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/

Founder & Head of Research

US: Election Is a Dead Heat, but There'll Be Very Different Winners from Each Outcome

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<li>The U.S. election remains very close though a win for former President Donald Trump appears slightly more likely than one for Vice President Kamala Harris.</li>
<li>The race for control of the House is close, though here a Democrat majority looks marginally more likely. For the Senate, a Republican majority is clearly the more likely outcome.</li>
<li>This means a large number of possible outcomes, though Trump’s tariff proposals look to be by far the biggest risk for post-election policy.</li>
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The U.S. election remains very close though a win for former President Donald Trump appears slightly more likely than one for Vice President Kamala Harris.
The race for control of the House is close, though here a Democrat majority looks marginally more likely. For the Senate, a Republican majority is clearly the more likely outcome.
This means a large number of possible outcomes, though Trump’s tariff proposals look to be by far the biggest risk for post-election policy.


U.S. Election Scenarios and Post-Election Policy Risks