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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 6th, 2008 by financetwitter
Three weeks for Yahoo to accept its $41 billion buyout offer or else face the music of a hostile takeover at a less attractive price – that’s the deadline given by Microsoft in its letter sent on 5th Apr 2008. The hostile takeover mentioned was referring to the proxy fight including nomination o [...]
April 4th, 2008 by financetwitter
Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) next confirmed earning announcement is on 23rd Apr 2008, slightly less than three-weeks away. Assuming the Dow Jones could floats above 12,000, this stock that tumbled from it highest of $202 to lowest of $115 a share seems to be ready for the next wave. I blogge [...]
April 3rd, 2008 by financetwitter
Blogging in Malaysia seems to have scores another milestone - reported Utusan Malaysa, possibly the most bias government-controlled print media exist today. If not for the recent 12th general election which saw the National Front led by Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi crumbled with shameful defeat, I [...]
April 2nd, 2008 by financetwitter
Everyone thought Malayan Banking Berhad (KLSE: MAYBANK, stock-code 1155) was a sucker for draining its coffer to the tune of US$2.7 billion to buy a financial-weak PT Bank Internasional Indonesia (JAK: BNII). Almost all analysts thought it was too pricey and were scrambling to cut Maybank’s rating [...]
April 1st, 2008 by financetwitter
Just when you thought only U.S. financial institutions were in deep trouble, Switzerland’s largest bank UBS AG (NYSE: UBS, stock. VTX: UBSN) dropped another bombshell when it said it expected to post first-quarter net losses of a mind-boggling $12 billion and would seek $15 billion in new capital [...]
March 31st, 2008 by financetwitter
Franklin Templeton Investments is probably one of the best global investment management organizations with over $650 billion in assets management. In a nut shell the organization can be segregated into three main management groups – Franklin Funds, Templeton Funds and Mutual Series Funds. Its cove [...]
March 31st, 2008 by financetwitter
Since the blogosphere took off with a big bang, the traditional way of information flows has changed tremendously. Bloggers were mushrooming with great influence so much so it knocked out billions of dollars off Apple Inc.’s market capitalization, not to mention how it changed the political landsc [...]
March 30th, 2008 by financetwitter
Former premier Mahathir had done many mistakes during his 22 years walking along the corridors of power. He could be forgiven if he didn’t realize it during his tenure as the Prime Minister since every single soul he met gave him the thumbs up. Even before he could finished farting, apple polisher [...]
March 28th, 2008 by financetwitter
Frankly, I was planning to buy some Transmile Group Berhad (KLSE: TRANMIL, stock-code 7000) shares if the stock hit below RM1.00. Seriously there were not many reasons that could justify the purchase since the company was literally ripped off under the previous management. And to think the former ch [...]
March 27th, 2008 by financetwitter
Did Malaysia’s biggest lender, Malayan Banking Berhad (KLSE: MAYBANK, stock-code 1155), overpay when it bid billions of dollars in its quest to acquire 100 percent of Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII)? Maybank agreed to fork out a whopping $1.5 billion for 55.7 percent stake of the Indonesia’s [...]
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