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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 13th, 2006 by financetwitter
According to a source, Malaysia will announce on Thursday, Dec-14-2006, a sharp rise in road toll rates to help trim state subsidies in a move that could spark a public outcry and raise inflation. Tolls will go up by as much as 60 percent and will affect users of five highways in and around the capi [...]
December 13th, 2006 by financetwitter
I read with great interest that Mahathir agrees to meet Soros after almost a decade of hostility due to the 1997 Asia Economic Crisis which created havoc to Malaysia stock market generally and wiped out billions of dollars of losses specifically to some of the top GLC (Government-Link-Companies). Be [...]
December 13th, 2006 by financetwitter
Thank God the long overdue correction started yesterday in the Bursa Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange) and according to most of the foreign analysts, this correction should continue for a couple more days before a pause to continue its' uptrend (if there's any). I think this is a very healthy c [...]
December 12th, 2006 by financetwitter
According to latest news from The Edge, Bursa Malaysia Bhd now plans to re-introduce regulated short selling in January after postponing it several times this year, and will later incorporate it as a feature into its new trading platform for equities which is expected to be ready by end-2007. Short [...]
December 12th, 2006 by financetwitter
It's the annual repetitive cycle again around this time that energy or oil-related stocks will make its' charge again towards end of the year. So have you allocated some of your funds into these black-gold stocks yet? If not, why not?Today Reuters reported that most OPEC members are in favor of a cu [...]
December 12th, 2006 by financetwitter
Proton Holdings Bhd (KLSE : PROTON, stock-code : 5304), which is now evaluating a number of parties as strategic partners for its manufacturing operations, may decide to take in the Europe's largest carmaker, Volkswagen Aktiengessellschaft (FRA : VOW), as its' new partner.According to a source repor [...]
December 12th, 2006 by financetwitter
Everyone – from the exchange to the brokers and public listed companies (PLCs) – has a role to play to ensure that the stock market continues to perform, said Bursa Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Yusli Mohamed Yusoff today. “The role of the PLCs is to perform well and do investor relat [...]
December 11th, 2006 by financetwitter
The top business news since last Friday were the official announcement of Genting International (SIN : G13) & Star Cruise Ltd (SIN : S21) winning the Singapore second casino on the Sentosa Integrated-Resort (IR) island projects and how everyone should keep an eye on this new casino giant. The ne [...]
December 10th, 2006 by financetwitter
A source was reported told Business Times that RAJA Teh Maimunah has left the Bahrain-based Unicorn Investment Bank (UIB) to join Kuwait Finance House ( KFH ) in January 2007. She has been appointed as the chief corporate officer, overseeing the international business and corporate expansion of KFH, [...]
December 10th, 2006 by financetwitter
I'd decided to ring the register last Friday, 8-Dec-2006 on the giant online-bookstore, Amazon (Nasdaq : AMZN, quote). Most of the analysts were shying away from this stock given that it hasn’t proven that it can grow profitably. In fact its' operating margins slipped to 1.7%, from 2.2% last quart [...]
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