Any working couple with kids at home could recall the times when the Philippines flight bans during covid lockdowns caused a sudden shortage in helpers and pushed pay upwards of HK$8k a month for a brief period of time. In response to that symptom, the HKSAR government proposed amendments to the “Code of Practice for Employment Agencies” to reduce the ease of “job hopping” among foreign domestic helpers (FDHs).
Now that we have concluded in Part 1 that property stocks will outperform inflation in the next few years, we need to consider whether the larger stock universe, say represented by the Hang Seng Index (HSI) or underlying property could do even better. Here we delve into the relative merits of various peer classes
Below is the full interview with Ming Pao published on 4th May 2023 in which your correspondent discussed a variety of macro and property market topics
The Hang Seng Property Index (HSP) has had a rough few years in performance, not only has the benchmark for Hong Kong property stocks massively derated since the peak in 2018, but it is now arguably stuck at a level seen as early as Q4 1996 – which is 27 years ago!
near perfect match to our previous study on home price vs tax…
We often hear about the challenges of ageing populations, interspersed with concerned reports about how the developed world is getting fat, with concurrent health problems…
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