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Macro · Korea · Semiconductor Cycle

Korea Is the Cheapest Stock Market in 20 Years. That's Exactly the Problem.

A major institutional asset manager called Korea "off the chart cheap." Korea is also up 156% in twelve months. Both are true. The trick is in how you measure cheapness — and PEG, the metric flashing the bargain, was never designed for cyclicals.

30 Apr 202610 min read
Macro · Agricultural Commodities · Hormuz Crisis Series

When Three Shocks Collide: Tariffs, War, and the Agricultural Repricing Nobody Is Modelling

Liberation Day tariffs, the Iran-Hormuz crisis, and retaliatory trade disruption are converging on a single planting cycle. History says one shock moves prices. Three shocks change the regime.

31 Mar 202614 min read
Macro · Oil · Geopolitics

1973 vs 2026 Oil Shock: The Playbook Repeats

Oil shocks don't cause crises — they expose the policy mistakes already baked in. The 1970s proved it. The Hormuz closure is proving it again.

28 Mar 202615 min read
Data Literacy · Chart Analysis

The Relative Performance Trick: How Charts Lie Without Lying

A Fundstrat chart on the Iran conflict looks bullish for crypto and energy. But the framing hides a bloodbath.

27 Mar 20268 min read
Macro · China · Watchlist

China's Credit Pulse Is Flickering — Here's What I'm Watching

Four macro signals confirmed. Two still missing. TSF stabilising, Caixin PMI at 52.1, DXY below 100, yuan up 6%.

Mar 20266 min read
Macro · Markets · Malaysia

The TACO Trade: How a Single 7am Post Moves $1.7 Trillion

Wall Street named the trade after him. Iran called it manipulation. A Nobel laureate called it treason.

Mar 202612 min read
Macro · Gold · Safe-Haven

Gold's Paradox: Why the Ultimate Crisis Metal Is Crashing in the Biggest Crisis

Gold just posted its worst week since 1983 — during the largest oil supply disruption in history.

Mar 20268 min read
Macro · Geopolitics

China Is Watching. The World Is Watching. And the Clock Is Running Out.

The US is burning through precision missiles in the Iran war. China is watching. History says this is what empire decline looks like.

Mar 202610 min read
Macro · Commodities · Interactive

The Commodity Supercycle

After a decade of underinvestment, AI-driven demand and geopolitical fragmentation are converging. Five supercycles. Five interactive charts.

Mar 202612 min read
Malaysia · Investing 101

Unit Trust vs Fixed Deposit Malaysia 2026: Which Is Better?

FD pays 2.35%. Malaysian equities yield 4.5%. We run the numbers over 20 years so you can stop guessing.

Mar 202610 min read
Malaysia · Investment

Why Malaysia in 2026

GDP at 6.3%. Asia's highest dividends at 4.5%. Ringgit at 5-year highs. The case for investing at home.

Mar 20268 min read
Macro · Iran War 2026

The Market That Didn't Get the Memo

Oil +67%. Rates rising. Dollar surging. US stocks: −2%. Four markets are reading the same playbook. One isn't.

Mar 20267 min read
Opinion · Investor Psychology

Rich Dad, Broken Compass

Kiyosaki's book changed how I think about money. Then he spent 15 years predicting crashes that never came.

Mar 20269 min read
Markets · Investor Psychology

8 Crash Predictions. 0 Crashes. +400% S&P 500.

Robert Kiyosaki has called a market crash every year since 2009. The S&P 500 has quadrupled.

Mar 20266 min read
Investment Analysis

Do Bonds Really Protect You When Markets Crash? We Checked 5 Crises.

We compared Malaysian stocks, bond funds, and international bonds across five major crashes.

Mar 20268 min read
Macro · Oil · Currency

The Double Squeeze: Why Japan Is Caught Between Oil and the Dollar

Japan pays for its energy in dollars it doesn't print. When Brent rises and the yen weakens, the pain multiplies.

Mar 20267 min read
Macro Liquidity

The Bond Market's Crystal Ball for Stocks

The 10Y–2Y yield curve spread predicted every major S&P 500 crash and rally for 27 years.

Mar 20265 min read
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Macro Map · Regime-Based Asset Allocation

What regime. What wins. What's next.

A hundred years of macro history on a single grid. Growth × inflation classifies the current US regime. Rotation signals tell you when to tilt into EM, Japan, or Europe. Every ETF ranked by trend × macro-fit. Leading indicators + Markov odds hint at what's next. Updated daily.

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