Tag: Economics
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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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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 – Trump Trumps Kamala
Source: Curious Earth Well, Trump has won. What now? The U.S. markets seemed to sigh a relief as it was within expectations. After all, Biden’s approval rating plummeted halfway into his presidency and reached a low of 38% recently. The S&P 500 rose by 4.6% to end last week at…
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Fresh Off the Oven (21–25 Oct) — Was the Budget 2025 Good for Malaysia?
It’s been a week since Malaysia’s Budget 2025. As the dust settles more comfortably on the floor, I want to take a deeper look at the performance of the Malaysian market and its sectors. Disclaimer: This is not investment or financial advice. This is meant for educational purposes and we…
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Fresh Off the Oven (14–18 Oct) — Can Malaysia Stock Market Regain 1,700?
Always the eternal optimist. The Budget 2025 has just concluded. And there is one big fat elephant in the room. Can the FBMKLCI regain 1,700 by the end of the year? Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim seems to think so as he blows his foreign investment horn loudly by declaring that…
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Fresh Off the Oven (7 – 11 Oct) – Did China just Crash Again?
Uncle Pooh be bringing us in a merry-go-round I still remember a fond memory of taking the merry-go-round with my parents in a fair in town. I was young, still clinging on to the sleeves of my mom. But as I ascended to the top, the lights flickered first into…
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Fresh Off the Oven Newsletter (30 Sep – 4 Oct)
Even Tupac has his eyes on China now. The Chinese markets rose to greater heights. The Hang Seng China Enterprise Index (HSCEI) gained 12% for the week to 8,156 as investors piled on into the market following bold actions taken by the Chinese central bank. Last week, I published a full…
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A Deep-Dive Into 99 Speed Mart
99 Speed Mart was listed on 9 September and the share price soared by 16%. It is Malaysia’s biggest mini-mart player, and investors are excited about investing in it. It is currently up by 16% from its listing price of RM1.65. I didn’t want to cover 99 before this as I think…
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