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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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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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June 7th, 2025 by financetwitter
For the last 30 months, Mahathir Mohamad has been burning the midnight oil trying to figure out how bitter enemy Anwar Ibrahim became the 10th Prime Minister. The 99-year-old former two-time prime minister is still in disbelief that his former protégé had outsmarted him, despite his attempts to s [...]
June 5th, 2025 by financetwitter
Donald Trump used to believe that trade wars were easy to win, despite warnings from his own American economists and analysts that it will result in higher prices, lower growth, lost jobs and disrupted supply chains. Worse, trade war could spark inflation and recession. But Trump believes he has th [...]
June 2nd, 2025 by financetwitter
Anwar Ibrahim’s original plan was to weaken Rafizi Ramli – supposedly key strategist – as the 47-year-old deputy president of PKR (People’s Justice Party) has become a threat due to his rising influence. As PKR president Anwar enters his third and final term, the time has come to install hi [...]
May 30th, 2025 by financetwitter
Former Goldman Sach banker Tim Leissner has been sentenced to two years in prison by a judge in a New York court on Thursday (May 29) for his role in the infamous Malaysia's sovereign fund 1MDB scandal. He became a U.S. government witness in the case after his arrest in 2018, and was allowed to rem [...]
May 29th, 2025 by financetwitter
When BYD sneezes, the entire car industry catches a cold. Already the world’s largest Electric Vehicle (EV) maker, the Chinese “Build Your Dream” dropped a bombshell this week when it announced a sweeping price cut of up to 34%. The move sent shock waves not only in China, but also the world. [...]
May 28th, 2025 by financetwitter
As PKR (People’s Justice Party) scrambles to meet and find a new role for Rafizi Ramli, the respected strategist who had just lost his deputy presidency due to nepotism and cronyism in the just concluded party election, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was caught with his pants down when asked by rep [...]
May 26th, 2025 by financetwitter
With nearly a trillion dollars worth of trade last year, U.S. companies exported more than twice to the EU what they sent to China. In 2024, the U.S. imported about US$606 billion in goods from the European Union and exported around US$370 billion. In comparison, U.S. goods imports from China tota [...]
May 23rd, 2025 by financetwitter
Rafizi Ramli was throwing everything, including the kitchen sink, to express his frustration - even anger - which he had been keeping for the last 30 months. Since becoming the Economy Minister after the Nov 2022 General Election, he has not been able to freely criticize the government because his [...]
May 20th, 2025 by financetwitter
When Standard & Poor's (S&P) lowered America’s AAA credit rating on August 5, 2011 after the 2011 debt ceiling crisis, very few thought it would take another 10 years before Fitch became the second major rating agency to do the same in August 2023 - downgraded United States of America’s [...]
May 18th, 2025 by financetwitter
Who will succeed Anwar Ibrahim as PKR - People’s Justice Party - next president? Two names immediately pop up - the party’s deputy president Rafizi Ramli and Anwar’s eldest daughter, Nurul Izzah. Unfortunately, former PKR deputy president Azmin Ali had become a traitor else he would make a fo [...]
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