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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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August 10th, 2008 by financetwitter
The week ended with a spectacular Beijing Olympic 2008 opening ceremony held in the China’s National Stadium – known as the Bird’s Nest. The date chosen was also said to be very auspicious, Aug 8th 2008 or 08-08-08. Some 34.2 million viewers watched the Opening Ceremony, smashing the previous [...]
August 7th, 2008 by financetwitter
There’re always two sides of the same coin. Certain people argued that you can’t re-negotiate a contract particularly in relation to the IPP. They asked how I would feel if I’m one of the IPPs owners. They strongly condemn any changes to the lop-sided agreement and would blacklist Malaysia as [...]
August 6th, 2008 by financetwitter
There were many happy faces who long the stocks especially in the last hours of trading when all the major indexes had gains of almost 3 percent. Dow Jones alone shot up more than 330 points. In a widely expected rate decision, the central bank reported that "economic activity expanded in the second [...]
August 5th, 2008 by financetwitter
On paper the proposal to inject Senai Airport Terminal Services Sdn Bhd (SATS) into MMC Corp Berhad looks yummy. Besides container haulage company JP Logistics Sdn Bhd, the MMC Group’s two main ports - Port of Tanjung Pelepas (in southwest Johor) and Johor Port (in Pasir Gudang) could provide the [...]
August 3rd, 2008 by financetwitter
One of the biggest items on the table for next week is definitely the FOMC meeting and its policy announcement slated for Aug 5th at 2:15 ET. The Bernanke boys are expected to do nothing and let the rate unchanged at 2.00 percent. There’re hundreds of companies that would be releasing their earnin [...]
August 1st, 2008 by financetwitter
One of the reasons that have gotten foreign investors flabbergasted yet amusing at the same time was how the Malaysian government enjoys playing the game of “Now you see it; now you don’t”. Get real, the ruling government basically has no time to manage the country’s economy with the naughty [...]
July 29th, 2008 by financetwitter
I was having lunch appointment with my fellow friends from Singapore the other day and the conversation somehow found its way to the topic of politics and economy. While Malaysia celebrated its’ highest annual inflation rate (7.7 percent) in 27-year last month thanks to the government’s fuel hik [...]
July 26th, 2008 by financetwitter
The latest fiasco about the Proton Perdana versus Mercedes Benz was really the much awaited dessert after the heavy meal of Anwar’s sodomy conspiracy. Already people are getting sick and tired of the sodomy case and without Anwar’s DNA, the part-2 of the supposedly Indiana Jones thriller will no [...]
July 22nd, 2008 by financetwitter
Tokyo Stock Exchange suspended its stock index futures and options trading from 9:21 am to 1:45 pm after hit by computer system glitch, thanks to programming mistake by Fujitsu. Tokyo Stock Exchange’s managing director Yoshinori Suzuki immediately told reporters that the trading house is consideri [...]
July 21st, 2008 by financetwitter
Gamuda Berhad’s (KLSE: GAMUDA, stock-code 5398) was as good as dead the moment it’s Managing Director Lin Yun Ling threw in the towel and cashed-out from the company he co-founded. Of course the stock would not die the same way as junk stock PECD Berhad (KLSE: PECD, stock-code 5093) but the impa [...]
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