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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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June 21st, 2007 by financetwitter
The 10-year Treasury note's yield soared to 5.15 percent late Wednesday from 5.09 percent late Tuesday, reigniting worries among stock investors that high rates could thwart corporate deal-making and further injure the limping housing market.The stock market started reacting violently to Treasury yi [...]
June 20th, 2007 by financetwitter
This is what happen if you suddenly found youself with a sudden windfall and do not know what to do, worst still if you're staying in a high-crime area. It was reported that after a punter from Muar (a small district within Johore, Malaysia) won a whopping RM17mil in a Big Sweep draw, the person who [...]
June 20th, 2007 by financetwitter
For those who are still holding to your baby Maxis Communications Berhad (KLSE: MAXIS, stock-code 5051), you should know that tomorrow, Thursday 21-June, is the last day for you to transfer the shares to Ananda - only if you decided to get full refund of $15.30 pershare from the tycoon. Ananda has a [...]
June 20th, 2007 by financetwitter
How much does it costs Malaysian Stock Exchange from the recent sudden privatization of which quality companies were taken out from the listing? A whopping RM 46.3 billion has been wiped out from Bursa Malaysia's market value in the first half of the year from the 17 firms who opted to call it quit. [...]
June 19th, 2007 by financetwitter
Now that the book-cooking is over (or has it?) for Malaysian air cargo carrier Transmile Group Berhad (KLSE: TRANMIL, stock-code 7000) with angry investors voicing their frustration over what seems to be obvious cover-up by the company’s top management, not to mention the role of external auditors [...]
June 19th, 2007 by financetwitter
The questions from USA Network's Burn Notice are pretty challenging to me especially when I’m making a small living investing stocks and trading options first and blogging second. What would I do if I’m stranded in an unknown city with no money or resources? I think stranded in an unknown city i [...]
June 18th, 2007 by financetwitter
Almost forgotten to blog about the position which I closed last Friday, June-15th, on NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA, stock) which I entered back in Feb 13th, 2007, just before the earning announcement. This is probably one of my longest trades so far, spanning four months since the date I decided [...]
June 18th, 2007 by financetwitter
The final words are out - Malaysian air cargo carrier Transmile Group Berhad (KLSE: TRANMIL, stock-code 7000) said today the company recorded pre-tax losses for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 instead of profits as previously announced.The audit showed Transmile posted a pre-tax loss of 172 million ringg [...]
June 17th, 2007 by financetwitter
Regular readers of this blog should have notice some minor changes to the design (or rather repositioning) particularly the header and the logo (if you can call it logo at the first place) which I made yesterday. The minor facelift is to improve and simplify the header in order not to clutter it. I [...]
June 15th, 2007 by financetwitter
This is what the Malaysia premier Abdullah Badawi envisages for 2057 - to see the nation achieve the unimaginable. He further added “But the more I think about 50 years of Merdeka, the more I start dreaming about what might be in another 50 years.” Abdullah said if Vision 2020 was about the foun [...]
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