video said he was there for about half an hour. The clip went viral soon after Apple Daily put it up on i ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-10
China had for many years relied on credit expansion to drive economic growth. But that strategy has begun run out of steam now. Credit expansion has led to rising bad loans in the banking sector, whil ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
... un out of steam amid flagging economic growth in the mainland. So mainlanders are turning to the stock market to make money from investment and speculation. This article appeared in the Hong Kong Econ ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
... e way the steam engine and electricity improved productivity and efficiency in two industrial revolutions. Nevertheless, the internet mindset does change the behavior of operators and service users, e ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
... ly gained steam from soldiers on social media after a Jan. 30 segment in which Williams retold a version of the story. Stars and Stripes, a US military newspaper, first reported that some soldiers dis ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-11
... un out of steam since then. Currently, 47 percent of Japan’s working population are above 65. Hong Kong will also be in that situation by 2030. The city’s working population will stop growing from 201 ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-04
... ng out of steam amid increasing government scrutiny. While Beijing will continue to bolster new-economy sectors, it's quite clear that authorities will step up scrutiny on the internet and telecom pla ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
... sh balls, steam rice noodle rolls and stinky tofu that people enjoy late into the night during the festival. For the older generation, the scenes evoke nostalgia and bring back memories of a bygone er ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-21
... en losing steam in recent months, the newspaper said. Meanwhile, economists expect the euro to remain weak. In the past six months, the currency has declined by double-digit percentages against severa ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-16
A rock festival to fix Hong Kong's social issues? Organizers of a planned rock concert seem to think so, hoping it will allow young Hong Kong people to let off steam after the recent street protests, ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-13
... un out of steam soon, which may prompt the Fed to resort to another round of quantitative easing (QE) in the second half. The weak external economic environment and a strong US dollar make it difficul ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-18
Cloud computing is picking up steam and its best days are yet to come, according to Google Inc. It said the pace at which customers are moving their data to the cloud is accelerating and the price of ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-10
... bt gather steam in the coming weeks. In the meantime, there is this one thing that we need to bear in mind: when the last bear becomes a bull, you know it is time to sell the market. [Go to Facebook] ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-08
... oing full steam ahead." Since taking office in 2010, Philippines' President Benigno Aquino has tackled corruption, won investment-grade ratings and boosted business confidence, while also increasing s ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-27
Eastspring Investments Bhd., manager of Malaysia's top-performing stock fund, is boosting cash holdings as the world’s longest-running bull market loses steam amid slowing profit growth, Bloomberg New ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-25
