Investing & Trading
What do these 21 states – Texas, Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia – have in common? They have joined the US$1.99 club – where at least 1 station sells fuel at less than two bucks a […]
... written on Nov 30 2018As President Donald Trump embarks on a record sale of Treasury bills, notes and bonds to pay for its big tax cuts and spending, the United States hopes foreign buyers would scramble to get a chunk of American I.O.U. papers. Sadly, foreign investors appear to give a pass on the U.S. debt securities. And this […]
... written on Nov 28 2018Taiwan-China relations flourished when the KMT (Kuomintang) ruled Taiwan from 2008 to 2016. Interestingly, the Kuomintang was the same ruling party in mainland China until 1949, when it lost the Chinese Civil War to the rival Communist Party. But under Taiwan’s then-president Ma Ying-Jeou, Taiwan enjoyed a friendly relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The relations between […]
... written on Nov 26 2018Carlos Ghosn has been considered the hero of the Japanese automotive industry for the last 20 years. After successfully restructuring Renault through a cost-cutting plan in 1998-2000, he earned the nickname “Le Cost Killer.” His radical restructuring of the Renault – reducing workforce, revising production processes and pushing for new models – successfully contributed to […]
... written on Nov 23 2018Trump Willing To Give Saudi Crown Prince A Free Pass On Khashoggi’s Murder – In Exchange For Rewards
Donald Trump appears willing to give a brutal murderer a free pass, because his administration has everything to gain by pretending that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wasn’t involved at all in the gruesome murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. From the beginning, the U.S. president has made it known that he isn’t a fan […]
... written on Nov 22 2018After a record 12-session consecutive declines, oil prices finally finished higher on Wednesday last week. But it could only crawl up for 3 days before giving up. That’s not a very convincing bull after the black gold plunged about 25% since early October, essentially entering the bullish market. The commodity won’t enter a bull market until […]
... written on Nov 20 2018Sorry Folks, None Of Goldman Sachs Bankers Will Go To Jail – They’re Untouchable White Collar Crooks
Attending the 33rd ASEAN Summit, Mahathir Mohamad, the world’s oldest prime minister has been having fun condemning everyone he does not like – including Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi and US President Donald Trump. But the biggest culprit the 93-year-old Prime Minister of Malaysia has criticised was the 149-year-old bank Goldman Sachs. He said bankers […]
... written on Nov 14 2018For as long as one can remember, the previous Barisan Nasional government didn’t care if smart people decided to pack their bags. There were at least 10,000 Malaysians of various ethnic background migrated to Australia in 2016. In June 2014, there were already a staggering 154,000 Malaysia-born in Australia. But Australia wasn’t the only attraction […]
... written on Nov 13 2018WTI Crude prices dropped for a ninth consecutive session on Thursday, essentially falling into a bear market, and it could get worse. In fact, the U.S. oil prices have plunged over the last 5 weeks since early October. And if the U.S. oil benchmark continues to drop like a rock in a “ferocious” bear market, […]
... written on Nov 09 2018You know Donald Trump is in trouble when the boastful president suddenly said he wished he had taken a softer tone in his first two years as POTUS (President of the United States), just before the Democrats snatch the House of Representative from the Republicans. But it’s too late to have regrets as voters have […]
... written on Nov 07 2018
