Malaysia’s benchmark index retreated as profit-taking in key heavyweights weighed on sentiment, while overall market activity remained active. Summary FBM KLCI fell 0.83% to 1,684.93 , dragged by losses in banking and selected large-cap names, despite steady trading participation. Market Performance FBM KLCI : 1,684.93 (-0.83%) FBM Mid 70: -0.00% (flat) FBM Small Cap: -0.23% FBM ACE: +0.20% Broad market was mixed , with weakness concentrated in large caps. