The story
Named after Ting Hai, the primary antagonist in the Hong Kong drama The Greed of Man, who was portrayed by Adam Cheng.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ting Hai effect
Today it means: The phenomena in which whenever a film or a television series starring Hong Kong actor Adam Cheng is released, a sudden and unexplained drop in the stock market takes place. Full definition →