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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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March 12th, 2007 by financetwitter
Earlier, most Malaysian were excited by the news that they might be able to “Fly To London At Less Than 3 Dollars”. Tony Fernandes was hailed as the hero who made the dream of “Everyone Can Fly” comes true. Tony was indeed the most-talked about man in 2006 with his successful turnaround of t [...]
March 11th, 2007 by financetwitter
Besides fixed salary, we normally will weight other perks benefits a company offers before we decide on a job. Contractual annual bonus is one of them, medical benefits could be another. If the company is a U.S. based, then stock option (though not attractive by today’s standard) would be a magnet [...]
March 11th, 2007 by financetwitter
When was the last time you able to recover your loss from a profitable investing trade due to both greed and global factors? I’m extreme lucky to experience this roller-coaster again (yes, I’ve tasted it before) this time, but please note that this can only happen if you’re investing in sound [...]
March 10th, 2007 by financetwitter
There’re obvious and strong reasons why EON Capital Berhad (KLSE: EONCAP, stock-code 5266) showed such determination to acquire Rashid Hussain Bhd (KLSE : RHB, stock-code 1309) with its’ willingness to offer the highest price for RHB and RHB Capital Berhad (KLSE: RHBCAP, stock-code 1066) stock. [...]
March 8th, 2007 by financetwitter
After successfully controls RHB Bank group’s parent, Rashid Hussain Bhd (KLSE : RHB, stock-code 1309), Malaysia’s state pension fund Employees Provident Fund (EPF) said it would stays as a long-term investor and would appoint professional managers to run the bank. EPF which owns about 30.9% of R [...]
March 6th, 2007 by financetwitter
Isn’t it fantastic the way stock markets plunged the way it did recently? And you can be sure of the panic painted on the face analysts, politicians, fund managers and economists. When these people started shouting “Fundamentals are intact and still strong” it can only mean one thing – there [...]
March 4th, 2007 by financetwitter
Just before the start of Chinese Lunar celebration, I wrote about how Malaysians cheered proudly the launching of Measat-3 into orbit by foreigners from the launch pad of Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Astro All Asia Network Plc (KLSE: ASTRO, stock-code 5076) which monopolize the pay-TV sector hop [...]
March 4th, 2007 by financetwitter
Everyone hates traffic, what more if you’re late for an important appointment, be it business or a date appointment. For some it’s the worst thing that can happen to their lives. Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, stock) has comes a long way from being just a search portal. Google’s offerings have sin [...]
March 3rd, 2007 by financetwitter
As expected, Genting made a wise decision (as if it has other choice) by pulling out from the proposed partnership with Macau gambling tycoon Stanley Ho. Genting International said it would sell its 25 percent share of a Macau joint venture to Star Cruise Ltd (SIN: S21) for HK$58.5 million ($7.5 mil [...]
March 2nd, 2007 by financetwitter
Federal authorities had exposed one of the most far-reaching insider trading schemes on Wall Street in decades, involving four investment banks and a web of hedge funds, day traders, lawyers and even a few supervisors, who upon discovering evidence of insider trading, blackmailed the traders to keep [...]
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