Investing & Trading
The world is having terrible headache dealing with American President Donald Trump. This is perhaps the most flip-flop president the country has ever had. After telling all and sundry that he will meet North Korean Kim Jong-un, the U.S. leader scrapped the plan, only to revive it. It’s safe not to bet if the summit […]
... written on May 31 2018Billionaire Soros’ Latest Warning – New Financial Crisis About To Hit EU, Thanks To These 3 Problems
A major financial crisis is about to hit European Union, says billionaire investor George Soros. Speaking at the European Council on Foreign Relations annual council, Soros said Europe was in “an existential crisis.” Soros, the founder of the pro-European Open Society Foundation, claimed there are basically three problems which had “hindered Europe’s economic development”. […]
... written on May 30 2018Let’s continue our story about how Singapore, supposedly a clean and incorruptible nation, secretly helped ex-PM Najib Razak during the peak of the 1MDB scandal. The plausible possibility that the Government of Singapore was the “hidden hand” behind the blackmailing of Swiss national Xavier Andre Justo to change his story has since gotten The Straits Times extremely […]
... written on May 29 2018Had Najib Razak won the 14th general election on May 9th, his first foreign visit will most likely be China. He would go there and brag how his Barisan Nasional coalition government had used President Xi Jinping photo on campaign billboard. He would offer Xi to restart the stalled “Bandar Malaysia” project in exchange for […]
... written on May 27 2018Between 2000 and 2007, Moody’s doled out AAA ratings to 30 mortgage-backed securities every day. When the 2008 subprime crisis finally hit the United States, 83% of those first class securities became junk – they were downgraded. The funny part was – Lehman Brothers’ own debt still had an investment grade rating when it filed […]
... written on May 25 2018A few decades ago the only way to invest was through a broker. Due to high costs it only made sense if the amount you wanted to invest was considerably higher compared to the fee you had to pay to the broker. The rise of AI and technology changed this forever when it created robo-advisers. […]
... written on May 24 2018We wish to say “I told you so” again. But to hear it from the horse mouth – Mahathir – is equally satisfying. Yes, Malaysia has already breached the RM1 trillion marks, for the wrong reason. Speaking for the first time to staff of the prime minister’s office, Mahathir revealed the troubling debts accumulated, thanks […]
... written on May 22 2018China has no choice but to agree to fix the problem of trade imbalance between the kingdom with the United States. The trade imbalance, which President Donald Trump calls unfair, hit a record US$375 billion in 2017. After rounds of talks and meeting between both countries, the U.S. and China have agreed to “substantially reduce” […]
... written on May 20 2018Under the leadership of Mahathir Mohamad, the then-opposition Pakatan Harapan, an alliance of 4 parties – DAP (Democratic Action Party), PKR (People’s Justice Party), AMANAH (National Trust Party) and PPBM (Malaysian United Indigenous Party) – had successfully overthrown the arrogant, corrupt and out-of-touch government of Barisan Nasional. What PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim had failed to achieve in […]
... written on May 13 2018Oil is bullish, and there’s no sign that it is slowing down. Thanks to Donald Trump, the crude oil would only go north. The U.S. president wants to “Make America Great Again”. He also wants China to fix US$347 billion trade deficit that the U.S. is suffering, creating a trade war in the process. He […]
... written on May 01 2018
