Feng Shui Index 2015 o e Y EA R GOAT CLSA FENG SHUI INDEX 2015 OVERVIEW The debt the Chinese The two bazi八字 owe the goat/sheep Overview ............................................................................................3 Here we goat again in the chart below - literally eight (Chinese) written language. Previous goat years .............................................................................4 Hang Seng gets the leg-up to a higher ledge characters, which The following words change position on a Our annual forecast for our favourite Earth Rooster, the Hang Seng all contain the goat Sector highlights ..................................................................................6 60-year cycle - guide character yang 羊 Index, followed a trajectory last year, alas not the one we guided for. It predictions for the year. ...........................................................................8 that’s no reason to lose faith. We put it all down to simple horsing around. Zodiac sign guide ................................................................................9 Famous faces ....................................................................................21 In this year’s forecast (see page 26), we’re expecting the second half to end marginally higher than the start, but a month-by-month view tracks Property outlook ...............................................................................24 a different path and you’ll want to stay away from cliffs late in the year. 美 CLSA Feng Shui Index 2015 ..............................................................26 祥 the second half, the hour and day pillars bring out the earth, meaning Měi projects in slumber wake and we hear the Hang Seng crow. A new round Xiáng Beauty Auspicious of infrastructure investment may occur. The Wood-Goat year is presided over by wood and earth, and the former A goat’s yarn will restrain earth’s power. Indeed, people will be ornery this year. Don’t Cartoon confusion: Is it a sheep, a goat or a dog? The Goat nearly missed out on being one of the 12 Chinese zodiac to some nasty stars (they’re imaginary, but no less nasty for that). 羨 animals - his place originally belonged to another. But is the zodiac sign 羑 Xiàn a sheep or a goat? According to the earliest table of animals, found on Yǒu Admire Guide excavated Qin dynasty bamboo strips, the correct answer is . drum roll prompting hotels, jewellery, gold and silver, autos, electronics and . whip . growl . a dog! We kid you not. That version had neither sheep nor goat and, while this is still in dispute, most Chinese scholars are clean as a whistleblower, so expect few corruption scandals. The agree this zodiac sign was actually a dog. Where the goat 羊 year is Wood Goat is known for compassion, so expect stocks in Guanyin- now, was once the horse, and where the horse is was a deer . and so related industries to rise. Wood Goats will need to pay attention to their on. Our favourite change is still the snake, which in the earliest list of 12 health, thus preventative medical stocks will be in demand. was an insect - we certainly don’t mourn the passing of the yang insect. 善 Confused? Consider this an important disclaimer. There is no right or Finally, travel is not well-positioned for Earth Roosters, so all those who 翔 put good money on the Hang Seng moving to the Spratleys may want to Shàn wrong in Feng Shui, little consensus and myriad Xiáng ways of “divining fortunes”. Our forecasts for have a bet the other way. Otherwise the market may be challenged, and Goodness Feng Shui Index Soar the Hang Seng are based on the interplay of the best thing to do will be to put glasses of water in the north, south and the destiny chart, or bazi for the year (on 2015 southwest - if you’re making money, make it scotch and drink heartily. page 3), and the birth date of the Hang Seng Bazi - Interplay determines our forecasts Index (24 November, 1969). Working with Hang Seng Earth Rooster Wood Goat these traditional tools, we present the HOURPILLAR DAYPILLAR MONTHPILLAR YEARPILLAR } HOURPILLAR DAYPILLAR MONTHPILLAR YEARPILLAR CLSA Feng Shui guide for 2015, more for Heave nl 庚 癸 乙 己 y 甲 辛 戊 乙 st Geng Gui Yi Ji ems jia xin wu yi 養 know, we might just get lucky, and so o Yang Metal Yin Water Yin Wood Yin Earth Yang Wood Yin Metal Yang Earth Yin Wood 羹 e Yǎng might you! Y EA Monkey Rabbit Pig Rooster Horse Pig Tiger Goat Gēng R Cultivate GOAT Thick soup 申 卯 亥 酉 y branches 午 亥 寅 未 Shen Mao Hai You hl wu hai Yin wei Yang Metal Yin Wood Yin Water Yin Metal Eart } Yang Fire Yin Water Yang Wood Yin Earth 2 3 PREVIOUS GOAT YEARS 2003: Water Goat 1979: Earth Goat Hang Seng Index Hang Seng Index The Water Goat The Earth Goat stumbled along the staggered ashore from grassy verge until the oil crisis in the April, then put on wake of the Iranian more than 50% Revolution and found between May and the itself sitting on the end of the year; horny growth like that is a a small place called wonder to behold and Shenzhen. Contrary to Pan must have been international indices, playing those pipes 01 Feb 21 Jan 28 Jan 15 Feb the Hang Seng 9,259 13,751 535 963 with the sweetest of tunes as he ate hay year at the peak, and while the sun shone. continued to rise early in the new year. 12 Mar: Serbian PM assassinated; WHO issues Sars warning. 