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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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March 22nd, 2018 by financetwitter
One of the reasons why North America, particularly United States of America, has reigned supreme for nearly a century as the world's strongest and biggest economy is because of its consumption-based economy. Although some may argue that production, not consumption, is the true source of wealth, U.S. [...]
March 22nd, 2018 by financetwitter
From June 2018 Google will ban all online adverts that promote cryptocurrencies and any related content. In the recent announcement, which follows similar action that Facebook took earlier in the year, Google’s other platforms such as YouTube and third-party websites will all be covered by the ban [...]
March 22nd, 2018 by financetwitter
While the concept of investing in tech stocks may seem like a no-brainer in the digital age, this practice continues to polarise opinions among traders and experts alike.
While some will point to the notorious dot.com bubble as being indicative of the volatile and unpredictable nature o [...]
March 21st, 2018 by financetwitter
Mark Zuckerberg is hiding, and so is Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Ever since the scandal over Facebook data manipulation or breach exploded, the founder and captain of the social media are nowhere to be found. The company's lawyers were dispatched instead to face public scrutiny while the CEO and C [...]
March 20th, 2018 by financetwitter
Facebook has been losing billions of dollars in market value since the revelation that private information from 51.3 million Facebook users improperly ended up in the hands of data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica. The UK-based political consultancy firm had successfully acquired the data for data [...]
March 19th, 2018 by financetwitter
During its heyday in the era of Malaysian First Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, MCA was given vital federal cabinet posts such Minister of Transport, Minister of Health, Minister of Labour and Social Affair and Minister of Communications, Telecommunications and Posts. More importantly, MCA was al [...]
March 18th, 2018 by financetwitter
Toys "R" Us is joining other companies such as Compaq, Enron, Kodak, Pan Am, Lehman Brothers, Woolworth and General Foods - iconic brands that have vanished. Although Toys "R" Us has not officially closed down, at least not yet, they're as good as dead. Founded in 1948 by Charles P. Lazarus, the bra [...]
March 16th, 2018 by financetwitter
In his craze for business deals, President Donald Trump chose Saudi Arabia for his first foreign trip. He was treated like a celebrity and he loved it. He was gifted with a military sales deal of about US$110 billion – effective immediately – plus another US$350 billion over the next 10 years [...]
March 16th, 2018 by financetwitter
Theresa May announced that UK is to boot out 23 Russian diplomats after Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to entertain the British prime minister's 24-hour ultimatum. The expulsion of 23 Russian spies is the toughest act of its kind in 30 years. Moscow is expected to retaliate by doing the sa [...]
March 15th, 2018 by financetwitter
China is not out of the wood yet although President Trump's order to impose a 25% tariff on steel imports could hardly hurt the Chinese. Under pressure (including that of Gary Cohn's resignation) that his tariffs would hurt American friends more than its enemies, the U.S. president made some change [...]
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