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Does financial or stock markets related to politic in one way or another? It’s no brainer that the answer is an obvious “Yes”. A government that is unstable, lack of transparency, policies that forever changes, weak and poor governance, bias and so on could only scare off potential investors (both foreign and local). Thomson Financial […]
... written on Dec 15 2007Just what was Ben Bernanke and company was thinking that it kept cutting the interest rate (the recent being the 25 basis points on 11th Dec 2007) to satisfy the investors and economists? Didn’t the sight of cheaper dollar scare the shit out of Ben to cut it further? How about inflation? Could the word […]
... written on Dec 14 2007Before the 8 million Malaysian viewers happily paid, despite the forever-long advertisements, for Astro’s channels, people in Malaysia relied on VCR (video cassette recorders) for entertainment. Those were the days when Malaysians, regardless of their race would grab a seat and order a glass of “Teh Tarik” which cost less than a ringgit and watch […]
... written on Dec 13 2007Although it wasn’t published officially the people around the palm oil industry knew what awaken the plantation sector. It used to be one of the most boring sectors and the related stocks’ movement could out you to sleep. It started with the Super-Merger that saw the merger of Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad, Sime Darby Berhad and […]
... written on Dec 13 2007FOMC’s announcement at 2:16 ET Tuesday that the Fed decided to cut the rates by 25 basis points to 4.25% didn’t go well with stocks investors. The Dow, Nasdaq and S&P plunged 344, 83 and 46 points, respectively. The sell-off was expected since the investors appetite was for 50 basis points cut to 4.0% to […]
... written on Dec 12 2007Since thousands of years ago gold has been the most reliable currency or valuable metals human ever used, even until today. During past revolutions when paper money was dumped as the values drops into the toilet, gold’s value remained or even escalated. Even now when U.S. dollar depreciates, investors rush to protect their investment in […]
... written on Dec 12 2007OSK Investment Bank really knows how to pick the stock especially when comes to list call warrants (CW) of American stocks. After listed Google Inc.’s (Nasdaq: GOOG, stock) call warrant (GOOGLE-C1) recently, today it’s listing Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) Call Warrant as APPLE-C1 (stock-code 0528C1) on the Malaysian Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Coincidently both […]
... written on Dec 11 2007If only two of the most successful search engines could be merged into a single entity it will create a new giant unbeatable for a very long time to come. But I guess the anti-trust in U.S. will most likely prevent this to happen. Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, stock) and Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO, stock) […]
... written on Dec 10 2007Larry Page’s wedding on Dec. 8 is supposed to be a secret event, at least that’s what the co-founder of the most successful internet company Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, stock) hoped for. Page will be married (or already depending on your time-zone) to Lucy Southworth at an undisclosed location. Rumor said the location could be […]
... written on Dec 09 2007He was almost invincible in the corporate world. His stock-broking firm was the first to be listed in the Malaysian Stock Exchange after incorporated Rashid Hussain Securities in 1983 together with Chua Ma Yu. Two decades later in 2003 Tan Sri Rashid Hussain left the RHB Group after selling his final 17.3 per cent equity […]
... written on Dec 08 2007
