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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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June 4th, 2008 by financetwitter
Why did Abdullah Badawi press the “Self Destruct” button by raising the fuel price by a whopping 40.62 percent or 78 sen per liter? Not satisfied that the self-destruct button might work, he put in the second-layer security with another explosive - raising electricity rates by 18% for homes and [...]
June 4th, 2008 by financetwitter
Breaking News: In-line with the government previous practices in announcing fuel-price hike last minute, it appears Abdullah Badawi government has did it again. Effective midnight tonight, 4th June 2008, the price of petrol would be increased by a whopping 78 sen and diesel by RM1.00. This means you [...]
June 3rd, 2008 by financetwitter
Not many moons ago, I’ve wrote why I don’t really fancy the local Ringgit to appreciate further against U.S. dollar. In fact I would love the local currency to float at RM3.80 to US1.00 or even weaker. Why am I so cruel and unpatriotic? The reason is pretty simple (hey I’m not a complicated pe [...]
June 2nd, 2008 by financetwitter
Developers were particularly happy with Google’s Android program though they hope Apple could grant them the same priviledges on iPhone. If there would be one day the Google’s phone could overtake iPhone as the most popular smart phone, the credits would definitely go to the developers, thanks t [...]
June 2nd, 2008 by financetwitter
Blogging has entered a new horizon when politicians including former premier Mahathir could not resist the temptation to start his own blog. Mahathir blog registered 1 million hits within a month, an achievement most of bloggers would dream of. Since the recent 12th general election, mysteriously bl [...]
June 1st, 2008 by financetwitter
I thought I could get a good rest today after a tiring house-warming party yesterday but somehow amazing stories kept coming. People familiar with the local political scene once said (after the recent 12th general election) although UMNO (main component party of National Front) was made of mostly br [...]
May 31st, 2008 by financetwitter
Apple’s two bucks jump in the stock price Friday was primarily due to Dell Inc.’s strong earnings result that pushed up technology shares and the expectation that Apple Inc. is preparing for the much talked-about 3G iPhone launch. This time it’s for real considering that it was Apple itself th [...]
May 30th, 2008 by financetwitter
Even if Maybank or some other hidden hands in this matter would eventually pull it through, the real reasons for paying exorbitant price for Indonesian PT Bank Internasional Indonesia (JAK: BNII) should be revealed to the public especially the stock investors. At least investors who are thinking of [...]
May 29th, 2008 by financetwitter
Whenever the discussion about Google vs Facebook pops there’s always a group of people who would scream “Huh? Google and Facebook are of different business dude!” Of course I know that silly. Every Tom, Dick and his dog knew Google is in online search business while Facebook is in one of Web 2 [...]
May 28th, 2008 by financetwitter
You cannot help but get very suspicious of the whole Grand Saga-Bandar Mahkota Cheras crisis. After the recent police brutality I thought it won’t happen again, well at least not so soon, but how wrong I was. It was just like those Bollywood movie whereby the tyranny of the rich crossed all the bo [...]
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