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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 12th, 2007 by financetwitter
Insider trading are on the rise, if the the number of reports are anything to go by. Regulators are feeling the heat on Wall Street and begin to compare it to the 1980s when the illegal insider trading was said to be like printing money. Insider trading is not confined to Wall Street but in actual f [...]
May 11th, 2007 by financetwitter
Singapore has won a five-year deal to host a Formula One race starting next year and plans to stage the first ever night grand prix, speeding past skyscrapers, colonial-era buildings and the waterfront. The race may be held in September or early October 2008, and the city-state has the option to ext [...]
May 11th, 2007 by financetwitter
A report from Reuters quoted that iPods can cause cardiac implantable pacemakers to malfunction by interfering with the electromagnetic equipment monitoring the heart, according to a study presented by a 17-year-old high school student to a meeting of heart specialists. The study tested the effect o [...]
May 11th, 2007 by financetwitter
Perodua (Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Berhad) or in English, Second Automobile Manufacturer Limited Corporation, is launching its' new model today. Perodua is Malaysia's second automobile manufacturer after Proton Holdings Bhd (KLSE: PROTON, stock-code 5304). In actual fact Perodua does not actually pr [...]
May 10th, 2007 by financetwitter
Right after I blogged about the BUG, Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) surprised me when the stock price fell almost 2 points (that’s 2 bucks). I haven’t checked the news as I’ve opened too many sessions but I don’t really care if it’s just a minor hiccup. I just click sell at the marke [...]
May 10th, 2007 by financetwitter
Malaysia's biggest bank Maybank Bhd. said it has scrapped its recent rule that had required all law firms it does business with to be at least 50 percent owned by Malays, the country's majority race, after it was strongly criticized by the public as discriminatory against ethic minorities. In a stat [...]
May 10th, 2007 by financetwitter
Wall Street regained its stride Wednesday after the Federal Reserve told investors what they expected to hear - that inflation is still too high for comfort, but the central bank is holding interest rates steady. The central bank's Open Market Committee as anticipated left interest rates unchanged a [...]
May 9th, 2007 by financetwitter
Just thought I want to share this free tool with FinanceTwitter readers. Supposing you want to save on your mobile phone sms or maybe your phone is out of reach (battery flat or out of coverage) but you urgently want to make a sms because you want to open a position to buy stock (what else is more u [...]
May 9th, 2007 by financetwitter
After Malaysian second richest man, Ananda Krishnan decided to call it a day for Maxis Communications Berhad (KLSE: MAXIS, stock-code 5051) when it launched the VGO to privatize his cash-cow, most of the minority investors are sad, furious but still helpless as there seems to be no other alternative [...]
May 8th, 2007 by financetwitter
Ever wonder why there can only be one “Genius-Investor” Warren Buffett, one “Microsoft” Bill Gates, one “Currency-Speculator” George Soros, one “Superman” Li Ka-shing or even one “Super-Blogger” Darren Rowse in this globe? Because all of them posses their own unique style in cond [...]
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