Subscribe now for access at a special price of only $99/year. Volatility is cheap David P. Goldman writes that market volatility is at unexpected lows, except for gold prices, which indicates strategic accumulation by central banks like China’s. He suggests hedging portfolios
Johnson Wong’s restaurant Gen at Prestige Hotel uses local ingredients like free-range chicken from Balik Pulau, Penang or Sarawak Barrio Salt but cooked using refined modern European techniques he gleaned from his stints abroad.
China, which accounts for 95 per cent of world durian consumption, is known to adopt strict quality control for the fruits imported and will likely halt shipments if supply from Malaysia falls below standards, says an exporter.
After the currency hit a 26-year low, is the only way up? The programme Insight finds optimism and doubt in equal measure as it looks at factors behind the ringgit’s fall and the ripple effects.