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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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November 24th, 2006 by financetwitter
With the current "presume" bull-market in Bursa (KLSE), it seems everything looks attractive. Retails no doubt will re-look at the usual cheaper exposure - warrants. Compare with old time where warrants were the buzz-word for retails-investors, now they are spoilt for more option such as call-warran [...]
November 23rd, 2006 by financetwitter
Three of Malaysia's largest palm oil producers - Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad (GUTHRIE : stock-code 3131), Sime Darby Berhad (SIME : stock-code 4197) and Golden Hope Plantations Berhad (GHOPE : stock-code 1953) are to merge, potentially create the world's biggest bio-fuels company and its largest publicl [...]
November 22nd, 2006 by financetwitter
I read with great interest the comment by Bursa Malaysia CEO, Yusli today who expect the average daily trading volume for 2007 to hit 1.2 billion units - about 50% more than the current figure. Is this guy serious with what he was talking about ? Or does he know something which the public doesn't ? [...]
November 22nd, 2006 by financetwitter
Sales figures are a key measure of a company's strength - the figure which will tell you to investigate more or simply ignore a particular stock altogether. This piece of financial information reflects growth, a yardstick of how efficient a management is running the company.Companies basically have [...]
November 22nd, 2006 by financetwitter
Believe it or not, the stock market tends to do better or worse depending on where we are in the lunar cycle. That’s the conclusion of two studies that have circulated for a couple of years in academic circles.The studies, "Lunar Cycle Effects in Stock Returns” and "Are Investors Moonstruck? Lun [...]
November 22nd, 2006 by financetwitter
"The market is going to be soft. Any rise will be marginal," said Wong Chee Seng, head of research at Alliance Research. He further pegged support for the main index at 1,033-1,032 and resistance at 1,045.Another research chief said investors were likely to focus on plantation stocks and shares of f [...]
November 21st, 2006 by financetwitter
In an internal memo written by a Yahoo (Nasdaq : YHOO) senior executive which later distributed over the Internet last weekend, it was claimed that "The Internet giant is too big, too bloated and is losing its way". If what this senior executive's claim in true, then does it reflects on Google as we [...]
November 21st, 2006 by financetwitter
Latest investing news from a Wall Street analyst indicated Apple Computer (Nasdaq : AAPL), which recently released its first mobile handset to manufacturing, is working on a second model that will incorporate messaging capabilities (here to read about the new Apple iPhone).American Technology Resear [...]
November 20th, 2006 by financetwitter
It seems Lingui's excellent profit announcement (posting here) has started the chain-reaction to other timber player as well which earlier on triggered FinanceTwitter "Buy" signal (earlier posting here).WTK Holdings Berhad (WTK : stockcode 4243) today triggered FinanceTwitter & MACD "Buy" signal [...]
November 20th, 2006 by financetwitter
After Bursa Malaysia (KLSE) closing today, Leader Universal Holdings Berhad (LEADER : stockcode 4529) triggered FinanceTwitter and MACD "Buy" signal. Technically, the stock's RSI & Stochastic have been in bullish mode since 2-Oct-2006. The Bull:Bear ratio peaked on 26-Oct-2006 and started to wea [...]
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