Founder & Head of Research, Fortress Hill Advisors

Alex Ng

Alex Ng is the founder and head of research of the economic and investment research house Fortress Hill Advisors. Prior to founding Fortress Hill Advisors, he worked as an economic research analyst across government, academic, and financial institutes including the Hong Kong Financial Secretary’s Office (Office of the Government Economist), Economic Research Center of the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at CUHK, and State Street Global Markets. Alex holds a Master of Arts in Economics degree from Columbia University in the City of New York and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics from Wesleyan University (CT, USA).

Our firm's expertise lies in macroeconomics, global macro,  global thematic research, company and equity research, multi-asset strategy, event driven, and ESG.

We also do proprietary trading on the firm's capital, to try to vindicate our investment thesis. Our flagship publication, Heard from Fortress Hill (HFFH) provides our weekly market observations and is freely available on our website: https://fortresshill-advisors.com/hffh/

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<li>China's manufacturing activity sank to a six-month low in August as factory owners struggled for orders, pressuring policymakers to press on with plans to direct more stimulus to households.</li>
<li>The purchasing managers' index slipped to 49.1 from 49.4 in July, its sixth straight decline and fourth month below the neutral mark of 50, missing the median forecast of 49.5.</li>
<li>After a dismal second quarter, China lost momentum further in July, prompting policymakers to signal they were ready to deviate from pouring funds into infrastructure, instead targeting stimulus at households.</li>
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China's manufacturing activity sank to a six-month low in August as factory owners struggled for orders, pressuring policymakers to press on with plans to direct more stimulus to households.
The purchasing managers' index slipped to 49.1 from 49.4 in July, its sixth straight decline and fourth month below the neutral mark of 50, missing the median forecast of 49.5.
After a dismal second quarter, China lost momentum further in July, prompting policymakers to signal they were ready to deviate from pouring funds into infrastructure, instead targeting stimulus at households.


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