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>The latest speech given by Fed Chairman Powell to the NABE was not dovish, suggesting the labor market is  where the Fed wants and easing is designed to keep it.</li>
<li>In the Q+A he went on to see GDP revisions as having reduced downside risk, and suggested the Fed is not in a hurry to cut quickly.</li>
<li>Powell saw labor market conditions as solid, having cooled from a previously overheated state, and noted that job openings still exceed the number seeking work, something rare prior to 2019.</li>
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The latest speech given by Fed Chairman Powell to the NABE was not dovish, suggesting the labor market is  where the Fed wants and easing is designed to keep it.
In the Q+A he went on to see GDP revisions as having reduced downside risk, and suggested the Fed is not in a hurry to cut quickly.
Powell saw labor market conditions as solid, having cooled from a previously overheated state, and noted that job openings still exceed the number seeking work, something rare prior to 2019.


Powell Suggests FOMC Not in a Hurry to Get Rates to Neutral