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Bad News Means Higher Stock Markets
My Thoughts for the Week As the holiday season gets underway, investors are feeling a tad optimistic but also cashing out some of their riskier investments. The consensus is that the U.S. Federal Reserve will not let the stock market tank and will cut interest rates. I agree also, as…
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Reflections #1: Facing Things One by One
Source: Dzo from Unsplash My baby daughter clings to my leg. Bored, she looks up to me, looking for my attention. I stared down, fingers still on the keyboard, and I lifted her up. She gave me a wry smile, seemingly satisfied that she got my attention. I held her…
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We are Nearing Trump Tariffs Again (Fresh Off the Oven Newsletter)
Meme Comic to Send You Economics At Your Fingertips The United States Manufacturing Purchasing Manager Index The Manufacturing PMI is up to 49.0 points in June 2025, but companies are still negative about the state of things. Nonfarm Payrolls Non-farm payrolls, or ‘how many jobs are created for the month’, are…
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Trump Called Jerome a ‘Numbskull’ (Fresh Off the Oven Newsletter)
It’s good to be back after a holiday. This week, I have a lot in store for you. Meme Comic to Send You Economics At Your Fingertips China Inflation Is China in a Japan-like Lost Decade? It certainly looks like so. Inflation for May 2025 is at -0.1%, the same as in…
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What I Learned Investing and Making 11% Profit on Teo Seng Capital
Why did the chicken cross the road? Becaaauuuusseeee If you read that and laugh, well, I did too. Shame on us for being easy. You see, in January 2024, I came across an interesting investment prospect called Teo Seng Capital. The company distributes and sells chicken, eggs and chicken feed…
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Fresh Off the Oven – Foxconn on its Quest for World Domination
Remember this movie? Terminator in the 1980s and 1990s. Arnold Schwarzenegger was pumping lead from his shotgun into the many robots sent from the future. You see, in the future, Skynet (a sentient AI program) launched nuclear warheads to destroy human civilisations as a counteract against human attempts to shut…
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Fresh Off the Oven – End-Year 2024 Review
No, not that kind of bang that you see in Hollywood racy series. More like this one. 2024 has been a great year for investments in general. Bitcoin hits the US$100,000 market because of Trump. Nvidia surpassed Apple as the biggest company in the world in terms of market capitalisation.…
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Fresh Off the Oven – Merry Christmas
Christmas cheer is here, and so is Mariah Carey’s annoying song that won’t stop playing in my head. “All I want for Christmas is you” At this point, all I want is for that song to stop. But the show must go on. So is this newsletter. This week, we…
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Crossing the Gap by C.J.Koch (Book Review)
I am not a big fiction reader. When I picked up “Crossing the Gap” by C.J.Koch, I was helping out at a Swinburne University event where I relived my youthful student days. The Book Club was having a book giveaway, donating books to anyone who wanted to take them on.…
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