17 Feb: Eric Heiden equals the 1,000m world skating record. The Year of the 28 Apr: Andre Agassi becomes the oldest No.1 tennis seed. 5 Mar: Voyager I departs for Saturn after observing Jupiter. Capricorn rising 10 May: Taobao opens in China; a tornado outbreak begins. 8 Jul: 12 Aug: Liaoning Deputy Governor Liu Ketian is detained. 23 Aug: Iran opens a war front against the Kurds. 3 Sep: Hong Kong issues new-style banknotes. 5 Oct: China and West Germany sign a cultural exchange. 15 Oct: 15 Nov: Unabomber forces plane down. Jay Bhatt Jay Our 2003Leung Stephen Feng Shui Dominic Chan Dominic 1 Nov: First gay pride march takes place in Taipei. 6 Dec: Beijing forbids any more big-character posters. Wand-Bearers: Amar Gill Amar Wicked Sorcerer of the East: the of Sorcerer Wicked CoverLau Kenny Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan ug JulyFeb A June May Mar April (5) (4) Bad Feng Shui Feng Bad (3) (2) (1) 0 1 2 3 4 Good Feng Shui Feng Good 5 CLSA Feng Shui Index for the Year of the Goat 2003 Goat the of Year the for Index Shui Feng CLSA 1991: Metal Goat 1967: Fire Goat Hang Seng Index Dow Jones Index On average, the Dow rose over the year before, but the Goat The Metal Goat was when it jumped off very much at ease the cliff. Yet the Goat through the year, scrambled back up 09 Feb 29 Jan the hierarchical 15 Feb 03 Feb those rocky ravines 3,413 4,672 858 864 herd was settled and so quickly that it leapt Alpha slowly made into the air soon after his way to the top the middle of the year of the hillock. The 26 Feb: Beijing announces formal bid for the 2000 Olympics. 23 Feb: US forces begin largest offensive of the Vietnam War. before plummeting index began around 9 Mar: Jiang Zemin announces ‘national feelings’ in curriculum. 15 Apr: Canton Fair opens in Guangzhou. back to a pleasant 3,400, hit 4,000 in grassy hillock slightly 14 May: Winnie Mandela sentenced to six years in jail. 6 May: Cultural Revolution-inspired workers riot in Hong Kong. July and 4,500 the higher than it began following January. 5 Jun: HK Legislative Council passes its Bill of Human Rights. 17 Jun: PRC explodes hydrogen bomb with a yield of 3.3mt TNT. the year. 15 Sep: HK citizens directly elect 18 to the Legislature. 1 Jul: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band hits No.1 in charts. 25 Dec: Soviet Union is disbanded. 19 Nov: TVB begins broadcasting in Hong Kong. 18 Jan: Deng Xiaoping goes south on his tour. 21 Jan: Battle of Khe Sanh in Vietnam begins. 4 5 SECTOR HIGHLIGHTS Overc Top sector picks Metals are going to be Elementary dance om decent this year, so in ing cycle addition to financials, February keep an eye out for Best qi: WOOD autos, jewellery, and the Sector: Retail good metals such as silver and gold. Be careful in the high months (see chart), some nastiness N March threatens to demagnetise putting all our faith into the sixth: codswallop. Spare a thought for Best qi: EARTH your metal - but the second and third quarters old sages like Xie Zhaozhe, who spilt all that time, thought and ink Sector: Property are looming strong. element! The elements tend to bleed into each other - and thus one April Best qi: EARTH particular industry, say construction, may have contributions from earth Sector: Renewables outperform the predictions. It’s not (concrete), metal (hardware providers), water (chemical ingredients), China Oil & Gas Gaming Renewables obvious in the bazi chart EARTH FIRE WATER EARTH Francis Cheung Simon Powell Aaron Fischer Charles Yonts May this Wood Goat brings Cashmere 1/2Q15 Cashmere 3Q15 Cashmere 3Q15 Cashmere 2/4Q15 Scamper 4Q15 Scamper 1H15 Scamper 1Q15 Scamper 3Q15 Best qi: FIRE Wood is the progenitor Overall Cashmere Overall You’re kidding Overall Feta Overall Cashmere Sector: Financials, In assessing the sectors, we concentrate on the relative strength of each Tech ready supply of wood, longer. Utilities and tech should rise, and oil & gas respective monthly charts below. Overall, these are fairly balanced, bar June recover. Best qi: FIRE one crucial ingredient.