Finance and Economy
Vietnam’s first case of Covid-19 appeared on January 23, 2020. As of July 7, the country had 369 confirmed cases, but with zero deaths. Yes, the country of 97-million people has not reported a single Coronavirus-related death. On top of that, the success story also included 81 straight days of zero local transmission, despite its long border with China. When […]
... written on Jul 09 2020Stocks in China skyrocketed on Monday for the biggest one-day gain since July 9, 2015. The Shanghai Composite jumped 180 points (5.7%), delivering a whopping 12.5% of total gains over the past 5 trading days. It was so mind-boggling that even the U.S. stock market (DJIA – Dow Jones Industrial Average) spiked accordingly, gaining 459.67 […]
... written on Jul 08 2020After waiting for decades, Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS – Parti Islam Se-Malaysia) returns to the federal government, albeit not through the ballot-box but rather through the backdoor. Together with Barisan Nasional (BN), who unexpectedly lost power in the 2018 General Election, PAS is now part of Perikatan Nasional coalition formed by traitor Muhyiddin Yassin. PAS was […]
... written on Jul 06 2020John Bolton’s memoir has sold more than 780,000 copies in all formats in its first week on sale in the U.S. As the 27th United States National Security Advisor from 2018 to 2019 who became one of the fiercest critics of President Trump, it’s not hard to see why his book – “The Room Where […]
... written on Jul 03 2020Four years ago, the Reuters / Ipsos gave Hillary Clinton a 90% chance of defeating Donald Trump. According to the numbers, Clinton was on track to win 303 Electoral College votes out of the 270 needed, to Trump’s 235. Even bookmaker Betfair reported US$140 million worth of bets were placed – with Clinton has 83% of winning, higher […]
... written on Jul 01 2020Any financial advisor worth their salt will emphasize the importance of having an emergency fund. However, only 23% of Americans actually have one. More Americans would probably have an emergency fund if they were aware of the benefits. You should understand why an emergency fund is important and take steps to save accordingly. You can […]
... written on Jun 30 2020Stocks drop 730 points on Friday, and the Dow Jones has every reason to be spooked. There were 45,255 new Covid-19 cases reported across the nation on Friday, bringing the total to more than 2.5 million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Compared to the previous week, the average new cases as of Friday […]
... written on Jun 29 2020Investments work as an excellent option to save up money and also make it when you want to prepare for your retirement. However, some people worry about investing since they think that they may lose money in the long run and that could hurt their retirement. However, you can look into using gold to protect […]
... written on Jun 27 2020The IMF said on Wednesday that the global economy is worse than it had projected earlier. Hence, the International Monetary Fund slashed the world economic growth – again. Since early this year, it has given out gloomy news. It was only in January that the IMF had forecasted a global GDP (gross domestic product) expansion of […]
... written on Jun 25 2020While some celebrate the open war of words between two former prime ministers – Najib Razak and Mahathir Mohamad – others have mocked Najib for being dumb. Najib should keep quiet and not throw stones in glass houses. Muhyiddin Yassin was smarter. Despite the barrage of attacks by Mahathir, the backdoor PM Muhyiddin has chosen […]
... written on Jun 24 2020
