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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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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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September 20th, 2016 by financetwitter
The result was out and the Germans have spoken. After losing to Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania state election on September 4, Angela Merkel's own CDU (Christian Democratic) party won 17.6% of the vote in Berlin state elections, down 6% from the previous 2011 e [...]
September 20th, 2016 by financetwitter
There were talks about Trump's assassination. And there were talks about "dragging and drugging" Clinton to the finish line - by hook or by crook. It doesn't matter if Hillary Clinton collapses and dies, as long as she wins the November Presidential Election. Vice President Tim Kaine can take over a [...]
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