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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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From accusing Democratic Action Party (DAP) of seeking to eliminate the Malays and Islam to defending the United Malays National Organization’s (UMNO) corruption and Ponzi scheme in the Tabung Haji’s scandal, Abdul Hadi Awang has again weaponized race and religion as political tools. The goal r
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Depending on who you ask, Pinduoduo could be a dangerous threat to traditional retail and small businesses, or a godsend app to consumers struggling with high cost of living. The massive e-commerce platform known for ultra-low prices through group-buying has taken the world by storm. It offers incr
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The U.S.-Iran conflict has evolved into a “game of chicken” in the Strait of Hormuz, with each side betting that the other will blink first and make concessions. For Tehran, threatening maritime traffic in the strait provides the only leverage over the global economy and a means of pressur
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Perak DAP has unanimously decided to remain in the unity government led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. That’s not surprising considering that the chief of the Perak Democratic Action Party (DAP) is Nga Kor Ming, who is also the powerful Minister of Housing and Local Government. To resign wou
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Troubling security information reached the upper tier of Trump’s team on July 7, the first day of the NATO summit. Hosted by Turkey for the second time in history, the 36th NATO summit in Ankara (July 7 – 8) came at a critical moment. As President Donald Trump’s motorcade rushed through Turke
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In May 2015, Mahathir Mohamad warned Tabung Haji to cancel its land purchase from 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Berhad). He disagreed that the Malaysia’s Pilgrims’ Fund was being used to bail out 1MDB – purchasing a small 1.56 acre of Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) land for RM188.5 million, when an
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A week ago, Donald Trump said he was calling off the biggest military attack since World War II because a deal to end the Iran War was imminent. When there was no deal, as the world had already anticipated, he changed his story. Now, he’s signalling the U.S. is in no rush to resolve the conflict,
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Anwar Ibrahim is the best prime minister money can buy, his hardcore supporters claimed. He is also Malaysia's most popular political leader, according to a Merdeka Center survey recently. Even if the 10th Prime Minister is a fake reformist, serial liar, hypocrite, traitor, untrustworthy, anti-Chin
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March 8th, 2019 by financetwitter
Ethnic Chinese in Malaysia have been second-class citizens since Independence in 1957. That's 62 years of being a punching bag to the Malays, the majority of the ethnic groups in the country. To be precise, it was the UMNO-Malay who had discriminated, bullied and intimidated the minority Chines [...]
March 7th, 2019 by financetwitter
Huawei, after months of "war of words" and political pressure with the U.S., has finally decided to bring the government to the court. In slapping the U.S. government with a lawsuit, the Chinese tech company said a law that bans United States federal agencies from buying Huawei products is against i [...]
March 7th, 2019 by financetwitter
Don Tapscott co-author of Blockchain Revolution has referred to blockchain as "the second generation of the Internet,." Since Bitcoin burst into the limelight, there has been a lot of speculation over its underlying technology.
Newer coins have come up to challenge Bitcoin, the ‘peo [...]
March 7th, 2019 by financetwitter
After years of flirting, finally UMNO Malay Nationalist Party and PAS Islamist Party are married. Congratulations!! It is certainly a match made in heaven. Both parties were so compatible it makes you wonder what took them so long to finally tie the knot. For some strange reason, they prefer their m [...]
March 6th, 2019 by financetwitter
China announced on 5th March that its economic growth has been lowered to between 6% and 6.5% for the year 2019. Last year's growth was 6.5%. So, if the country's GDP this year hits the lower bracket of 6%, it would be the slowest pace of economic growth in almost three decades. The situation has to [...]
March 5th, 2019 by financetwitter
We seldom criticise Azmin Ali because he was supposed to be one of the rising stars within PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat or National Justice Party). However, he's the last person on planet Earth you should trust. Actually, he’s more venomous than PAS Islamic Party President Abdul Hadi Awang. At least [...]
March 4th, 2019 by financetwitter
Much has been said about false degrees in the past weeks. More than a handful of politicians have been caught with their pants down in this regard. Coming from a grouping of political parties that cried out for accountability and transparency during the last election, this was shocking. The very fac [...]
March 4th, 2019 by financetwitter
The United States, as expected, has retained its spot as the most powerful country in the world in 2019. Considered to be the most powerful country, the U.S. has the world’s largest economy and biggest military budget, splashing over US$610 billion on military hardware and personnel in 2017. The [...]
March 4th, 2019 by financetwitter
Flipping a loss of more than 9,000 votes to a gain of close to 2,000 votes is no easy task. That was what happened with the just concluded Semenyih by-election. And judging by the angry voices on social media weeks before the voting process could even begin, the defeat of Mahathir's party, PPBM (Ber [...]
March 1st, 2019 by financetwitter
First, they said 1MDB scandal didn't exist, but was just a fairy tale. When the 1MDB was finally exposed, they said no money was missing and the fund was as healthy as a horse. When then-PM Najib Razak was found to have RM2.6 billion stashed in his private account, they said it was a donation from S [...]
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