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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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April 16th, 2008 by financetwitter
Can you imagine yourself as a fund manager making $3.7 billion a year? That’s a lot of money and I couldn’t imagine the area needed to put the stacks of notes just for the pleasure of looking at it. But that’s exactly the money one of the fund managers in the Wall Street made in 2007, a whoppi [...]
April 15th, 2008 by financetwitter
Since the earning season started, there are ups and downs. Unless all the companies report pathetic result, any big-boy who could give a breath of hope would potentially lift the overall market sentiment although for a very short period as can be seen by health products maker Johnson & Johnson t [...]
April 15th, 2008 by financetwitter
Global oil prices are seeing its effect when U.S. Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. are combining in a stock-swap deal that would create the world's biggest carrier. Under the terms of the Delta transaction, Northwest shareholders will receive 1.25 Delta shares for each Northwest sha [...]
April 14th, 2008 by financetwitter
Astro Nusantara (PT Direct Vision), the Indonesian unit or branch of Astro All Asia Network Plc (KLSE: ASTRO, stock-code 5076) seems to be having some serious problems. It has been ordered by Indonesian Information and Communications Ministry to temporarily halt broadcast pending the fulfillment of [...]
April 13th, 2008 by financetwitter
There are many ways to skin a cat and in stocks investing or option trading, it applies perfectly. Even though it is said that the cat has nine lives I’ve pretty sure there’re more than nine ways to making money from stocks markets although by comparison I might only have 10 percent the intellig [...]
April 11th, 2008 by financetwitter
Don’t you hate it when the stock tends to go higher right “after” you lock-in the profit on your long-position or go even lower right “after” you did the same on your short-position? It happened donkey of times and I believe there’s no reason why it won’t happens again in future. I was [...]
April 10th, 2008 by financetwitter
Mahathir Mohamad, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia admitted his Cabinet’s stupidity about a year ago when he said the government has erred in signing the toll concession agreements. Early 2007 he said “This is one of thing that we need to correct. What you have is a cabinet which is not ver [...]
April 10th, 2008 by financetwitter
The global oil prices will be touching $130 a barrel pretty soon. Ouch! That hurts but *yawn* are you sure it’s not just another prediction or myth? I know Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi doesn’t like what I’ve written. Petronas could hardly laugh because in spite of the new crude oil [...]
April 9th, 2008 by financetwitter
Although Astro monopolizes the paid-television market in Malaysia not many investors like the stock, at least not me especially after the company tried to put its foot onto Indonesian soil. Just ask any of the existing Astro All Asia Network Plc (KLSE: ASTRO, stock-code 5076) customers and chances a [...]
April 8th, 2008 by financetwitter
If you’ve positions in Apple Inc., either stocks or "Call Option", you should be celebrating by now especially if you noticed now the stock performed yesterday, Monday 8th Apr 2008. Never mind that the stock reversed its’ uptrend afternoon as it has jumped more than $10 bucks over the last five [...]
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