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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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May 12th, 2014 by financetwitter
Brunei, a tiny oil-rich kingdom adopts Shariah Law recently. Almost immediately, Beverly Hills Hotel and Hotel Bel-Air, owned by the country through its Brunei Investment Agency were swarmed by American protesters urging the government of Brunei to divest itself. It will be interesting to see if Bru [...]
May 9th, 2014 by financetwitter
Do you have a great idea but lack of funding to make it a reality? It's true that getting a funding is a bitch, especially if you're in a country that practices cronyism and racism. The worst part - you don't get to own your intellectual property. Such environment does not promote creative thinking, [...]
May 5th, 2014 by financetwitter
There're basically two movies you should watch before you jump into the world of investment, especially the stock market. The two movies are "The Wolf of Wall Street" and "Inside Job", released in 2013 and 2010 respectively. Sure, there're tons of investing books in the market but frankly, you won't [...]
April 18th, 2014 by financetwitter
He consistently roared and disagreed about hudud law, while his legendary comrade Lim Kit Siang sometime dares not voice it publicly during critical moment. He immediately resigned as DAP chairman following his conviction for sedition, while his comrade Anwar Ibrahim refuses to do the same when conv [...]
April 9th, 2014 by financetwitter
Ever since U.S. notorious subprime crisis in 2008, U.S. companies have been building cash as if there's no tomorrow. Some even joke that U.S. will never have another similar subprime crisis again considering the gigantic amount of cash reserve these companies have. Besides financial institutions, U. [...]
April 1st, 2014 by financetwitter
Whether history will judge Malaysia (under the present regime) well or not in handling the current Malaysian Airlines missing MH370 is a "future tense". It could take years or even decades with debates from Arctic to Antarctic, and from East to West to determine if Malaysia has indeed done well in [...]
March 22nd, 2014 by financetwitter
The "Tax Season" is here, again. There have been some minor changes since our last article published in 2012. Our last article (read here) was based on old format of BE Form - a form for resident who does not carry on business in Malaysia. Since then, Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia has came out wi [...]
March 18th, 2014 by financetwitter
As the search and rescue operation enters its second week, more and more countries were involved, thanks to Malaysia's incompetency, uncertainties, contradictories and whatnot. Malaysians who are used to such government's culture are actually surprised that the world communities were "surprised" wit [...]
March 14th, 2014 by financetwitter
Two U.S. officials tell ABC News the U.S. believes that the shutdown of two communication systems happened separately on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. One source said this indicates the plane did not come out of the sky because of a catastrophic failure. The data reporting system, they believe, was [...]
March 12th, 2014 by financetwitter
The contradictions from the Malaysia government is getting worse. In the latest stunt the country's top-gun, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Khalid Abu Bakar refuted claims by the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) that several passengers who had checked in did not board the fateful Malaysia Airli [...]
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