The pace of contraction in exports from the level a year ago eased at   —19.8%YoY (Jul-09: -22.9%YoY) but the pace of contraction in imports rose to a sharper —18.6%YoY (Jul-09: —16.2%YoY). Signs of a strong recovery are not yet evident. We have previously said that we shall have to wait out Sep-09 before a more [...]

The Asian property sector started slowing down sometime in 2007 and remained weak in 2008 due to the slowdown in the global economy and the cautious state of investors after the crash of the United States housing market.

The meltdown resulted in the collapse of several large banking and financial institutions in the United States and [...]

While the Asia economy is still mired in a recession, exports indicators and employment figures have shown some signs of stabilization as of the first quarter of 2009, with economists forecasting a turnaround by year’s end. Property indices also indicate further stabilization in prices and in demand, especially in the commercial properties sector in the [...]

Maybank together with other global financial stocks had a tremendous rally from its March low of R M3.54 to its recent high of RM6.15. However the recent uptrend may be showing signs of exhaustion as ADX had begun to move downwards in addition with a bearish divergence seen in the RSI. Be on the lookout [...]

Sometimes, patience, perseverance and time are the simplest ingredient. Achieve your personal success. If you really think about it, most great achievement weren’t born until a great deal of time, enormous patience (with you) and unwavering perseverance prevail. There are people whose simplified formula for success: “P.P.T.”, (Patience, Perseverance and Time) spawned great products!

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