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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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August 6th, 2016 by financetwitter
Since December 2008, Malaysia stock market has more than doubled (up 88% in U.S. dollar terms), until a "disaster strikes" the country. In fact, the rally in the Malaysian shares was the world's longest bull market. Comparing to other stock markets, the KLCI (Kuala Lumpur Composite Index) has gone u [...]
August 4th, 2016 by financetwitter
Who says the mighty United States of America won't negotiate with terrorists? Depending on situation, the U.S. does negotiate and is ready to pay top dollar, although everything would be done secretly. The Obama administration was exposed as having secretly airlifted US$400 million (£304 million; R [...]
August 3rd, 2016 by financetwitter
Monkey see, monkey do - is a saying refers to the learning of a process without an understanding of why it works. If you ask former Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, he will gladly tell you such monkeys do exist in abundance - in the form of UMNO leaders throwing punches in the air in blind [...]
August 2nd, 2016 by financetwitter
Yahoo has finally sold itself away to Verizon Communications for merely US$4.83 billion. Only time will tell if the purchase is a great deal, or a waste of money. Verizon, America's biggest wireless company, plans to merge Yahoo with AOL, a company it bought last year for a cool US$4.4 billion - cas [...]
August 1st, 2016 by financetwitter
Donation is the buzzword for this year, both in the United States as well as Malaysia, but serving different purpose. In US, as temperature rises in the wake of Clinton-vs-Trump for the presidential general election this coming November, hundreds of millions of dollars are being pumped into campaign [...]
July 30th, 2016 by financetwitter
Name two European countries that tourists should avoid in 2016, goes a humour question. The answer: Germany and France. And it's not hard to understand why. Both countries have been shortlisted by terror group ISIS as targets for the year. ISIS loves terrorising Germany and France for a simple fact [...]
July 28th, 2016 by financetwitter
By pro-Najib bloggers' admission, everyone including the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was caught off guard with the press conference held by the U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and US Department of Justice, exposing that billions of US dollars were indeed "stolen" from 1MDB - a fund set [...]
July 27th, 2016 by financetwitter
Looking for a new career? Even if you're happy with your new job and have no intention to "jump ship", it's worthwhile to take a peek of the latest market offering for jobs similar to yours, or outside your field. It's also useful to those who are not quite sure which school they should enroll into. [...]
July 26th, 2016 by financetwitter
Trump was formally nominated for president at a chaotic Republican convention in Cleveland last week. Fellow Republican Ted Cruz who lost to him took to the stage but sensationally refused to endorse Donald Trump. Cruz said toward the end of his speech - "Don't stay home in November. Stand and speak [...]
July 26th, 2016 by financetwitter
Bloggers under Najib Razak's payroll were running around like a headless chicken, not knowing how to react and what to do when U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch suddenly tells all and sundry that the US Justice Department has filed lawsuits to seize assets that it said were the result of US$3.5 [...]
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