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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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May 23rd, 2007 by financetwitter
Dealers selling the national Proton Holdings Bhd (KLSE: PROTON, stock-code 5304) cars are crying again today, claiming that 93 percent of their members are losing money. In a serious note, the dealers are urging the Proton management to find a foreign partner immediately. According to the Proton Eda [...]
May 23rd, 2007 by financetwitter
Now, what on earth is happening to the Malaysia minister and top officials? After my recent post on Malaysia Can Prosper by Copying Singapore, guess what, the Sports Minister Azalina Othman and former premier Mahathir’s son Mokhzani Mahathir actually read FinanceTwitter’s blog and implement the [...]
May 23rd, 2007 by financetwitter
The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season will be more active than normal due to warmer ocean waters, with as many as ten hurricanes, and three to five of them could be major, the U.S. government's top climate agency predicted on Tuesday. NOAA foresees 13 to 17 tropical storms this season, with seven to 10 [...]
May 22nd, 2007 by financetwitter
Hong Kong's high-end apartments are the world's most expensive to rent, followed by Tokyo and New York, reflecting high living costs in those cities, a survey on expatriate accommodation which compared rental prices in 92 locations worldwide. An executive three-bedroom apartment in Hong Kong costs m [...]
May 22nd, 2007 by financetwitter
Time to make money investing energy stocks - oil prices were little changed Tuesday after jumping above $66 a barrel in the previous session on worries about gasoline supply. Light, sweet crude for June delivery was flat at $66.27 a barrel. Worries that violence could rise in Nigeria ahead of the in [...]
May 21st, 2007 by financetwitter
Reuters reported that Malaysia's second-largest lender, Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad (KLSE: COMMERZ, stock-code 1023), has hired PricewaterhouseCoopers to review the 2005 financial statements of its unit Southern Bank Bhd. It was one of the watch-after “hostile” takeover of Southern Bank B [...]
May 21st, 2007 by financetwitter
The movement in Malaysia's ringgit currency reflects the country's economy and its financial system, central bank chief Zeti Akhtar Aziz said on Monday - reported Reuters. The ringgit strengthened on Monday to its highest levels against the dollar in more than nine years - a decisive push through th [...]
May 21st, 2007 by financetwitter
Going by the rate and quantum of super-mega-projects initiated by the current Malaysia Prime Minister, Badawi, one must have a perception that this country is indeed a very very rich kingdom with hundreds or trillion of barrels of reserve oil undersea and millions of hectares of gold-deposits yet to [...]
May 20th, 2007 by financetwitter
Are you a successful stock investor, property investor, option trader, future trader or even a successful blogger? Everyone would like to be addressed as a successful person, though the definition of successful is very subjective. Whichever category you belong to, chances are you’ve money, more li [...]
May 20th, 2007 by financetwitter
Inflation is set to skyrocket in Malaysia again, thanks to the poor-governance in tackling the economy within the country. It seems the government doesn’t or pretends not to be aware of the basic 101 of economic administration of a country, let alone a small country such as Malaysia. After the inf [...]
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