Editing Ting Hai effect (section)

==Legacy==
The Ting Hai effect has led to [[Adam Cheng]] attracting much attention from the press. Whenever a new film or television series starring Cheng is about to be broadcast, some stockbrokers and investors in Hong Kong anticipate a drop in the market. Cheng himself does not believe that he is the cause of the stock prices falling, but has come to terms with the phenomenon.<ref name="scmp">{{cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/1781524/hong-kong-actor-adam-cheng-says-stock-market-influence-just|title=Hong Kong actor Adam Cheng says stock market influence is just fiction|date=30 April 2015|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150901212508/http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/1781524/hong-kong-actor-adam-cheng-says-stock-market-influence-just|archive-date=2015-09-01|first=Oliver|last=Chou|access-date=2024-12-30}}</ref>

While some investors have argued that the effect is no more than a series of coincidences and amounts to nothing more than a [[self-fulfilling prophecy]],<ref name="South China Morning Post">{{cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/business/money/article/1202668/market-killing-actor-has-new-movie-offing|title=Superstitious investors jittery as bad omen actor Cheng releases movie|date=29 March 2013|work=South China Morning Post|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410220947/http://www.scmp.com/business/money/article/1202668/market-killing-actor-has-new-movie-offing|archivedate=2013-04-10|first=Jeanny|last=Yu|access-date=2024-12-30}}</ref> the phenomenon is regarded by some{{who|date=June 2013}} as more than coincidental. The French bank [[Crédit Lyonnais]] wrote a report on it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://xfn.quamnet.com/xfn/jsp/en/analysis.jsp?s_id=3&id=20040401122801220877einens |title=Hong Kong stocks to hit bottom April 1–7 on 'Adam Cheng effect' - CLSA |last1=Wong |first1=Jill |date=2004-04-01 |publisher=Quamnet |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007143522/http://xfn.quamnet.com/xfn/jsp/en/analysis.jsp?s_id=3&id=20040401122801220877einens |archivedate=October 7, 2007 }}</ref>