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>Israel will counteract Iran,  prompting a further missile attack by Iran.Our bias remains that Israel is to have a buffer zone in southern Lebanon and not fight a prolonged war.   </li>
<li>This limits the economic fallout globally and on oil prices. The U.S. presidential election will move markets but not until the result after Nov 5.  The bigger issue remain rate cuts.  </li>
<li>The market is underestimating cumulative BOE easing prospects however, while not discounting the 75bps of BOJ rate hikes we see by mid-2025. </li>
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Israel will counteract Iran,  prompting a further missile attack by Iran.Our bias remains that Israel is to have a buffer zone in southern Lebanon and not fight a prolonged war.   
This limits the economic fallout globally and on oil prices. The U.S. presidential election will move markets but not until the result after Nov 5.  The bigger issue remain rate cuts.  
The market is underestimating cumulative BOE easing prospects however, while not discounting the 75bps of BOJ rate hikes we see by mid-2025. 


Rate Cuts or Geopolitic Risks