Tag: Finance
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5 Things to Know About U.S.’s 2023 GDP
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. Why you should know: The results of the latest 4Q 2023 gross domestic product (GDP) data will give you an estimate of 2023’s GDP. It also provides you with a view of how things are in the…
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I Forecast the Ringgit So That I Can Plan for My Holidays in 2024
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. I have to admit. When I went on holiday to New Zealand last year, I was looking at my bank account and sobbing. RM3.00 for NZD$1.00. The trip was great, but I was scraping the bottom of…
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A Guide to Buying Low and Selling High – The Science, the Art, and the In-between
If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. Trudging down the path towards the damp, dark alley of the wet market of Ampang, I watched as my mum, strapped with her shopping bag, slung over her weary shoulders, negotiated with the chicken seller for a…
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On the Ground: The Top 5 Performers in Nasdaq and S&P 500 in 2023
Technology stocks made the cut for the best performers in 2023, while a cruise company sails forward. If you like this content, consider subscribing to the website, or follow my LinkedIn and Medium. Nvidia (+246%) The $1 trillion unicorn. Nvidia’s rise in 2023 was not expected to be honest. In 2022, investors were…
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I Evaluated Black Friday to See if There is an Investment Strategy
Is there a viable investment/trading strategy for U.S. companies during Black Friday? Why this is useful for you: Sales for big U.S. retailers typically gain during the Black Friday quarters. This research will examine whether there are opportunities for investors to capitalize on during the Black Friday sales period. Black…
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I Made 30% on AmBank in 2 Years – Here’s How I Did It
Here’s the proof. I invested in AmBank for RM3.10 in August 2021 and exited at RM4.04 in November 2023. The bank that was in the middle of the 1MDB crisis in the late 2010s – AmBank. It has since tried to move away from that image after that. For me,…
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Earnings Watch (US): Roblox, Target
Roblox: Strong results catapult the company upwards Roblox didn’t disappoint this time. Its 3Q 2023 results were definitively strong with bookings of US$840 million exceeding expectations of US$822 million. Roblox registered a revenue of US$713 million for the quarter, a 4.8% increase from the previous quarter. Share price gained by 18.1%…
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Plytec IPO Listing: 7 Things to Know Before Investing
This is part of the the full newsletter for Week 4 of October 2023, which you can find on LinkedIn here. Plytec wants to raise RM37.1 million from the market Another month, another IPO. In the Malaysian market, Plytec is trying to raise RM37.1 million and provides construction services and…
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Sunwoda IPO Listing: 5 Things to Know Before Investing
This is part of the the full newsletter for Week 4 of October 2023, which you can find on LinkedIn here. Many things are still up on the air for Sunwoda, China’s sixth-largest electric vehicle battery company. It plans to list itself but not much detail has been disclosed yet.…
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Alphabet 3Q 2023 Cloud Miss, While Meta Gains
This is part of the the full newsletter for Week 4 of October 2023, which you can find on LinkedIn here. Alphabet’s Cloud Division Disappoints for 3Q 2023 The alphabet for Alphabet is L for its cloud division this quarter. 3Q 2023 overall results were fine, and within expectations but…
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