- Top sector picks: shipping and travel, clothing and education
- Best Hong Kong property investment areas: Northeast, South, Southeast and North
- Most fortunate zodiacs: Horse, Rabbit, Goat and Pig
Hong Kong – Tuesday, 18 January 2022 – CLSA Limited (CLSA), Asia’s leading capital markets and investment group, today launches its 28th CLSA Feng Shui Index (FSI), a tongue-in-cheek outlook of the Hang Seng Index (HSI) in the year of the Water Tiger. The guide also includes top sector picks, feng shui tips and zodiac predictions for health, wealth, love and career for the coming year.
Courageous, decisive and confident, the Tiger occupies the third position in the Chinese horoscope’s 12-year animal cycle. In the year of the Water Tiger, the lack of fire or metal presages a year of sudden changes. But fear not, as the Hang Seng’s lucky elements are fire and wood, so wood’s abundance in the Water Tiger’s destiny chart bodes well for Hong Kong’s market. As always, we advise investors to consult CLSA analysts’ fundamental analysis and market insights prior to making any investment decisions.
Our focus, first and foremost, is to forecast the monthly moves of the HSI, our favourite Earth Rooster, by comparing its birth chart with that of the Water Tiger. Any rooster worth his plumage will move at speed when a tiger is on the loose, so we expect the HSI to have a lively start to the year before a bounce south in March. After regaining his footing, he returns to stable growth and peaks over the summer. A pause followed by a dip in early autumn occurs before the market gathers speed going into winter. Our Rooster finishes on a high note as he flaps into the new year.
In the FSI, all industries are divided into one of the five elements – wood, fire, earth, metal and water. We assess the relative strength of each element at any given time to select our top sector picks. Since water is the star of the year, trade, shipping and travel should pick up, holding steady over the summer before pushing higher in winter. Wood is plentiful in the bazi, or destiny chart, so related sectors such as education and clothing should find themselves freed from certain constraints. In contrast, metal is entirely absent this year, bringing challenges to the financial markets. Earth-related industries such as construction and property may have a slow start and a year-end slowdown, but this should not hide consistent opportunities through the remainder of the year. For fire-related industries such as technology and utilities, late spring to early summer looks to be the best period.
The flying stars bring their attributes to bear on the nine houses they inhabit and this cosmic framework can be applied to any location, from your home to the entire planet. Hong Kong property investors should therefore consult the charts before making any buying decisions. This year, the best direction is Northeast, where the Eight White star brings fortune and wealth, but make sure to respect the Grand Duke. The Nine Purple sits in the South – buy yourself a fruit-bearing plant or modest persimmon plantation to attract joyous affairs and a good future. Avoid the Centre, as Five Yellow brings misfortunes. Place metal here to dissipate the overwhelming earth forces.
Most fortunate zodiacs: Horse, Rabbit, Goat and Pig
Turning to the zodiacs, the Horse, Rabbit, Goat and Pig shall have smooth and fortuitous years. The Tiger, Snake, Monkey, Rooster, Rat and Ox will have reasonable years. Dragon and Dog will fall into the water and need a life raft.
Visit clsa.com for more details on the 28th CLSA Feng Shui Index for the year of the Water Tiger, featuring a number of celebrities’ zodiac predictions.
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About the CLSA Feng Shui Index
Launched in the Monkey year of 1992, the CLSA FSI evaluates the bazi (eight character fortune) against the birth sign of the Hang Seng, an Earth Rooster launched in November 1969. The mysterious influences of the wu xing (five energies) and xuan hong (flying stars) are then incorporated into the mix. In assessing the sectors, we concentrate on the relative strength of each of the elements – earth, water, metal, wood and fire – as they cycle through the five phases in the respective monthly charts. An annual tradition, the CLSA Feng Shui Index is a light-hearted outlook for the Hong Kong market and is not a research report.
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