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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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August 24th, 2007 by financetwitter
Most of the professional foreign investors do not limited their investment into a single basket, meaning they put their eggs into lots of baskets – diversification is the name of the game. They realized long ago that U.S. financial markets do not give them a safe and guarantee returns not matter h [...]
August 23rd, 2007 by financetwitter
End of 2007 is suppose to be Judgement Day for DIGI.com Berhad (DIGI: stock-code 6947) of which the company is required to reduce its interest to below 50 percent. Earlier, the Malaysian authority indicated that there won’t be any extension for Norway's Telenor ASA (OSL: TEL), DiGi's main sharehol [...]
August 23rd, 2007 by financetwitter
Transmile Group Berhad (KLSE: TRANMIL, stock-code 7000) which was haunted by accounting irregularities and more than halved the fortune of billionaire Robert Kuok in the company is reported to be toying with KPMG to replace auditor Deloitte & Touche. The Transmile-Deloitte relationship was said [...]
August 22nd, 2007 by financetwitter
Dubai World, a government-owned holding company which made headlines last year when its subsidiary, Dubai Ports World, was forced to sell its U.S. port operations after an uproar in Congress over security concerns will invest about $5 billion in MGM Mirage, the casino operator. The investment includ [...]
August 22nd, 2007 by financetwitter
Remember those days when the exchange rate was RM2.50 to USD1.00? Not to give away my age, not that I’m that bloody old, I somehow fantasized how cool and happy everyone would be if that currency rate remains, if not better, till today. Considering that the amount of things we can buy today doesn� [...]
August 21st, 2007 by financetwitter
Malaysian authorities are facing a scandal over debts allegedly exceeding US$1 billion (euro750 million) incurred by the country's main port authority, sparking concerns about a possible government bailout – reported AP. The fact that this scandal, which could be the biggest bailout since Badawi t [...]
August 21st, 2007 by financetwitter
While most investors were cracking their head on what should be their next step in the current mini economic crisis in U.S., one person is grinning with smile. Such crisis actually presents an opportunity for those who are contrarian in their investment methodology. But such method is not for everyo [...]
August 20th, 2007 by financetwitter
Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange saw some “bargain hunting” today and there’s a reason I used that word. Analysts have been using “bargain hunting” as a mean to tell you to buy some, probably 20% of what you would normally buy in a “normal” day. And it normally associated with the period af [...]
August 20th, 2007 by financetwitter
With the exception of China, almost all the stock markets worldwide depend very much on U.S. Wall Street. The Wall Street in turns depends on the internal American’s economy data of which depends on one person who set the tune of the financial pulse. This person is said to be more powerful than th [...]
August 17th, 2007 by financetwitter
Slightly more than 12 hours a go, FinanceTwitter blogged that the investors should “Get Ready for Asian Black Friday” as the U.S.’s Countrywide Financial Corp decision to borrowed $11.5 billion from a group of 40 banks would be used as the scape-goat by investors to further punish the stock ma [...]
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