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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 16th, 2008 by financetwitter
As expected 916 is another peaceful day with the same old boring and incompetent government still in power. But opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, can’t just let the day passed without making any statement since he has promised 916 (Sept 16th) which is also the formation of Malaysian federation in [...]
September 12th, 2008 by financetwitter
You’ve watched many American TV series or movies on how the bad guys were arrested by special force because they threatened the national security. One of my favorites is definitely “24” although sometimes you wondered if Jack Bauer really possessed the super-stamina throughout the entire 24-ho [...]
September 11th, 2008 by financetwitter
The problem with the current stock market is obviously not about the company’s fundamental but because of the political excitement. It’s excited because should the current regime falls the next government, if it survives, will most probably introduce many policies consistent with the CAT (compet [...]
September 9th, 2008 by financetwitter
Oops! It happens again. Malaysia stock operator, Bursa Malaysia Berhad (KLSE: BURSA, stock-code 1818), has suspended derivative trading for the rest of the morning session yesterday due to unresolved technical problem. Although the so-called glitch did not affect trading in equities and bonds the fa [...]
September 5th, 2008 by financetwitter
During current uncertainty and volatile stock market one has no choice but to pay extra attention and double the homework in order to pick the right stock(s) to trade. Essentially you have to know when is the right time to enter the stock market or to open new position(s). Nope, I don’t have the m [...]
September 5th, 2008 by financetwitter
The stock market tumbled when Dow Jones erased 345 points (3%) to 11,188.23 Thursday. The S&P lost 3% to 1236.83 and the Nasdaq fell 3.2% to 2259.04. This is the worst decline since June 6 and you should take note seriously because it appears the S&P will break 1,200 while Dow might break th [...]
September 4th, 2008 by financetwitter
The good news – oil prices extended its decline to $107.91 a barrel, down $1.80 yesterday before it gained strength to $109 a barrel today (while waiting for U.S. crude inventory report). Since July 11th the black gold has fallen from the price of $147 a barrel. More good news – the dollar stren [...]
September 2nd, 2008 by financetwitter
Finally the guessing game of who will get the huge chunk of the broadband project reaches its peak when Telekom Malaysia Berhad (KLSE: TM, stock-code 4863) received a letter of award from the Government today. From the start it was almost certain that the country’s dominant fixed-line provider, TM [...]
September 1st, 2008 by financetwitter
None of the people I’ve met since the 2009 Budget was revealed has anything good to say about it. It was definitely not a “caring budget” (as claimed by PM Abdullah Badawi) and the 1 percentage point income tax cut does not translate to something that you should shout about considering the cur [...]
August 28th, 2008 by financetwitter
Now that the fact is on the table that opposition de-facto Anwar Ibrahim has been chosen by the people into the Parliament to provide serious check and balance (or tough time?) to the ruling government, it’s the second wake-up call to the PM Abdullah Badawi to restructure the way his inefficient C [...]
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