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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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October 3rd, 2008 by financetwitter
When you read from the government-controlled media that Malaysia’s economy has the capacity to weather the destabilizing consequences of developments in the US economy and international financial markets, that’s when you need to start worrying about the economy. It’s better for newly appointed [...]
September 30th, 2008 by financetwitter
Let’s rejoice and celebrate because Malaysia’s largest lender, Malayan Banking Berhad (KLSE: MAYBANK, stock-code 1155), has just managed to beg PT Bank Internasional Indonesia’s (JAK: BNII) major shareholder Fullerton Financial Holdings, a unit of Singapore's Temasek, for more sweets. Maybank [...]
September 30th, 2008 by financetwitter
Boeing is a trademark synonym with domination in aerospace and by far the largest global aircraft manufacturer. Mentioned 777 and chances are the awesome “Triple Seven” world’s largest twinjet jumbo plane appear in front of you. It’s jumbo alright and when you’re talking about something th [...]
September 29th, 2008 by financetwitter
Wachovia Corp., just like Washington Mutual Inc., is probably one of the classic examples of investing at the wrong time. It suffers huge losses after it acquired mortgage lender Golden West Financial Corp in 2006 for a whopping $24 billion. The acquisition was done at the peak of housing boom – t [...]
September 29th, 2008 by financetwitter
Only after heavy criticisms and sell-off of Malayan Banking Berhad’s (KLSE: MAYBANK, stock-code 1155) shares as a sign of protest, the Malaysia’s Central Bank woke up (from sleep) and told Maybank to behave and re-negotiate for a better pricing in its acquisition for PT Bank Internasional Indone [...]
September 28th, 2008 by financetwitter
Game over for lame duck Abdullah Badawi! PM to quit next Mar 2009! Early transition of power in Mar 2009 instead of June 2010! The headlines go on and on after Friday’s UMNO supreme council meeting. On paper it appears the sleepy PM, as he often labeled will have to enjoy his sleep to the fullest [...]
September 25th, 2008 by financetwitter
Just like history, numbers don’t lie unless someone deliberately twist it. Fortunately somewhere within this globe the real facts about history or numbers will be kept and archived. Something is definitely very wrong with the current government judging from the numbers lately. No matter how you cr [...]
September 24th, 2008 by financetwitter
Finally, Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, stock) unveiled its first Android cell-phone. Android actually refers the phone’s operating system. Features-wise it appears the Google G1 cell-phone could easily kick Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) iPhone miles away. Touch screen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Google [...]
September 23rd, 2008 by financetwitter
As expected the most controversial yet favorite blogger of Malaysia netizens, Raja Petra Kamarudin (RPK), has been sent to Kamunting Detention Center today to begin his two-year detention under ISA – WITHOUT A TRIAL (MalaysiaKini was the first to repot it). No matter how many bloggers scream in ob [...]
September 22nd, 2008 by financetwitter
You had Saddam Hussein’s “mother of all battles”, Anwar Ibrahim’s “mother of all by-elections” and now you have U.S.’s “mother of all bailouts”. I bet former premier Mahathir is giggling now looking at the financial havocs that prompted Bush administration to seek a whopping US$700 [...]
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