According to Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao, at the beginning of the new year, Li Ka-shing, a Hong Kong entrepreneur and chairman of the Education Department, predicted that the United States would raise interest rates two or three times this year, and Hong Kong would follow suit. He reiterated that Hong Kong people should not speculate in property, and if they can afford it, there is no problem living in their own house.
In his dinner speech, Li Ka-shing reminded us to be alert to all kinds of uncertainties. The main rhythm of 20 18 should be "development without forgetting stability" under the circumstances that the trend of low interest rate changes, trade confrontation appears and the innovation and scientific revolution rises. He also mentioned that the "Belt and Road" and "Greater Bay Area" strategies are beneficial to the overall economic development, and that Hong Kong "will definitely have organic sources".
Regarding the property market in Hong Kong, Li Ka-shing reiterated: "It is no problem to live in your own house and afford it. If you speculate in the property market, it will be bad. " . He mentioned that "nano-building" is also a problem of market supply and demand, and I believe that the related supply will increase in the future.
Last June, 5438+065438+ 10, Cheung Kong sold 75% ownership of its landmark commercial building "Central Center" for HK$ 40.2 billion, at the highest unit price of office buildings in Hong Kong. When asked whether the Hong Kong property would be sold again, Li Ka-shing responded that it would not be sold again for the time being, and stressed that the hotel was under construction and the shopping mall property was also under acquisition. I believe that this year's fixed income will reach a new high.
When talking about the recent hot bitcoin, Li Ka-shing did not respond positively to whether he had invested, only saying, "I am conservative, and [Bitcoin] is definitely risky." . Li Ka-shing, chairman of Cheung Kong, said he was conservative and thought Bitcoin was risky. The reason why it is conservative is that in 20 14 years, only 1 more Hong Kong dollars were invested in the bitcoin terminal market.
Foreign sources quoted the news that Bank of America Merrill Lynch expanded the trading ban on virtual currency Bitcoin, which caused the price of Bitcoin to fall below the level of $65,438 +0.5 million.
Recently, the price of Bitcoin fluctuated greatly, reaching $20,000 last month, and then dropped sharply to $65,438 +0.2 million. Recently, however, it was reported that Bitcoin was favored by peter thiel, one of the co-founders of PayPal, which stimulated the price of Bitcoin to rise to more than $654.38+$5,000.
However, due to the news that Bank of America Merrill Lynch expanded the trading ban, Coindesk data is significant, and the price of Bitcoin has now dropped to $654.38 +0.49 million yuan.
According to foreign news, Bank of America Merrill Lynch has banned about 654.38+0.7 million consultants from promoting bitcoin-related investments, and also banned them from buying and selling bitcoin, related funds and futures products for customers, mainly because they are worried about whether related products are suitable for investment and their compliance qualifications.
Another foreign media quoted news that the People's Bank of China held a meeting on Internet financial risks earlier, expressing concern that the "mining" of bitcoin (that is, generating bitcoin through high-speed computer operation) would consume a lot of electricity, and asked local governments to take measures such as energy, electricity and environmental protection to guide bitcoin mining companies to reduce their business.