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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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April 26th, 2018 by financetwitter
When you're being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice, it could only mean two things - you're in serious trouble or you're in deep shit. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak found it the hard way when the U.S.-DOJ started its investigation over his link to the 1MDB scandal, involving stol [...]
April 25th, 2018 by financetwitter
Their body language says it all. They shook hands, French kissed and touched each other in a manner that only a pair of lovers would normally do. But such a close relationship was displayed during French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to White House. Heck, there was a moment when U.S. President D [...]
April 24th, 2018 by financetwitter
Malaysian police on Monday released sketches of the two men suspected of assassinating Palestinian professor Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. The killers, obviously professionals, had rained a whopping 20 bullets and 14 of them hit the 35-year-old Palestinian. Mr. Fadi was heading t [...]
April 23rd, 2018 by financetwitter
Saudi Arabia is happy with the rise of crude oil prices. The OPEC, Russia and several other producers began to reduce supply in January 2017 in an attempt to erase a glut. The supply-cutting deal involves cutting 1.8 million barrels a day through March 2018, subsequently extended until December 2018 [...]
April 21st, 2018 by financetwitter
Yes, we know. The Malaysia "Kangaroo Court" will declare UMNO, an illegal society effective yesterday (19 April, 2018), is still a legal society by throwing the case out of the window as fast as lightning. Still, it's nice to know that the world can see how caretaker Prime Minister Najib Razak bulld [...]
April 20th, 2018 by financetwitter
China is home to the world's largest factories. Whatever you can think of, chances are China has the factory for it. Chinese products seem to be everywhere that people no longer ask if the goods they are about to buy is made in China. Unless its military toys such as F-22 Raptor or F-35 Joint Strik [...]
April 19th, 2018 by financetwitter
Enjoy the party while it lasts, as the saying goes. In the case of about 32 million Malaysians, they still have another 3 weeks to enjoy low petrol or fuel price. After 9th May, depending on the global crude oil prices, the whole country could be in a shock as price at stations would show a mind-bog [...]
April 19th, 2018 by financetwitter
Going into any market head on without learning about everything from how to spot opportunities to the best strategies to employ will likely result in disaster. That’s why it’s so important for any new investors to spend time an effort to learn trading and what is best practice, whether on the fo [...]
April 18th, 2018 by financetwitter
Effective today (Wednesday), U.S. companies will be required to put down a 178.6% deposit for sorghum shipments to China. Beijing calls it a "temporary anti-dumping measure". But every Tom, Dick and Harry knew this is nothing but a slap in the face for Trump administration. This is a warning shot th [...]
April 18th, 2018 by financetwitter
CIA Director Mike Pompeo apparently made a top-secret visit to North Korea over Easter weekend as an envoy for President Donald Trump to meet with the hermit kingdom's leader - Kim Jong-un. The extraordinary meeting was part of an effort to lay the groundwork for direct talks between Trump and Kim a [...]
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