Terms of Endearment Important knowledge I have gained throughout my life: If somebody greets you by calling you "brader", you ca...

Internet Coffee Shop Talk Boon said... I never regard Lee Shau-kee as the Warren Buffet of Asia anyway. Lee Ka-Shing is the Warren Buf...

HK's Backdraft Guru Lee Climbs Down From The Pedestal HK's very own Warren Buffett has gone less bullish. OMG. When even the Supreme...

Volatility & Warrant Question: In view of the high volatile market, do you think one should continue to invest in warrant as doing war...

Magic Man If you thought that David Blaine was good, wait till you see Cyril Takayama. He is more inventive, casual and likes to do multip...

Decoupling & Globalisation bantersy said... dali, that was a long post!!! good work with patience! btw, i wish to bring the your at...

What Follows A Credit Bubble Implosion Some are now debating whether the earlier than scheduled rate cut by the Fed was prompted by the SocG...

The Terrible Twins Like many of you, I was glued watching the CNBC the last few nights and was amazed at how many are still looking at the...

Societe General, Old News A trader has stunned global financial markets by defrauding France's second-largest bank of €4.9 billion (US...

The Best Instant Noodles The way the markets are headed, I thought it might be timely to feature my favourite instant noodles: some of us ...

Getting The Right WHY Been watching the CNBClast two nights and I was amazed at how many are still looking at the wrong reasons why the ma...

Ice Cream After A Beating Remember when you are a young kid, you did something wrong, your parents whacked you, and after they felt sorry ...

Who's Not A Bear Now Suddenly everyone is a bear. Now we have George Soros saying that the world was facing the worst financial crisis s...

Through-Train's Significance WSJ did a write up on the "through train" program which was hinted in August 2007, and was largel...

Ramunia Heart MISC The Edge: MISC Bhd launched a reverse takeover (RTO) for Ramunia Bhd in a proposed deal valued at RM3.2 billion, where MI...

Passing Commentary Media / Hillary - Why is it that the media often put up "ugly" photos of Hillary, why the bias? I don't s...

Bottom-Fishing Construction on new homes in the US fell 14% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.01 million, the slowest mo...

Vikram's Hot Pot Citigroup's shares lost US$2.12, or 7.3 percent, to $26.94 a five-year low, following its quarterly results. It ...

Another Positive Down The Drain The HK market was supposed to be on the receiving end of a the "through-train" program which wou...

Welcome Feedback bantersy said... hi dali, what about those sovereign funds that are pumping in billions of dollar. aren't they di...

Naive & Vulnerable If you check out the last 30 minutes of yesterday's market in Bursa, you will find that it broke below 1500 for a...

Not-So-Top Glove Business Times - The world's biggest manufacturer of rubber gloves, Top Glove Corp Bhd, has set aside RM100 million th...

Property, CDOs, SIVs Citigroup plans to announce a “sizable” cut in its dividend, a cash infusion of at least US$10 billion and a write-down...