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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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October 5th, 2016 by financetwitter
What's it like playing chess with Obama? - asks a top official of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin replies - “It’s like playing chess with a pigeon. First it knocks over all the pieces, then it shits on the board, and finally it struts around like it won.” That was, of course, a popula [...]
October 3rd, 2016 by financetwitter
As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Aleppo was Syria's largest city with a population of 2.5 million people. That was in early 2011 before the conflict starts. The Syrian Civil War started in March 2011. But it wasn't until 19 July, 2012 that the Battle of Aleppo officially began. And since then hundre [...]
September 30th, 2016 by financetwitter
Deutsche Bank, a 146-year-old bank employing more than 100,000 employees is like JPMorgan Chase to the U.S. and Maybank to Malaysia. As Germany's biggest lender, the "German Bank", as Deutsche Bank literally means, is perceived to be too big to fail. But that was exactly what financial experts told [...]
September 29th, 2016 by financetwitter
President Barack Obama thought his "veto" power means he was the most powerful man in the world, or at least in the United States. Of course, the U.S. system, being one of the most democratic, was designed in such a way that nobody can possess absolute power. And Obama learns it the humiliating way, [...]
September 28th, 2016 by financetwitter
Four years ago, Malaysian Ministry of Defence had set international tongues wagging. Then Defence Ministry Ahmad Zahid Hamidi didn't realize his screws up until it was too late and went viral in social media - mocking the ministry which enjoyed billions of dollars in annual allocation. International [...]
September 26th, 2016 by financetwitter
Ten months ago in November 2015, the Chinese Air Force sent 11 war machines - 8 bombers, 2 intelligence gathering planes and 1 early-warning aircraft - towards Japan in a drill simulating an attack on the Japanese. The Chinese military fleet flew near Miyako and Okinawa, but without violating Japan' [...]
September 24th, 2016 by financetwitter
Why do people hate Rosmah Mansor, the self-proclaimed Malaysia First Lady who likes shopping and showing off like Kim Kardashian? Take the real Kardashian, minus her self-made wealth, but adds her into misappropriation of taxpayers' money and voila - you are looking at Malaysia version of Imelda Mar [...]
September 23rd, 2016 by financetwitter
Ahead of her first debate with Trump on Monday night at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, Clinton has proposed to raise taxes on inherited property - up to 65%. That is totally the opposite of what Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump wants to do if he gets to become the next Presid [...]
September 22nd, 2016 by financetwitter
Bill Gross is worth US$2.4 billion, according to Forbes. Although that's nowhere near Warren Buffett's US$65.7 billion, Gross is a legendary bond investor who co-founded Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) in 1971. The bond guru and portfolio manager at Janus Capital Management was of the [...]
September 21st, 2016 by financetwitter
Hamburger and hotdog have been the de-facto fast food for as long as one can remember. Globally, fast food generates revenue of over US$570 billion. In the United States alone, fast food revenue was a whopping US$200 billion in 2015 - a mind-boggling growth since the 1970 revenue of US$6 billion.
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