Markets all over the world rebounded last week after moving into a bullish trend correction in the last two weeks. A month ago, the Europe market, benchmarked by the FBMKLCI breaks out from a correction when the index was at 1,200 points and went as high as 1231.49 points before pulling back to test the [...]

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 [...]

After months of being bullish, investors and traders were uncertain in the past one month and now the sentiment is getting a little bearish. The market is not being fed with strong positive catalysts in the past few weeks and many warning signs were given by analysts that the financial crisis has not ended. Manufacturing [...]

It should be remembered that greed always sells. Rationality or rational behavior does not sell. A harsh reality today is that getting wealthy in real terms is not as easy as it used to be.  It could take as long as five years for asset managers around the world to recoup the US$ 10 trillion [...]