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Market Daily Report: Bursa Malaysia Ends Marginally Lower Amid Lack Of Fresh Catalysts

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia ended marginally lower on Monday amid selling activity as the market lacked fresh catalysts to spur investors’ buying interest, an analyst said. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) eased 1.60 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 1,670.02, from Friday’s close of 1,671.62. The benchmark index, which opened 0.93 of-a-point higher at 1,672.55, moved between 1,668.61 and 1,674.11 throughout the trading session. Market breadth was negative as losers surpassed gainers 748 to 388, while 517 counters were unchanged, 1,271 untraded and 91 suspended. Turnover slipped to 3.11 billion units worth RM2.40 billion from 4.07 billion units valued at RM2.69 billion on Friday.

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 ...