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Market Daily Report: Profit-taking Ends Bursa Malaysia's Five-day Winning Streak

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia snapped its five-day winning streak to close lower on Wednesday, as investors took profit following a cumulative gain of 4.25 per cent over the past five sessions, said an analyst.  At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) fell 14.76 points or 0.83 per cent to 1,756.49 from Tuesday’s close of 1,771.25.  The market bellwether opened 1.46 points lower at 1,769.79, marking the day’s high, and hit a low of 1,750.05 during the mid-afternoon session. Market breadth was negative with losers trouncing gainers 876 to 384, while 525 counters were unchanged, 964 untraded and 94 suspended.  Turnover improved to 3.65 billion units worth RM4.41 billion from Tuesday's 3.58 billion units worth RM4.46 billion.  

Setting A Home Office at Lower Cost

If you are planning to setup a home office, getting network storage would be a good idea for everyone to share files and folders. Why do we buy network storage instead of upgrading the server? Network storage can increase the network storage capacity without additional cost of buying another server, which would cost about 5 to 10 times more. A home office with low-end server and network storage will be more than sufficient to keep the business operating.

Monthly Spending Guidelines

People will always ask whether there is any monthly spending guidelines so that they can tailor their budget according to the guidelines. In fact, there is no such thing as perfect monthly spending guidelines as every one will have different priorities and each time will have different priorities as well. Monthly spending guidelines also change according to the financial goal that one has set every year. Nevertheless, I come out with my own budget which was based on the following spending guideline and it's been about four years and the guideline still stands true. One thing for sure, as I'm still single, thus my commitment towards household (in Housing category) will be less but at the same time, my commitment towards servicing my car loan will be higher. I make it a point to save at least 9% of my income and make sure I do not skip meals. I do tweak my budget on and off, but that is if I have extra income coming in from my investment. Category % Housing ...