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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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January 25th, 2023 by financetwitter
A secure money transfer is a method that makes making payments for goods and services more accessible and more secure. This type of payment method is not only more secure than a wire transfer, but it's also faster.
More secure than other payment methods
Using a prepaid debit card is one [...]
January 22nd, 2023 by financetwitter
If you oppress the people for too long, they will eventually rise to strike back. Similarly, if you prohibit people from so-called immoral behaviours such as drinking alcohol, sex outside marriage or gambling without proper education or explanations, it will also backfire. The worst is when hypocrit [...]
January 19th, 2023 by financetwitter
A new war has erupted on social media thanks to Twitter's new owner, Elon Musk. Pledging to fight for transparency at the microblogging site, the billionaire raised eyebrows last month when he wrote - "Twitter is both a social media company and a crime scene". The big boss of Tesla and SpaceX subseq [...]
January 18th, 2023 by financetwitter
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) hopes it could be allocated some Chinese-majority seats in the coming state elections. Three states under the administration of Pakatan Harapan - Selangor, Penang, and Negeri Sembilan - as well as another 3 states ruled by opposition PAS Islamist party namely Keda [...]
January 16th, 2023 by financetwitter
Statistics show Japan has recorded 31.4 million cases and more than 62,000 deaths due to Covid-19. The figures don't look too horribly bad compared with the United States that saw more than 100 million cases and more than 1 million deaths. However, the Coronavirus death rate has been on the uptrend [...]
January 14th, 2023 by financetwitter
Anwar Ibrahim appears to have won praises from not only Indonesian businessmen and people, but also its media. Based on the praises showered on the Malaysian 10th Prime Minister from news media and the overcrowded CT Corps Leadership Forum, clearly he is more popular than his predecessors combined - [...]
January 12th, 2023 by financetwitter
As the world rushes to adopt 5G network technology, and watches how the United States tried to stop China's Huawei Technologies Co. dominance in the field, some countries in the world are still using 2G infrastructure. Such remote territories or extremely poor countries in Africa, Central America an [...]
January 11th, 2023 by financetwitter
Singapore's government-owned and controlled print media has been plagued with a major scandal - cooking the books to inflate daily circulation. SPH Media Trust, the publisher which owns newspapers like The Straits Times, Berita Harian and Lianhe Zaobao, has admitted inflating circulation numbers to [...]
January 10th, 2023 by financetwitter
Beijing has made good on its promise to retaliate against countries that discriminate travellers from China. South Korea and Japan have become the first casualties after the Chinese Embassy in both countries suspended the visa issuance for visits, business, tourism, medical care, transit and persona [...]
January 8th, 2023 by financetwitter
Why was Muhyiddin Yassin so power-crazy that he willingly betrayed friends and allies in Pakatan Harapan, leading to the collapse of the democratically-elected government after just 22 months? Why was he so obsessed with power that he didn't mind being laughed as the first backdoor prime minister? W [...]
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