Hong Kong Hang Seng

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<tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 89 WIDTH="587"><div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>Hong Kong Hang Seng</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B> Index (</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>weekly),</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><B>20 week exponential average in</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#336600" FACE="Courier New" ><B>green</B></FONT><B>, 5 week exponential average in</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Courier New" ><B>red,</B></FONT><B> 52 week ROC (rate of change) in</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#003399" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF9900" FACE="Courier New" ><B>yellow,</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC00" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><B>MACD (moving average convergence divergence) in </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#006600" FACE="Courier New" ><B>green.</B></FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="weekly"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="587"> <IMG SRC="../../images/de/world/hsi.gif" border=0 ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="66" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="17" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 42 WIDTH="587"><div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>Hong Kong Hang Seng</B><B> Index </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>monthly chart,</B></FONT><B> the </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>red </B></FONT><B>line is a 24 month exaverage, the </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFCC00" FACE="Courier New" ><B>yellow</B></FONT><B> line is a 6 month exaverage</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>  <A NAME="monthly"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="587"> <IMG SRC="../../images/de/worldm/hsim.gif" border=0 ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="66" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="17" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 25 WIDTH="587"><div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a801180099ff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Hong Kong Notes & Links:</U></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="notes___links"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 250 WIDTH="587"><bR> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">5/17/08 Hong Kong’s GDP speeded up in the first quarter, rising 1.8% from the previous quarter, and 7.1% YoY.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">11/21/06 Hong Kong's real GDP rose 6.8% in Q3.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">4/20/06 The unemployment rate in Hong Kong was 5.2% in the first quarter of 2006</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">05/18/05 Hong Kong caps value of its currency but government denies that the move signaled China would soon revalue its currency.  </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">01/18/2005 The unemployment rate in Hong Kong fell from 6.7% to 6.5% in December, the lowest in three years. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Hong Kong's GDP was up 2.6% in the second quarter, stronger than expected. For all of 2004 the government is estimating growth of 7.5%. </div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="17"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="250" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="17" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div>   <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://fry.webtistic.com/philip.php?id=71"></script> <noscript> <a href="http://www.webtistic.com/"> <img SRC="http://fry.webtistic.com/hit.php?a=71" border="0" alt="Webtistic - Traffic Analysis"> </a></noscript>   </div> </td> </tr></table></body>