Ray Heath

Euroland ponds advised for avid bottom fishers

18 Jul 1999

EUROLAND? Or Disneyland? Has the great European economic renaissance turned into a fairy tale? Investors looking for a market which has been left behind this year and so offers some hidden value...

10:41AM

Some investment wisdom on choosing mutual funds from Alice the Bag Lady

1 Nov 1998

THE search for investment wisdom can take newcomers to the world of unit trusts down unexpected roads, or even on to the streets.

7:18AM

Unit trusts will do until he gains experience or the golf swing improves

19 Jul 1998

This is the second in an occasional series of conversations in which an old hand provides basic answers to frequently asked questions about fund investing.

2:59PM

Auld Mac sees unit trusts as one way to conquer life's financial handicaps

12 Jul 1998

THIS is the first in an occasional series of conversations in which an old hand provides basic answers to frequently asked questions about fund investing.

2:02PM

When it comes to funds, the cheque probably isn't in the mail

28 Jun 1998

IN good old laissez-faire Hong Kong, the rules on flogging everything from cures for baldness to instant weight-loss treatments are pretty open. But there is, or should be, a limit. Cures for...

12:21PM

New column for investors in unit trusts

10 May 1998

Family Money this week launches a column called Focus on Funds. Each week, Ray Heath will tackle issues of interest to retail investors in unit trusts.

7:27AM

Opinion

Workers pay the price for our bargains

5:20AM

Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

3:47AM

EIU forecasts zero growth for HK economy

IN one of the gloomiest reports yet, issued on the Hong Kong economy, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) says 1997 will be a year of zero growth and stagnant private consumption.

11:49AM

A model shareholder

DETAILED discussions of a company's affairs are not what annual general meetings are normally about in the territory.

1:28PM

Virgin move a sign of the times in HK

WHAT Hong Kong wants to hear today is that the postponement of the Virgin Mega Store deal was because of friction between the two sides; or a desire by Wheelock not to hurt its sister company,...

10:37AM

The strange silence is hard to bear

LISTEN! Hear that virtual silence? It's the sound of very little happening in the world's financial markets.

5:24PM

Unisys minds its business

THERE is something uplifting, as well as ironic, about the forecast from Unisys that this year will see double-digit growth from its operations in China, coming as it does shortly after the group...

4:37PM

Retailers feel winter chill

THE most bored workers in Hong Kong today must be the shop assistants, who sit around filing their nails, humming, 'Where have all the clients gone?' Perhaps they should form a trio with the...

12:59AM