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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 9th, 2011 by financetwitter
As expected (*yawn*), the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) retained firm control, winning 81 out of 87 seats contested. However this 2011 general election registered many "firsts". For the first time, opposition candidates contested virtually every seat in parliament with the exception of Minister [...]
May 7th, 2011 by financetwitter
Since independence in 1965, Singapore's general election has been so boring that the results are predictable with both eyes closed, until now. It was like betting who would win the Formula-1 in the early 2000s when Michael Schumacher rule the tracks. Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's People [...]
May 5th, 2011 by financetwitter
Investors make money by buy low sell high. Seems like an easy formula to become rich, no? People then ask when is the time to buy low or how do I know now is the time to buy? And that's the mistake because people are obsessed with finding the Holy Grail - when to buy. Very few realize that the answe [...]
May 4th, 2011 by financetwitter
In stock market you either bet to long or short your desire stocks. Of course there're more choices in options trading such as playing the spread game of which you get to keep the premium if the options you bought expire out of value. It was precisely the same dilemma that hit President Barack Obama [...]
May 3rd, 2011 by financetwitter
Osama bin Laden was killed by a bullet fired by a United States Navy SEAL during a 40-minute helicopter assault on a fortified compound of a US$1 million "mansion" outside of Abbottabad, about an hour's drive (50 km) from Islamabad, Pakistan. A helicopter involved in the raid suffered mechanical fai [...]
May 2nd, 2011 by financetwitter
As we enter the month of May (2011), we're once again greeted with the question of whether we should "Sell in May and Go Away". With earnings season coming to an end, investors will shift their focus to economic data next week such as the April employment report on Friday as investors will scrutiniz [...]
May 2nd, 2011 by financetwitter
The Libya crisis took a new twist when the NATO strike killed Colonel Gaddafi's son and his three grandchildren, at least that was what the Libyan government claimed today. However Gaddafi and his wife, who were in their son's, Saif al-Arab, house when it was targeted escaped unharmed and are in goo [...]
April 29th, 2011 by financetwitter
Another high profile royal wedding another opportunity to bet online and make some bucks. Prince William, second in line to the British throne, elder son of heir to the throne, Prince Charles and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, will marry Kate Middleton, daughter of Michael and Carole Middleton, [...]
April 29th, 2011 by financetwitter
People make mistakes and some of them could be very costly. Some knew of the consequences but still the sex pleasures overrule everything. Many don't really care because it was the public money. Some tried to cover their mistake but it got worsen and the hole got bigger. And of course some thought t [...]
April 28th, 2011 by financetwitter
China overtook Germany to become the world's third largest economy in 2007 and three years later reached another milestone by overtaking Japan as the second largest economy in the world. Since then China was predicted to overtake the US as the world's largest economy powerhouse around 2025 or 2030 t [...]
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