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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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December 26th, 2006 by financetwitter
Do you understand the rules pertaining to the soon to be available short-selling of 70 stocks identified by Bursa Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange) announced (after several postponements) recently? Frankly, I DON'T and neither do my broker (there were "Errr ...", "I think ...", "Actually ...", [...]
December 26th, 2006 by financetwitter
The moment we (you and me) know what is money, how to count it and the power of money, we all wish we have more of it - in fact lots of it so that we can buy whatever we wish to have. Ever dreamt of how you can print it yourself when you were kids? I did. But the moment I was made to wash my dad's c [...]
December 26th, 2006 by financetwitter
Hong Kong surged past New York this year and became the world's second most popular place, after London for companies to float new stock listings. Hong Kong has raked in HK$307.7 billion, or US$39.57 billion, in IPOs, nearly twice as much as the HK$165.7 billion raised last year, according to Hong K [...]
December 24th, 2006 by financetwitter
Katie Ress, the 22-year old former Miss Nevada USA who was stripped of her crown when party pictures of her hit the internet of which she was stripping off her jeans to show her thong said these were “hurtful and embarassing times”. The pictures were from an “isolated incident from my teenage [...]
December 24th, 2006 by financetwitter
It's Christmas Eve and most people (including me of course) are getting ready for the celebration in less than 24 hours. Allow me to take a break from the usual blog on the stocks, option and financial matters as I think the current crisis which hit some parts of the not so-lucky Malaysia should be [...]
December 22nd, 2006 by financetwitter
Malaysian stock exchange operator Bursa Malaysia will reintroduce regulated short selling on Jan-3-2007 after a gap of nearly a decade. Short-sellers borrow shares and sell them in the hope of buying them back later at a lower price. Not all the stocks listed in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE [...]
December 22nd, 2006 by financetwitter
After the Dot-Com burst, the serious burnt investors who're still licking their wounds sweared never to touch technology stock again while the not-so-greedy investors who managed to sell to lock-in profit or even break-even took pride in themselves for being smart or lucky enough. But since then is [...]
December 22nd, 2006 by financetwitter
The Malaysian ringgit hit its highest level against the dollar in nearly nine years today, Friday 22-Dec-2006, helped by this week's turmoil in Thai markets that has led some investors to switch funds to other Asian countries, according to dealers in Singapore.According to Reuters data, the ringgit [...]
December 21st, 2006 by financetwitter
With a lot of giggling of their own, Good Morning America host Diane Sawyer and her colleagues unveiled the newest model in Mattel's (NYSE : MAT, quote) long-running Elmo franchise. The new T.M.X. Elmo laughs, slaps its knee, and rolls around on the floor before righting itself. "Again," it says. Al [...]
December 21st, 2006 by financetwitter
Berjaya Corporation Berhad, formerly known as Berjaya Group Berhad (KLSE : BJCORP, stock-code 3395) together with its Irredeemable Convertible Loan Stocks, ICULS (2005/2015) BJCORP-LC (stock-code 3395LC) triggered FinanceTwitter and MACD "Buy" signal today.Berjaya-Corp closing price is the highest s [...]
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