Alex Wong
Alex Wong
Actor, dancer, and singer who landed a role on the Starz drama series Flesh and Bone in the role of Kim. He has appeared on Glee, Smash, The Voice, Dancing with the Stars, The Oscars and was also a semi-finalist on American Idol.
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth13 November 1986
CityEdmonton, Canada
asian decline performance recent stocks today weak
The decline today was a disappointing end to the year. The weak performance was attributable to weak Asian stocks as well as profit-taking after recent gains.
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Net interest margins in Hong Kong remain under pressure and Standard Chartered Bank's performance here in 2005 would likely not be as strong as in China and elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific where it has expanded aggressively.
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There probably isn't too much downside from here. The performance of other Asian markets is quite encouraging so I think the index may hold above 16,000 and maybe rise to 16,250 later in the day.
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The market is down on Wall Street's performance but it may rebound from here because Hutchison and Cheung Kong don't seem to have too much downside and China Mobile's share price in the U.S. didn't fall too sharply overnight.
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Trading was confined within a narrow range in the absence of fresh stimulus. Overseas markets lack momentum and and there isn't any fresh news that could drive up activity.
chased healthy industrial investors remained retail select
Turnover remained healthy because some institutional investors chased after select laggard industrial and retail stocks.
companies earnings face markets starting strong worry
U.S. markets are starting to worry about the earnings of multinational companies in the face of the strong dollar.
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There are concerns that new competitors like China Netcom and China Telecom will enter the domestic market once 3G services are introduced next year. The focus now is on such uncertainties.
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Gains on Wall Street overnight and in Tokyo this morning helped the market recover.
asian held markets panic selling shares tokyo yesterday
H shares held well yesterday even if there was panic selling in Tokyo and other Asian markets yesterday.
break confirm heading needs
But the HSI needs to break 14,800 to confirm we're heading higher.
banks buy compete encouraged falling mortgage rates
With mortgage rates falling as banks compete aggressively for business, homebuyers are being encouraged to buy apartments.
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Financials are the natural choice for bargain hunters because retail sales in the U.S. were weak so investors feel the upside for interest rates may be less than expected.
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There is some speculation that CLP might announce a generous payout. But the company continues to face an overhang because of the uncertain outcome of its talks with the government on the scheme of controls relating to the operations of power companies in Hong Kong.