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For months, many investors had viewed the 4.5% yield on the benchmark 10-year note as an attractive point to step in and buy bonds. But as yields surged through that level, market participants adjusted their view and opinion. Analysts and economists then believed that the 10-year yield was headi
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On the day the United States remembered the terrorist attacks 25 years ago, Malaysia was almost hit by a huge explosion on September 11 – a sudden release of Najib Razak from jail. Currently in Kajang Prison, Najib was scheduled to complete his term only on Aug 23, 2028 after securing a part
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Brent, the international benchmark, jumped above US$99 a barrel on Tuesday (Sept 8) - the highest since July - after Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen conducted strikes on energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia. The oil prices also jumped as a result of retaliation from the U.S. that d
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Don’t criticize UMNO-Malays as we need their votes in the next general election - Anwar Ibrahim told Anthony Loke Siew Fook, the secretary-general of Democratic Action Party (DAP) who gladly obliged after Anwar-led Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition formed a unity government with UMNO-led Barisan Nas
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Donald Trump hails “historic” deal for the U.S. to control 65 billion barrels of Venezuela's oil, which critics slammed as a deal made at “gunpoint”. Of course, the U.S. has denied that the energy deal, which the U.S. president bragged as “the biggest oil deal in world history”, is an e
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Despite approval rating hitting 32%, Donald Trump’s worry isn’t about re-election or the Iran war. Instead, the U.S. president, whose second-term has seen the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq rallied 57%, 70%, and 142% respectively, is deeply worried about a stock market crash. After all, he h
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A day before former human resources minister M Saravanan was charged on Friday (August 28) with receiving bribes amounting to RM1.097 million to approve foreign worker quotas, he publicly trumpeted how he had written to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday about what he called the Malaysian An
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Everybody from teachers to retirees joined South Korea’s stock market frenzy, betting prices would rise forever. Samsung Elecronics share price was up by 320% in June 2026 – a staggering jump from October 2025. In the same period of nine months, SK Hynix jumped by 710%. KOSPI Composite Index sk
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Wall Street's massive data edge is evaporating. The elite technology that once required a multi-million-dollar quantitative setup, dedicated server rooms, and teams of PhD mathematicians is now sitting on consumer laptops. This isn't about magical market forecasting or finding a flawless crystal ba
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Comparing Premier League teams is not always as simple as checking their position in the table.
Two clubs can sit next to each other in the standings while having very different strengths, weaknesses, and styles of play. One may rely on a strong defence and narrow victories, while another may sc
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March 12th, 2026 by financetwitter
Iran has weaponized the Strait of Hormuz to create a global oil crisis. As a result, crude oil prices skyrocketed to almost US$120 a barrel on Monday, before fell on Tuesday sparked by President Trump’s comment that the war would be over “very soon.” Brent, the global benchmark, wa [...]
March 10th, 2026 by financetwitter
Russia is arguably the “only winner”, if not one of the biggest winners, in the ongoing US-Israel war with Iran. Not only does the conflict trigger a spike in oil prices, which translates into stronger revenues for Russia, which remains one of the world's largest oil exporters despite Western s [...]
March 9th, 2026 by financetwitter
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab states like the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had thought that it was safer to be on friendly terms with a hostile Iran rather than confront it. When China brokered a deal in March 2023 to restore diplomatic relations between two bitter rivals in the Middle East, Sa [...]
March 7th, 2026 by financetwitter
For three years, like a Mafia Godfather, PM Anwar Ibrahim watched proudly as leaders in the multi-coalition Unity Government kissed his ring. He loves the symbolic gesture of respect, loyalty and more importantly – submission. Leading the packs was the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), [...]
March 5th, 2026 by financetwitter
Azerbaijan, which borders Iran to the north and has nothing to do with the Middle East conflict, has now become the latest country dragged by Iran into the war. The former Soviet republic promised a response after it said Iran’s regional attacks had spread to its territory, injuring two people th [...]
March 4th, 2026 by financetwitter
Desperate people do desperate things. The war has spread after Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and more than 40 senior Iranian commanders were killed by the Israel Air Force (IAF) in less than a minute in the opening wave of Operation Roaring Lion. That’s a humiliation of the highest order [...]
March 2nd, 2026 by financetwitter
For most of the day on Saturday, despite the stunning military strike unleashed by the U.S. and Israel on Iran, tourists and residents relaxed on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah, tanning on the man-made beaches and throwing birthday parties for their children. Even incoming Iranian missiles being intercept [...]
March 1st, 2026 by financetwitter
What’s the difference between Anwar Ibrahim and Benjamin Netanyahu? When Anwar promises – repetitively - to fight corruption, laugh him off. It is just empty rhetoric to scam voters. When Netanyahu promises – even once – to hunt down terrorist masterminds who committed the October 7th massa [...]
February 28th, 2026 by financetwitter
With internet access almost impossible, queues at petrol stations, and streets in Tehran that were quieter than usual, the war begins on February 28 after the United States and Israel launched a wave of strikes against Iran. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says its strikes in Tehran targeted locati [...]
February 26th, 2026 by financetwitter
All eyes will be glued to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) announcement this Saturday (February 28, 2026), The retirement fund will announce its annual dividend rate. Experts believe that it could maintain the dividend rate for conventional savings at 6.3% or possibly reach 6.5%. For 2024, both t [...]
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