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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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August 11th, 2011 by financetwitter
Finally, Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) is now officially the world's most valuable company after the iPhone maker surpassed Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM, stock) early in the trading Wednesday, 10 Aug 2011, till the closing bell. Apple's market capitalization is a whopping US$ 337.17 billion compa [...]
August 10th, 2011 by financetwitter
Almost exactly a year before the city plays host to the Olympic Games, the riot and violence has raised concerns for the city's security. The violence spread outside London, with serious eruptions of violence in Birmingham and Liverpool, but the scale of events in the British capital was unprecedent [...]
August 9th, 2011 by financetwitter
The U.S. stock market joined a sell-off around the world today (Monday) in the first trading since Standard & Poor's downgraded American debt by one notch - from AAA, the highest rating, to AA+. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 250 points minutes after the opening bell on Wall Str [...]
August 6th, 2011 by financetwitter
When the Dow tumbled more than 500 points yesterday, the worry and concern that the largest economy powerhouse may collapse reappears. Frankly, it isn't that difficult to imagine that the U.S. dollar may collapse due to the huge debts and deficits. Historically there are many examples on how hyperin [...]
August 5th, 2011 by financetwitter
Chaos ruled the trading floor when investors sold their stocks in a big wave triggering what appears to be the worst stock-market selloff since the middle of financial crisis in early 2009. Both Dow Jones and S&P-500 dropped more than 4% while the Nasdaq lost 5% on fear that the still-trying-to- [...]
August 4th, 2011 by financetwitter
The world's tallest building, reaching an astonishing 1,000 metres (1 km) above the ground, will be built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The oil-rich kingdom has announced that the building, Kingdom Tower, costing $1.2 billion to construct will have a Four Seasons hotel, serviced apartments, luxury condom [...]
August 2nd, 2011 by financetwitter
My article titled "Resign or Snap Election for Najib, Here're the Reasons" (read here) is perhaps one of the most visited page ever, sending my traffic skyrocket almost 30-fold. For the same reason, I couldn't blog for a couple of days simply because I couldn't login as it kept giving database conne [...]
July 30th, 2011 by financetwitter
Dr. Colin Lee Soon Soo, the founder and former managing director of TMC Life Sciences Bhd (KLSE: TMCLIFE, stock-code 0101) has set up his own new fertility center after sold all his 120.4 million shares (at RM0.52 a share) in TMC to Singapore billionaire Peter Lim Eng Hock. This is an expected move [...]
July 29th, 2011 by financetwitter
With less than 100 hours (Aug 2) before the world's largest economic powerhouse, United States of America, is set to default on its debt obligations or otherwise, the global stock markets are trembling with fear. It's very unlikely but should it happens, the U.S. economy may tumble by 5% and the sto [...]
July 23rd, 2011 by financetwitter
As much as I would like to stop writing about PM Najib administration, the plot just got interesting and I think he may just hit the bull's eye as far as my prediction that his downfall may be faster than his predecessor, Abdullah Badawi, is concerned. Compared with Najib, Badawi now seems like a cu [...]
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