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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 18th, 2007 by financetwitter
Just what is happening to the Malaysia stock market? One after another listed company is being taken private. First it was the biggest mobile service provider Maxis Communications Berhad (KLSE: MAXIS, stock-code 5051) who made the surprise announcement to take the company private by offering $15.60 [...]
May 18th, 2007 by financetwitter
When one looks at the stock price of Green Packet Berhad (KLSE: GPACKET, stock-code 0082) since about 3-weeks ago, one cannot help but wonders just what’s wrong with this potential technology company of Malaysia. Considering the stock price has been rising to almost 7-folds since its’ public lis [...]
May 17th, 2007 by financetwitter
This trade is perhaps one of the most satisfying trades I’ve ever experienced so far. Not only I don’t have to worry about the time-value decays but I don’t have to keep my eye too much in monitoring it because it’s one of the rare stock which appreciate over the time. I just love the stock [...]
May 17th, 2007 by financetwitter
Decided to lock-in profit and ring the register minutes ago on Google Inc.’s (Nasdaq: GOOG, stock) stock option after a four-days ride on the wave. Remember I said Google has been trading in the tight range of the support and resistance level or between $ 461 and $ 475 per share? You can read it h [...]
May 16th, 2007 by financetwitter
Sarawak Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud is suing Utusan Malaysia (a Malay daily), Malaysiakini (an independent online news portal) and two Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) senior officials in Sarawak for making allegations of corrupt practices against him. The lawsuit against the PKR officials was relat [...]
May 15th, 2007 by financetwitter
Reuters agreed on Tuesday to a $17.2 billion takeover by Thomson that would vault the combined entity ahead of Bloomberg to become the world's largest financial data and news provider. Reuters trustees, who could have vetoed any takeover, endorsed the deal, which is still subject to approval by shar [...]
May 15th, 2007 by financetwitter
Besides investing stocks or trading option which deals directly with a particular stock, there’s another method of trading with reduced risks. This concept involves putting some selected or all stocks into a basket to make a better weightage with much more reduced volatility. Enter ETF, short for [...]
May 14th, 2007 by financetwitter
Hap Seng Consolidated (KLSE: HAPSENG, stock-code 3034) today triggered MACD and FinanceTwitter “Buy Signal” after the market closing. The bull against bear ratio registered at 2,529 Bulls : zero Bears. Stochastic has just crossed and closed at current value 61 while RSI is at a strong level of 7 [...]
May 14th, 2007 by financetwitter
Global leader in digital world measurement, comScore Media Metrix, which services are used by more than 700 clients has released its monthly analysis of U.S. consumer activity for the month of April 2007. Not surprising is the addition traffic to flowers, greeting and gifts sites as consumers prepar [...]
May 14th, 2007 by financetwitter
If you ever noticed since Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) breached the 1,200 points (a plus-minus figure), the composite index has been slowly but surely reflects a “normal” market trend consistent with the fluctuation of global stock market direction. I said “normal” because prior to thi [...]
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