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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 5th, 2008 by financetwitter
First you witnessed the National Front (Barisan Nasional) coalition’s monopoly broken to pieces after the people who got sick and tired of the arrogant and incompetent administration sent in their protest votes. Still in confusion and disarray after the defeat, it appears the government which is o [...]
May 4th, 2008 by financetwitter
BBill Gates chickened out! Steve Balmer chickened out! Microsoft Corp does not have the balls to proceed with the takeover. Yahoo won the war and Google is rejoicing. If Microsoft is the real giant that is hungry and passionate enough to fight Google Inc. heads on and obsessed with owning Yahoo in t [...]
May 3rd, 2008 by financetwitter
Based on the latest earnings announcement from Google Inc. that showed overseas revenue surpassed U.S.’s own revenue for the very first time, online advertising is here to stay and probably will never dies. Even if it would you can be sure of seeing the sign from Google’s earnings. With the expl [...]
May 2nd, 2008 by financetwitter
NAZA Group’s big boss, Tan Sri S.M. Nasimuddin S.M. Amin, passed away of lung cancer in Los Angeles, California today at the age of 54. The founder, chairman and CEO of NAZA Group which was formed in 1974 has 14 business divisions covering industries such as cigarette distribution, credit and leas [...]
April 30th, 2008 by financetwitter
Six down one more to go – that’s the expectation from the Federal Reserve when Ben Bernanke and his boys get ready for a two-day meeting Wednesday. The general feeling on the street is that the discussion will end with an announcement that the Fed will cut a key interest rate by a quarter-point. [...]
April 29th, 2008 by financetwitter
During difficult time it’s hard, though not impossible, to place your bet on stocks. It’s even harder to trade short time, let alone day-trade or scalp, if the stocks are not volatile enough. Obviously it’s easier to make money (and lose money) in Wall Street from stocks such as Apple Inc. or [...]
April 28th, 2008 by financetwitter
Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A, stock) annual meeting is here again and the greatest investor of all time, Warren Buffett, together with his general Charlie Munger are two individuals expected to be bombarded with questions from shareholders. It was reported that about 30,000 people are expected [...]
April 26th, 2008 by financetwitter
Today is an interesting day if you read the local pro-government newspaper theStar. I can’t remember when was the last time I paid for the hardcopy, not that I can’t afford it but because it’s not worth paying for the bulks of advertisements. I read the electronic copy which is free and I thin [...]
April 25th, 2008 by financetwitter
AEON Credit Services (M) Berhad was listed on 12th Dec 2007. No, it’s not a loan shark one-stop financial shop for you to borrow money without any collateral because the conventional bank won’t lend you any. It’s also not a financial institution comparable to banks. But AEON Credit is in the b [...]
April 24th, 2008 by financetwitter
Stocks face a weak open on Thursday after Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) and Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN, stock) earnings appeared to disappoint investors while Starbucks Corp. (Nasdaq: SBUX, stock) said a weak economy would cut into future profits. The excitement would be on Apple’s stock aft [...]
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