Investing & Trading
Flashback: 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 2015You’ve seen how we’re being controlled by 10 mega companies, which produce almost everything we buy or eat. From Switzerland-based Nestle to Amerian-based Proctor & Gamble, their products are all over the place and there is at least one product in your house produces by them. But do you know that the CEOs of some […]
... written on Aug 02 2015This is not a drill. And certainly not about the spread of Chinese influence around the world, buying everything they can get their hands on, as it prepares to overtake America as the world’s economic superpower. But before they can even think about becoming the global superpower, China needs to learn how to manage a […]
... written on Jul 23 2015Is the party over for China? Nobody knows for sure. But it doesn’t seem to be doing as well as it used to be. It’s double-digit growth was long gone. The last time the world’s second-largest economy saw double-digit growth rates was in 2010 when it grew at a rate of 10.6%. Thereafter, it was […]
... written on Jul 07 2015Reaching economic meltdown, there’re basically two types of business that are still booming in Greece – tourism and flag sales. Tourists are still coming in drove while flag salesmen are doing roaring business, thanks to a pending July 5th referendum to decide if Greece will eventually exit from the euro zone or otherwise. Greece, the […]
... written on Jun 30 2015Mahathir Mohamad is perhaps the luckiest person on planet Earth. Besides being the longest-serving Prime Minister of Malaysia, stretching from 1981 to 2003, he also had the luxury experiencing the country’s currency under attack by speculators during the infamous 1997/98 Asia Financial Crisis. Ten years later, during his retirement, he had the second opportunity to see […]
... written on Jun 12 2015Iron rice bowl is a term Chinese used to refer to an occupation with guaranteed job security, with steady income and perks thrown in. The term is also known as “golden rice bowl”. One of the careers that provide such job security is a job with the government of the day. This was true as […]
... written on Jun 10 2015Are you running Windows 7 or Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 now? If you are, then get ready to upgrade it to Windows 10 – FREE. The Windows 10 will be launched by July 29th 2015. That’s roughly about 8-weeks away. Microsoft (NYSE: Stock, MSFT) has confirmed that its latest operating system will be released […]
... written on Jun 04 2015
