Investors maintain confidence in Hong Kong

The protests in Hong Kong caused the territory to plunge into recession in the third quarter, and has also begun to weigh on local markets. But investors remain upbeat.

Cityscape Hong Kong and Junkboat at Twilight

Junkboat of Hong Kong at Night
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Is Hong Kong on the "brink of a total breakdown"? That was how one police spokesman described the situation after a week that saw anti-government protesters block roads in the central business district. Lawyers and bankers have been joining "radicals at the barricades" during their lunch breaks, says Amy Gunia in Time.

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Alex is an investment writer who has been contributing to MoneyWeek since 2015. He has been the magazine’s markets editor since 2019. 

Alex has a passion for demystifying the often arcane world of finance for a general readership. While financial media tends to focus compulsively on the latest trend, the best opportunities can lie forgotten elsewhere. 

He is especially interested in European equities – where his fluent French helps him to cover the continent’s largest bourse – and emerging markets, where his experience living in Beijing, and conversational Chinese, prove useful. 

Hailing from Leeds, he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford. He also holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Manchester.