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Tony's Random Thoughts
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Thoughts on the Stock Market in Hong Kong and other Economic Issues. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan led a delegation to HK and paid a visit to the HK Exchange. In the photo, I was explaining how we used to place orders on the old trading system. The Prime Minister was accompanied by the Governor of the National Bank of Kazakhstan (the central bank) Mr. Marchanko, as well as the Head of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange and the CEO of Samruk-Kazyna the sovereign wealth fund.
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Tony's Random Thoughts: TVB Interview
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Thoughts on the Stock Market in Hong Kong and other Economic Issues. Monday, August 15, 2011. Question 1: As a leading Hong Kong financial industry player, can you share with us the challenges that HK experts are facing, especially in exporting their services to overseas or mainland? Question 2: Would you share with us your experiences of joining HK Trade Development Council’s delegation to Moscow and St. Petersburg which led by the Financial Secretary in 2009 and Asian Financial Forum? The problems face...
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Tony's Random Thoughts: "Blackout Period"
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Thoughts on the Stock Market in Hong Kong and other Economic Issues. Saturday, January 10, 2009. In theory, the Listing Rules also require companies to announce meaningful events as soon as practicable, and the SFC does have the power to investigate insider dealing. But such disclosure is still problematic and after the fact. For example, recently Citic Pacific only disclosed news of a $2 billion currency loss six weeks after the fact was known to the directors. In the US, financial results are reported ...
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Tony's Random Thoughts: Corporate Governance CITIC Pacific
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Thoughts on the Stock Market in Hong Kong and other Economic Issues. Friday, January 16, 2009. Corporate Governance CITIC Pacific. On 20 October 2008, Citic Pacific disclosed that it had incurred losses of HK$15.5 billion from using currency accumulators to hedge against a rise in the Australian dollar. Citic Pacific directors and management are being heavily criticized for not disclosing the losses earlier when they had known of the problem at least 6 weeks before the public announcement. As a result of...
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Tony's Random Thoughts: November 2008
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Thoughts on the Stock Market in Hong Kong and other Economic Issues. Thursday, November 27, 2008. Turning Crisis Into Opportunities. Where do we stand? No systemic damage but not immune. What are we doing about it? The current meltdown calls for a Keynesian (i.e. fiscal) approach to stimulate the economy. On 15 October 2008, the Chief Executive of the HK Government, Mr. Donald Tsang, announced a number of measures in his Policy Address aimed at maintaining and expanding HK’s position as an inte...Altoget...
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Tony's Random Thoughts: How much of "Made in China" is made in China?
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Thoughts on the Stock Market in Hong Kong and other Economic Issues. Monday, August 15, 2011. How much of "Made in China" is made in China? However, the study did not go far enough in analysing the $0.45 that supposedly goes to China. Many US businesses (read WalMart etc) have buying offices in China which places the orders with Chinese manufacturers. The goods are shipped off to the US after a hefty markup by the buying office to drop off the profits in a lower tax regime. Forcing China to revalue the R...
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Tony's Random Thoughts: Investor Sentiment and Forecast for 2009
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Thoughts on the Stock Market in Hong Kong and other Economic Issues. Friday, January 16, 2009. Investor Sentiment and Forecast for 2009. The JP. Morgan announced that the J.P. Morgan Investor Confidence Index in HK moved up slightly from the previous quarter when sentiment was at its weakest. Of course, retail investors are always the worst predictors of the market. I don't see any real improvements until after the April final results reporting season. HK has the longest reporting period of any of th...
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Tony's Random Thoughts: August 2011
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Thoughts on the Stock Market in Hong Kong and other Economic Issues. Monday, August 15, 2011. Question 1: As a leading Hong Kong financial industry player, can you share with us the challenges that HK experts are facing, especially in exporting their services to overseas or mainland? Question 2: Would you share with us your experiences of joining HK Trade Development Council’s delegation to Moscow and St. Petersburg which led by the Financial Secretary in 2009 and Asian Financial Forum? The problems face...
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Tony's Random Thoughts: January 2010
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Thoughts on the Stock Market in Hong Kong and other Economic Issues. Tuesday, January 19, 2010. The Prime Minister of Kazakhstan led a delegation to HK and paid a visit to the HK Exchange. In the photo, I was explaining how we used to place orders on the old trading system. The Prime Minister was accompanied by the Governor of the National Bank of Kazakhstan (the central bank) Mr. Marchanko, as well as the Head of the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange and the CEO of Samruk-Kazyna the sovereign wealth fund.
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Tony's Random Thoughts: Yuan Settlement – What is it, Who will benefit, and What is the End Objective?
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Thoughts on the Stock Market in Hong Kong and other Economic Issues. Sunday, July 05, 2009. Yuan Settlement – What is it, Who will benefit, and What is the End Objective? The MOU was quickly supplemented by detailed directives issued 2nd and 3rd July 2009 which laid out the conditions for the Yuan settlement. It is expected that all companies in Hong Kong and Macau trading with mainland enterprises will be allowed to participate. In addition to companies Hong Kong and Macau, companies in the 10 Associati...
