Category Archives: Economic Analysis

Singapore Dollar Continues to Rise

While both the Singapore Dollar (SGD) and the Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) had appreciated against the US Dollar recently, the Singapore Dollar had also outperformed the Malaysian Ringgit at the same time. As of 21st June 2011, 1 SGD is trading … Continue reading

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Stock Moving Average Calculation

Moving Averages can help traders to measure the direction of the trend. Most of the time technical analysts are likely to use 10 and 50-day moving averages. It focuses on the average price which is set based on a predefined … Continue reading

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Do You Think RON95 Will Increase?

Based on the subsidy rationalisation plan, there would be a review every six months for subsidies on all products, RON95 prices were revised last December and therefore a revision was now due. So, the price of RON95 petrol will be … Continue reading

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Why Malaysia is A Long Term Investing Destination?

In my view, Malaysia is a very attractive investment destination in Asia. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Malaysia is expected to grow 5.3% in 2011 and 5.6% in 2012. Through the New Economic Model, it will facilitate a … Continue reading

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Impact of the Increase in OPR

Bank Negara Malaysia raised the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) by 25 basis points to 3% since last Friday. Following this, banks will increase the Base Lending Rate (BLR) sooner. So, for those who have variable loans especially housing loan will … Continue reading

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