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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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April 11th, 2007 by financetwitter
You seldom see stock-split which garner the huge attention both Genting Berhad (KLSE: GENTING, stock-code 3182) and Resorts World (KLSE: RESORTS, stock-code 4715) is enjoying now. Both stocks’ price surged in heavy trading after their one-into-five share-split.Genting’s share price rose as high [...]
April 11th, 2007 by financetwitter
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has its changed its decision on a condition requiring all Malaysian resident shareholders of PPB Oil Palms Bhd (PPBOP) to repatriate all dividends, profits and proceeds pursuant to Wilmar International Ltd’s voluntary offer in PPBOP. The central bank told PPBOP on April [...]
April 9th, 2007 by financetwitter
Premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has not yet met the chairman of Germany's Volkswagen (FRA: VOW) for talks on a possible tie-up with state-controlled carmaker Proton Holdings Bhd (KLSE: PROTON, stock-code, 5304). Loss-making Proton, which faces a shrinking market share in the increasingly competitive d [...]
April 9th, 2007 by financetwitter
Warren Buffett’s appetite changed for one of the oldest transportation of mankind. Warren’s Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK.A, stock) has acquired 10.9 percent stake in Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE: BNI, stock), instantly making Bershire the largest shareholder of the railroad [...]
April 8th, 2007 by financetwitter
If you’re an employee, chances are you are either enjoying you current job to the fullest that you believe you might stay till you retire OR you’re so fed-up with your job (of your boss) that you’re spending extraordinary time looking for a new job.Depending on what you’re looking for in you [...]
April 7th, 2007 by financetwitter
Green Packet Berhad (KLSE: GPACKET, stock-code 0082) which is one of the four companies awarded the WiMaX spectrum via its’ subsidiary Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd triggered FinanceTwitter and MACD Buy Signal after closing Apr-6-2007. RSI has climbed to about 66% and Stochastic shows a g [...]
April 6th, 2007 by financetwitter
Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, stock) might merge with Amazon.com Inc (Nasdaq: AMZN, stock) to create a new devil so powerful and influence that your life actually depends on it. You’re looking at online package of news, entertainment, blogs, and services drawn from all the world's up-to-the-minute kn [...]
April 6th, 2007 by financetwitter
Malaysia has dropped a plan to create an immigration free zone in a multibillion-dollar industrial park project in the southern state of Johor, bordering Singapore, newspapers reported Friday. Johor Chief Minister Abdul Ghani Othman said an area that allowed foreigners to come and go without passing [...]
April 5th, 2007 by financetwitter
Bloggers in Malaysia will soon be required to register with the authorities in a move that the government hope to curb the spread of malicious content on the net. The news from the local newspaper, theStar, immediately sparks outcries from web writers. Using national security as the excuse, a deputy [...]
April 4th, 2007 by financetwitter
Canada's Bank of Nova Scotia (TSE: BNS) is open to talks to buy a stake in Malaysia's fourth-largest lender, RHB Bank. Scotiabank, Canada's third biggest bank in terms of assets now has just five branches in Malaysia after 14 years of presence. Citigroup (NYSE: C, stock) has seven after 49 years, St [...]
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