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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 2nd, 2007 by financetwitter
The main difference between the longevity of Eastern and Western managed companies is in the succession plan. Most easterners passed on their business legacy to their immediate family members (normally sons) because they believe their decades-built empire should be kept within their own family membe [...]
March 1st, 2007 by financetwitter
A firm, Kingdom Langkawi, linked to Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has agreed to buy the hotel and boutique unit of Malaysian Airline System Berhad (KLSE: MAS, stock-code 3786) for $124 million. An indirect subsidiary of Kingdom Hotel Investments, a firm affiliated to Alwaleed, will pay 435 million [...]
February 28th, 2007 by financetwitter
Investors continue to dump Asian shares and emerging market bonds on Wednesday as a global sell-off gathered steam after Wall Street stocks shed more than 3 percent overnight. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index opening 3.58 percent lower. Japan's Nikkei average was off by 3.56 percent, Australia's benchmar [...]
February 27th, 2007 by financetwitter
Singapore authority is seriously MAD at Genting Berhad (KLSE: GENTING, stock-code 3182) and is set to teach the junior Lim a painful lesson he’ll never forget for the rest of his life. If today’s statement is any indicator to goes by, Genting’s two affiliates Star Cruise Ltd (SIN : S21) and Ge [...]
February 27th, 2007 by financetwitter
Yesterday I wrote about my concern if the “Factors from 1997 Asia Crisis Re-Appears - A Bad Sign?” is something that we should be concern with. If an U.N. official said so, then we should at least think and digest the subject thoroughly, shouldn’t we? Ignore the political calls and cries askin [...]
February 27th, 2007 by financetwitter
It has been quite some time since I last closed some positions to lock-in profit. While these positions were in profitable zone, somehow the inner voice kept telling me to maximize the profit and wait for a correction. The correction didn’t happen, instead new support level were established. One o [...]
February 26th, 2007 by financetwitter
An U.N. official said today from Bangkok that the same factors which led the 1997 Asia Economic Crisis have appears. The factors of inflated asset values, massive global liquidity and speculative pressure on Asian currencies are set to destabilize regional economies. The region had seen a sharp rise [...]
February 26th, 2007 by financetwitter
Tons of critics were being thrown at Malaysian Prime Minister, Abdullah Badawi, since he took over the baton from Mahathir Mohamad since 2003 over his lack of actions to bring the economic of the country to higher degree. Instead he was labeled as the premier who did the opposite – increases infla [...]
February 22nd, 2007 by financetwitter
When Malaysian second largest banking group Bumiputra-Commerce Holdings Berhad (KLSE: COMMERZ, stock-code 1023) announced the suspension of its’ stock on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange early today, Feb-22-2007, it raised everyone’s eyebrow. There were suspicious which is very unlikely to happen [...]
February 21st, 2007 by financetwitter
From the moment Malaysian Government released some feel-good economic figures to public (from record breaking billions in stock-market volume to trillions of ringgit in so-called trade value), there were numerous doubtful opinions circling around the internet on the actual reason for such releases a [...]
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