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In a move widely anticipated by Wall Street, the Federal Reserve unanimously raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point – with a possibility of one more increase in the cards before year-end. Effectively, the rate hike moves the central bank’s target range on the overnight
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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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September 9th, 2020 by financetwitter
Starting a business is a big commitment but can also be a great accomplishment. While there is a lot of advice out there about how to grow your business, there are some aspects that you need to get right from the get-go. In this article, we are going to talk about six things you have to get right wh [...]
September 9th, 2020 by financetwitter
According to Statista, the e-commerce market in Malaysia is worth a staggering US$4.455 billion in 2020. That's US$4,455,000,000 or RM18,567,000,000 based on today's currency exchange. Yesterday (Sept 8), Zahidi Zainul Abidin, the deputy Minister of Communications and Multimedia Ministry said the go [...]
September 8th, 2020 by financetwitter
The stock market's performance would certainly determine who wins the White House, but only to a certain extent and under certain circumstances. For example, S&P 500 index has been a great tool when it accurately predicts the winner of the U.S. presidential election - with an accuracy of 87% - s [...]
September 6th, 2020 by financetwitter
The announcement that about 1.2 million innocent consumers would need to wait for a minimum 4 days before a water supply resume have left many frustrated - and tempers were flaring up on the social media. The water disruption, which began on Sept 3, affected 1,292 areas in Kuala Lumpur, Petaling, Kl [...]
September 4th, 2020 by financetwitter
Before the political coup in March, the opposition parties - UMNO and PAS - were struggling to make a comeback. UMNO won 54 parliamentary seats in the 2018 General Election, but was reduced to only 39 seats after a series of defection. Together with rival-turn-ally PAS (18 MPs), both parties have on [...]
September 3rd, 2020 by financetwitter
In every crisis lies an opportunity, says a famous quote by Albert Einstein. As millions of people continue to depend on video-conferencing thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic, Zoom has added nearly 105,000 new customers in the second quarter. The number might look small, but the new subscriptions de [...]
September 1st, 2020 by financetwitter
On the government side, UMNO and PAS could not wait to ditch their ally of convenience, PPBM (Bersatu), despite the fact that all the three "Malay-Muslim" parties are part of the loosely glued Perikatan Nasional coalition government. Not only UMNO and PAS do not need PPBM to share the cake, they als [...]
August 31st, 2020 by financetwitter
Since the revelation that Microsoft was exploring an acquisition for TikTok’s American business, the "forced sale" of the Chinese company has attracted not only criticisms from American users and Chinese government, but also invited offers from U.S. companies eager to tap into the mouth-watering 1 [...]
August 28th, 2020 by financetwitter
In 1987, Mahathir Mohamad barely survived a challenge mounted by Razaleigh Hamzah and Musa Hitam in the UMNO Election. Razaleigh lost by a mere 43 votes of the 1,479 ballots cast. Had he won, he would become the UMNO president, which would make him the prime minister. Had Najib Razak not betrayed Ra [...]
August 27th, 2020 by financetwitter
When China launches normal missiles, even in the South China Sea without destroying any enemy ships, it is bad news. But when the Chinese launch ballistic missiles, especially one that can carry conventional or nuclear warheads, it is very bad news. And Beijing had just fired two such missiles. Bloo [...]
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