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Hang Seng’s Noose

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Good morning, everyone, and Happy Wednesday to you. After yesterday’s Chinese wipeout, I was eagerly anticipating the opening in Hong Kong to see how much of a recovery/dead cat bounce was on its way. Sure enough, the market went green, but for about five minutes. It soon eroded back into the red and flopped around there all night, although just fractionally. Hey, I’ll take it. Red is red.

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