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Asia Leads The Way

Arthur Hill

Arthur Hill

Chief Technical Strategist, TrendInvestorPro.com

While the western stock markets have clawed their way back towards positive territory the last few months, the Hang Seng ($HIS) turned year-to-date positive in early April and now sports a 24.31% gain. Among the six world indices shown, the Nikkei 225 is a distant second with a 6.54% gain year-to-date and the S&P 500 is down for the year.

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Arthur Hill
About the author: , CMT, is the Chief Technical Strategist at TrendInvestorPro.com. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic approach of identifying trend, finding signals within the trend, and setting key price levels has made him an esteemed market technician. Arthur has written articles for numerous financial publications including Barrons and Stocks & Commodities Magazine. In addition to his Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation, he holds an MBA from the Cass Business School at City University in London. Learn More