Investing & Trading
Beijing frequently criticises the U.S. of employing out-dated, zero-sum thinking in trying to contain and suppress China’s rise through the lens of “Cold War mentality”. As recently as June 2025, China denounced US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for calling the Asian country a threat, accusing him of touting a Cold War mentality – referring to the […]
... written on Jul 07 2025With merely days before Washington’s reciprocal tariffs come back in full force, global attention turned to Vietnam on Thursday (July 3) after Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Hanoi. Under the agreement, which the U.S. president proudly called the “Great Deal of Cooperation”, the U.S. will charge 20% tariffs on Vietnamese exports to the […]
... written on Jul 04 2025When you first start your business, you probably won’t have too many people to rely and depend on in an effort to run your operations smoothly. Your employees, a partner or two outside the firm, and, of course, your customers. Things, however, change significantly as your business grows. If you want to grow your business […]
... written on Jul 01 2025Households in Singapore have reasons to smile from July to September due to lower energy and fuel costs – a drop in electricity and gas prices. Electricity bills will decrease by 0.65 cent per kilowatt-hour (kWh), while gas prices will fall by 0.44 cent per kWh. This comes after grid operator SP Group announced on […]
... written on Jun 30 2025Michael Einhorn wanted to quit China. He really did. He supports the Trump agenda that champions fewer regulations, a lower tax burden for businesses, and elimination of environmental mandates that inflate energy prices. He founded Dealmed on a shoestring in 2006 – today it’s one of the two biggest privately owned, non-private-equity-held manufacturers and distributors […]
... written on Jun 10 2025With nearly a trillion dollars worth of trade last year, U.S. companies exported more than twice to the EU what they sent to China. In 2024, the U.S. imported about US$606 billion in goods from the European Union and exported around US$370 billion. In comparison, U.S. goods imports from China totaled US$438.9 billion, while exports to […]
... written on May 26 2025When Standard & Poor’s (S&P) lowered America’s AAA credit rating on August 5, 2011 after the 2011 debt ceiling crisis, very few thought it would take another 10 years before Fitch became the second major rating agency to do the same in August 2023 – downgraded United States of America’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to […]
... written on May 20 2025China and Canada might have their own mini trade war going on, where Beijing slapped a 100% tariff on Canadian canola oil, oil cakes and pea imports, and a 25% duty on aquatic products and pork effective March 20, 2025. It was in retaliation for Canadian 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) and 25% […]
... written on May 06 2025The substantial role of central banks in the gold market continues due to their involvement in monetary policy and participation through direct purchases. In 2024, the world’s central banks collectively bought just above 1,045 tonnes of gold. It showed that for the third year in a row, purchases in net terms have surpassed the 1,000 […]
... written on May 02 2025Xi Jinping’s refusal to call Donald Trump despite the White House’s begging was not the only thing that shocked the U.S. president. Other world leaders, like Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is still lobbying for his first phone call after the POTUS had calls with almost all leaders in the Southeast Asia except him, […]
... written on May 01 2025
