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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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January 16th, 2008 by financetwitter
With such pessimism over the US economy, never mind if it’s exaggerated, Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) needed a stronger steroid than last year’s iPhone announcement to push up its stock price. The fact that the stock price plunged during and after Steve Jobs presentation should be expect [...]
January 15th, 2008 by financetwitter
As an organization AirAsia Berhad (KLSE: AIRASIA, stock-code 5099) could easily be a role model or case study for many top executives on how a bankrupt company could be revived to become a profitable and most successful low-cost carrier in Asia. With the correct management and right business model t [...]
January 14th, 2008 by financetwitter
China is the largest market that every Tom, Dick and Yahoo trying to get into but the reality is the country with more than 5,000 years of civilization is not a country that offers you the golden key to instant riches just because you’ve the money to invest. It’s a complicated nation that could [...]
January 13th, 2008 by financetwitter
It’s not easy for Malaysian Stock Exchange’s Composite Index to reach 1,500 level, let alone 1,600 but it appears reaching 1,600 is not something that is impossible now. And if you believe in simple technical reading, since middle of Aug 2007’s correction, the bull didn’t look back judging f [...]
January 11th, 2008 by financetwitter
December data (payroll, unemployment, ISM) were clearly disappointing as job deterioration raises the risk to consumer spending – a sign that many thinks will force Uncle Ben to act again when the Fed meet next Jan 29th – 30th. And on Thursday the Federal Reserve Chairman pledged to slash intere [...]
January 10th, 2008 by financetwitter
What does Steve Jobs have in common with Ratan N. Tata? Both have the vision to build the smallest version of their products, well, sort of. While Steve is known for introducing iPod and instantly uplifts the Apple Inc. brand to almost every corner of the globe, Mr. Tata owns India’s largest autom [...]
January 10th, 2008 by financetwitter
Lately Wall Street has been trading on a trend whereby the morning session’s pattern could be different from the afternoon. It appears the investors are trying to find reason(s) or rather excuse(s) creating volatility on both trading sessions of the day. I remember those days when you could roughl [...]
January 9th, 2008 by financetwitter
Once every for or five years, Malaysian stock market would stage a rally in anticipation of the general election. The rally could be a mini one or a huge one just like what’s happening now. The daily transaction volume was on plunging mode towards the end of last year, 2007, but suddenly the daily [...]
January 8th, 2008 by financetwitter
It’s a known fact that to be successful you need to focus and once you achieved it you got to continue focusing in doing what you do best. Most of the successful company tried to diversify but somehow they never succeed, at least in a big way. That’s why despite owning mountains of cash Microsof [...]
January 7th, 2008 by financetwitter
Did you notice the volatility displayed by the technology stocks on Nasdaq today? This is what a trader would love to see. A huge plunge follows by a reverse trend to the green, just like how the Dow and Nasdaq composite swung. FinanceTwitter had blogged that Baidu.com, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: BIDU, stock [...]
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