Stock Market

Markets fall as Chinese production weakens

24 May 2013

The deteriorating outlook on the mainland sent Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average slumping 7.3 per cent, registering the deepest loss since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Hang Seng Index...

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For once it may not be wise to sell in May

20 May 2013

"Sell in May and go away." Will this be the year that the old investment adage, arising from a long-run statistical underperformance of stocks from May to October versus the period from November...

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Investors bullish about US, Japan markets: Bloomberg poll

17 May 2013

More than half of those contacted said the US will be among the markets offering the best returns over the next year, a 15-point jump from the last poll in January and the highest rating for any...

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Asian stocks near 5-year high on back of US rally

1 May 2013

Asian stocks closed near a five-year high yesterday, tracking a strong performance in the United States market and buoyed by better-than-expected home sales in the world's largest economy, amid...

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A decade of growth but no sign of a fair share

30 Apr 2013

The mainland economy is five times as big as it was 12 years ago but Shanghai's stock market has gone nowhere amid barriers to profitability.

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Market-beating monkeys give hope to retail investors

27 Apr 2013

It's now official. Even monkeys can beat the stock market index. Cass Business School researchers in London simulated 10 million portfolios of US stocks selected at random.

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Construction, drug plays rise following quake

Shares in drug manufacturers, steelmakers and construction firms jumped in Hong Kong and Shanghai yesterday as investors bet medical and rebuilding demand will rise after an earthquake in Sichuan...

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Investors dump stocks on poor China economic data

A drop in gold prices also weighed on the market, dragging down mining shares. Zijin Mining, the country's biggest gold miner, fell 7.2 per cent to HK$2.33. Spot gold prices fell up to 5 per cent...

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How to prevent getting wiped out by a rights offer

One fine day in March I checked the price of my favourite stock, Haitong Securities, a brokerage. It was taking a dive, which prompted me to check for news about the firm.

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STOCKS

Time to buy, StanChart tells local bargain-hunters

The time is ripe for mid-term investors to find some bargains on the local stock market, now that a significant pullback since the beginning of this year has made shares fairly cheap, Standard...

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STOCKS

Bird flu scare gives shot in the arm to vaccine shares

Vaccine shares rose while mainland poultry companies declined on the stock market yesterday as the H7N9 bird flu scare in eastern China triggered speculation that Beijing could order a cull to...

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MARKETS

HKEx to reduce fees for trading stock options

Twenty-six series of stock options will have their fees reduced by up to 83 per cent from May 2, as part of a range of measures unveiled yesterday to promote stock options, after the market...

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