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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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August 28th, 2018 by financetwitter
Like former UMNO president Najib Razak, MCA president Liow Tiong Lai is game over. After losing his Bentong constituency in the recent general election, it shows Mr. Liow has performed worse than his deputy, Wee Ka Siong. Not even his drama - playing badminton with superstar Lee Chong Wei and AirAsi [...]
August 27th, 2018 by financetwitter
Politics 101 - divert attention when you're hit with domestic issues or personal scandal. That's what every young and old politician needs to master in order to survive. In the case of U.S. President Donald Trump, and like other presidents before him, the time could be ripe to play to the gallery. W [...]
August 27th, 2018 by financetwitter
Hishammuddin Hussein, the former Defence Minister, was on the right track to become Malaysia's 7th Prime Minister when the unexpected happened on May 9th this year. His cousin who was also the former premier, scandal-plagued Prime Minister Najib Razak, was booted from the powerful post by the people [...]
August 26th, 2018 by financetwitter
Every year, the United States of America sends billions of dollars to countries around the world in the name of financial aid. Some are genuinely to help poor countries. Others are to buy their alliance, obedience or silence. In the case of Palestine, the U.S. is by far the largest donor of financia [...]
August 25th, 2018 by financetwitter
Mahathir is throwing tantrums again. Like a spoiled little brat, he wants his toy come rain or shine. Until his wish to start a third national car is granted, the 93-year-old prime minister is going to criticise, even insult, the people for being short-sighted. And he has just mocked and insulted th [...]
August 23rd, 2018 by financetwitter
Despite being the biggest corporate sponsor of overseas travel for Australian politicians, Chinese Telco giant Huawei has failed miserably to convince that they are not a threat to the country down under. China’s Huawei and ZTE have essentially been banned from providing 5G technology equipment to [...]
August 22nd, 2018 by financetwitter
Wee Ka Siong, MCA deputy president, has blamed Prime Minister Mahathir for his failure to renegotiate a lower price for the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) and two gas pipelines projects, worth RM81 billion and RM9.41 billion respectively. Mr. Wee was both upset and disappointed with Mahathir's decisio [...]
August 22nd, 2018 by financetwitter
Depending on whom you ask, Mahathir's visit to China - his first since becoming Malaysia's prime minister for the second time, and the world's oldest premier - can either be a huge success or a failure. The primary mission of PM's five-day visit to the Middle Kingdom was to renegotiate mega deals si [...]
August 21st, 2018 by financetwitter
Whether you should get involved in forex trading or stock trading depends on whether you fancy yourself Warren Buffet or George Soros. The famed value investor, Buffet, has earned a 30-year annualized return of 20 percent buying and holding value stocks for his holding company Berkshire Hathaway. Wh [...]
August 20th, 2018 by financetwitter
When a Malaysian Chinese has a brilliant idea tomorrow, the nearest place he or she will go is, sadly, Singapore. That's because if the idea becomes a huge success and generates tens of millions of dollars in profit, the owners will be forced to give away 30% to Malaysian Malays or Bumiputra (son of [...]
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