Editing Ting Hai effect (section)

{{Short description|Stock market phenomenon}}
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The '''Ting Hai effect''', also known as the '''Adam Cheng effect''', is a [[stock market]] phenomenon<ref name="sina2">{{Cite news|script-title=zh:丁蟹效應累恆指瀉663點|work = Ming Pao|accessdate = 2009-08-29|date = 2009-03-31|url = http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/15/1/1/1085841/1.html|language = Chinese}}</ref> in which there is a sudden and unexplained drop in the stock market whenever a film or a television series starring [[Hong Kong]] actor [[Adam Cheng]] is released.<ref name="big5">Big5.Chinanews.com. "[http://big5.chinanews.com.cn:89/yl/ypkb/news/2009/04-02/1629867.shtml Big5.Chinanews.com] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120707030621/http://big5.chinanews.com.cn:89/yl/ypkb/news/2009/04-02/1629867.shtml |date=2012-07-07 }}." ''何謂「丁蟹效應」.'' Retrieved on 2009-08-11.</ref> It still remains as a popular topic among stock brokers, years after the television drama ''[[The Greed of Man]]'' was broadcast in Hong Kong in late 1992. The effect is named after Ting Hai, the primary antagonist in the drama, who was portrayed by Cheng.