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Russia and Iran have announced a new coalition to defend Syrian Bashar al-Assad so that they can defeat the ISIS. So, move over America and let the Russian show you how to fight the jihadists. Moscow has already moved fighter jets and tanks into Syria so Putin is dead serious about kicking some butts in […]
... written on Sep 28 2015Surprisingly but not unexpectedly, the Federal Reserve is keeping U.S. interest rates at record lows, which is near zero (0% – 0.25%) since 2008. Yes, once again, Yellen has chickened out. The Fed will meet again roughly 6-weeks again next month October. If nothing happens, the next subsequent meeting in December may shed some lights. […]
... written on Sep 18 2015Malaysia is largely self-sufficient in poultry meat production. Eggs and chicken are among the cheapest and mostly consumed protein staples in the country. Almost 90% of production occurs in Peninsular Malaysia, with the remaining in East Malaysia. Peninsular Malaysia has about 3,200 broiler farms, which includes contract and independent farmers, as well as large vertically integrated […]
... written on Sep 09 2015Technical analysis says the U.S. stock market is about to melt, thanks to China. Unlike fundamental studies, investors who believe in technical studies have everything to worry because of “Death Cross”. It seems the epidemic of bearish “death cross” is spreading and affecting every single market segment, even to those supposedly insulated from foreign factors. […]
... written on Sep 02 2015U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropping to an 18-month closing low that saw the blue-chip benchmark briefly plummet more than 1,000 points. It closed down 588 points, but not before it created a moment of panic when it went down as much as 1,114 points during the early […]
... written on Aug 25 2015Malaysian Ringgit has just hit another new high – RM4.2570 to one US dollar. Forget about what the specialists and experts say about the local currency. Didn’t someone tell you less than a month ago that ringgit is to trade between RM3.80 to RM4.10? Well, screw them because they know nuts about the actual financial […]
... written on Aug 24 2015Dow plunges 530.94 points on Friday. With more than 1,000-point drop this week, this was the largest weekly drop since Oct 10, 2008 for Dow. Crude oil prices briefly dropped below US$40 a barrel on Friday, the lowest seen since the financial crisis. The effect of devaluation of the Chinese Yuan has finally reached the […]
... written on Aug 23 2015Flashback: From a record low of RM2.10 to US$1 in October 1978, the Malaysian Ringgit hit its all time high of RM4.73 to US$1 in January 1998. Prior to the infamous Asian Financial Crisis, the ringgit was trading at about RM2.40 to a US dollar in 1997. Nobody could have predicted the type of economic […]
... written on Aug 17 2015By now, you should know why we had screamed “The Chinese Are Coming!!” about three weeks ago. That’s because the China’s economy is crashing, for real. Xi Jinping administration has been fire fighting ever since the terrifying 30% crash within 3-weeks in the country’s stock market. It certainly doesn’t help if the allegations about internal […]
... written on Aug 12 2015Will Donald Trump emerge “unexpectedly” as the next President of the United States? Perhaps “The Simpsons” has the answer. The Simpsons have a great track record of making predictions that come true years later. The popular American animated sitcom has predicted the future accurately for at least 14-times. There were predictions about Ebola Virus, […]
... written on Aug 10 2015
