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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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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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August 11th, 2017 by financetwitter
After launching MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) and bragged that the train system was a gift to the people of Malaysia, as if he paid the RM50 billion project from his own pocket and people could use it for free, Prime Minister Najib Razak launched another mega project - RM55 billion ECRL (East Coast Rail [...]
August 10th, 2017 by financetwitter
The attacker who drove a BMW into 6 French soldiers has been identified and arrested in Paris. He had been intercepted while driving towards Calais, but not before engaged in gun battle with authorities where the terrorist was shot 5 times. An officer was also hit during the gun battle in the crossf [...]
August 9th, 2017 by financetwitter
Nobody believes North Korea would and could strike the mighty United States. If the hermit kingdom could do that - successfully nukes South Korea, Japan or even the U.S. - then it only goes to show that the North Korean's military technology is superior to the Americans'. Suddenly the U.S. and the [...]
August 8th, 2017 by financetwitter
Once upon a time, before the invention of smart phones and tablets and electronic games, Monopoly was one of the best games - ever. Perhaps it was the only game to educate kids (and even adults) about financial freedom and savvy investment. The ultimate objective is to become the richest player - by [...]
August 8th, 2017 by financetwitter
American consumers have gotten themselves into a bigger and scarier financial trouble than before. They've just created a new record - highest credit card debt in the history of the United States. A report by the Federal Reserve on Monday confirmed that Americans had accumulated US$1.021 trillion in [...]
August 7th, 2017 by financetwitter
U.S. stock markets have gone bonkers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended at its 8th straight record high on Friday. The DJIA is now at record high - above 22,000 - and already people are talking and singing about 23,000, and beyond, as if the musical chairs game will never stop. It will stop eve [...]
August 6th, 2017 by financetwitter
Penny's watch from the classic 1980s cartoon Inspector Gadget is still miles smarter and capable than Apple's so-called smartwatch. Besides making voice call, the smartwatch from the 1983 could make video calls, has laser beam to cut metals, flashlight feature, ability to detect radioactive and even [...]
August 4th, 2017 by financetwitter
China's highly secretive 19th National Congress has begun. The Middle Kingdom might be a one-party system ruled by the Chinese Communist Party. But that doesn't mean there isn't any political power struggle within the powerful Chinese party. Nobody knows for sure who gets promoted and who doesn't. T [...]
August 3rd, 2017 by financetwitter
When Shabudin Yahaya, a Malaysian MP of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, believed that there was “nothing wrong” with child marriages, one wondered if certain Muslims in the country were that desperate for sex. Mr. Shabudin, a Muslim himself, argued that girls as young as nine were “p [...]
August 2nd, 2017 by financetwitter
This country is so screwed up that it couldn't even pay US$600 million of debt to IPIC (International Petroleum Investment Company), Abu Dhabi’s US$80 billion sovereign-wealth fund. After the deadline on Tuesday, IPIC has given 1MDB (1Malaysia Development Berhad), a fund set up by Prime Minister [...]
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