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I have stated my views honestly, guided by my conscience and with the best interests of the nation in mind – says Hannah Yeoh. About a week later, the Federal Territories Minister, who is also a critical member of the Pardons Board, denied ever signing a house arrest order for former Prime Minist
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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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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 [...]
August 16th, 2007 by financetwitter
More bad news hitting the Wall Street again on Thursday. Countrywide Financial Corp., the nation's largest mortgage lender said it had borrowed $11.5 billion from a group of 40 banks to fund loans in a move that shows just how deep the lending crisis has become - reported AP. Countrywide shares fell [...]
August 16th, 2007 by financetwitter
This is not something new but rather to re-confirm the market’s expectation of the next subsequent steps to be taken by EPF (Employees Provident Fund) after it successfully or forcefully acquired Rashid Hussain Bhd (KLSE: RHB, stock-code 1309) of which its jewel in the form of RHB Bank attracted n [...]
August 16th, 2007 by financetwitter
Asian stocks tumbled today, Thursday, heading for their biggest daily fall since the attacks on the United States in September 2001, as persistent fears about a global credit squeeze sapped investor appetite for risky assets. The latest scare was set off by worries that Countrywide Financial, the la [...]
August 16th, 2007 by financetwitter
The plan and proposal by the Securities Commission (SC) to introduce new rules that will make it mandatory for companies to choose from a select group of accounting firms when they submit rescue plans and initial public offerings (IPOs) would be a positive move to instill confidence lost from the re [...]
August 15th, 2007 by financetwitter
Sometimes thing will never change for the better if the cancer-cells never removed. Worst still when a national-status company couldn’t recognize the basic flaw in its designing methodology and production. Days before the country’s 50th Independence celebration, Proton Holdings Bhd (KLSE: PROTON [...]
August 14th, 2007 by financetwitter
Stocks which originally were lifted in early trading on government data that indicated that inflation remains in check couldn't sustain the fears spread across the investors in Wall Street. In mid afternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 179.73, or 1.36 percent, to 13,056.80. The Sta [...]
August 14th, 2007 by financetwitter
Please allow FinanceTwitter to stop blogging about making money investing stocks and option trading for some minutes as a small way to extend our condolences to the families in the “worst ever” road accident in the history of Malaysia in which 20 people were killed while nine others injured.As u [...]
August 14th, 2007 by financetwitter
What had happened last Friday was indeed an amazing but the Malaysian authorities should put in a better framework to prevent it from happening again. Everyone was wondering what actually happen when the big block of Transmile Group Berhad (KLSE: TRANMIL, stock-code 7000) shares changed hands at RM1 [...]
August 13th, 2007 by financetwitter
The decision by Asian central banks in refraining from joining U.S. and European counterparts in pumping additional cash into their markets should be lauded and would be the correct measure to tackle the current subprime mortgage crisis in the United States. Central banks in South Korea, the Philipp [...]
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