Feng Shui Index predicts flighty Year of Rooster

In the coming Year of the Rooster, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index is destined for a flat start, before tracking upward to peak around July and August - and finally ending on a positive note amid year-end volatility.

This is the prediction from Hong Kong-based brokerage and investment company CLSA's 23rd Feng Shui Index.

The tongue-in-check report, first published back in 1992 in Lunar New Year cards for clients, uses the traditional methodology of feng shui to chart the seasonal movements of Hong Kong's benchmark equity index.