Malaysian ringgit

(May 14): Malaysia’s markets showed few signs of investor panic as trading reopened after Mahathir Mohamad swept to power in a surprise election outcome.

SINGAPORE (Jan 30): NRA Capital likes LY Corporation, the original design manufacturer of wooden bedroom furniture, for what it sees as a positive mix of growth and dividend plans to come.

SINGAPORE (Nov 17): The Malaysian ringgit (MYR) on Wednesday reached a one-year high against the USD at 4.1745. And due to encouraging domestic and external factors, economists expect the MYR to remain strong.

(Aug 14): Policy makers in Indonesia and Malaysia have been so successful in quashing currency volatility that this is breeding a new danger: complacency.

(May 8): The Malaysian ringgit is turning out to be the best-performing currency in the region, so far this year. This is a sharp reversal of its fortunes, after being heavily sold down in November-December last year.   I believe this has much to do wi

SINGAPORE (March 6): Last May, a 128-gigabyte Apple iPhone 6s Plus in Malaysia cost RM3,699. At the exchange rate of SGD1:RM2.85 then, that would have been around $1,298 –about the same as the retail price in Singapore.

SINGAPORE (Nov 24): The Malaysian ringgit has been Asia’s worst-performing currency since Donald Trump’s surprise win at the US presidential election on Nov 8. And fingers have been kept busy pointing at “Trump tantrum”.

SINGAPORE (Nov 21): Malaysia’s attempt to cajole currency traders to stop selling down its plunging ringgit is evoking memories of 1998 capital controls among global banks -- a comparison policy makers were quick to discourage.

NEW YORK (Nov 14): The selloff in emerging markets after Donald Trump’s US presidential election was intense. A closer look reveals that things aren’t as bad as they might seem.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 4): The bad news just doesn’t stop for Asia’s worst-performing currency.