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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 19th, 2011 by financetwitter
In what seems to be one of the most dramatized acts by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak to swing middle-class voters in the coming general election into his camp, the premier raise some eyebrows when he announced that the cruel 1960 ISA (Internal Security Act) and Emergency Ordinance, of which [...]
September 8th, 2011 by financetwitter
In a couple of days, United State's focus will be shifted to the 10-year anniversary of 911 (Sept-11) attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. This could be the sweetest anniversary or remembrance since the attacks because the master-mind, Osama bin Laden, is dead. At the same time, the feder [...]
September 6th, 2011 by financetwitter
Two teams were assigned thousands of miles away from Malaysia - one was on a humanitarian mission (with publicity propaganda mission thrown in) to Somalia while the other was on a holiday trip to Perth flying government's version of Air Force One. One team came back with a body-bag while the other t [...]
September 2nd, 2011 by financetwitter
Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ and those with great minds normally think out of the box. Former premier Mahathir always thinks he has the greatest mind or intelligence amongst all the prime ministers of Malaysia. Heck, he even thought he was smarter than any prime minister or presi [...]
August 25th, 2011 by financetwitter
Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple on Wednesday, 25 Aug 2011, a company he co-founded in his garage 35 years ago. The company wasted no time in naming its COO (chief operating officer), Tim Cook, as the new CEO but that was not enough to calm the market in after-hours trading when the stock plunged [...]
August 22nd, 2011 by financetwitter
Spot gold surge ro record high of $1,878 an ounce for a third consecutive session on Monday. Heck, when was the last time the gold ever did a serious pullback? You can actually bet last penny that the gold will hit $2,000 an ounce, easily and surely. The U.S. economy is in a mess (again) without any [...]
August 19th, 2011 by financetwitter
Now that the London riots are over, news making headline seems to be the so-called harsh punishments on those caught in the riots. Scotland Yard has now charged a total of 1,005 suspects after 1,733 arrests so far. But based on the amazing punishments there were debates if the courts were being cons [...]
August 16th, 2011 by financetwitter
In a surprising acquisition move, Google Inc. announced it is buying cell phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for a cool US$12.5 billion in cash. This is Google's biggest acquisition, easily dwarfs previous biggest deal in 2008 when it purchased DoubleClick for US$3.2 billion. Google will pa [...]
August 11th, 2011 by financetwitter
Finally, Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) is now officially the world's most valuable company after the iPhone maker surpassed Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM, stock) early in the trading Wednesday, 10 Aug 2011, till the closing bell. Apple's market capitalization is a whopping US$ 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 [...]
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