An Informal Survey of Hong Kong
I'm just returning from a short, but amazing trip to Hong Kong. I went to see firsthand how markets in this area of the world operate (and I had a Global upgrade from United Airlines that was expiring at the end of the month). I have a cousin who has been living there for over 15 years and I wanted to not only catch up with him, but also to 1) learn his perspective on the Hong Kong economy, and 2) start exploring if any of the quantitative analysis he does as the head quant and partner in an algorithmic trading firm might carry over into my constant striving to better analyze and optimize lower middle market private companies. Many thanks to him and his family for hosting me and giving a better insider view of the city than I otherwise could have. Here, I’ll focus on my reflection of the economy and the trip itself. I have yet to dive deeper into how the automation involved with algorithmic trading can assist private company analysis, but a white p...