Investors will rue their Hong Kong risk appetite

MTR

19/12/2019 01:06

(The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions
expressed are his own.)
    By Jeffrey Goldfarb
    HONG KONG, Dec 19 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The city’s
stocks have lagged the S&P 500 since violent protests started in
June. Yet the slide has been less severe than during the Asian
financial crisis or the SARS outbreak. Local unrest, trade
tensions and a U.S. market reversal should prompt some overdue
reconsideration.
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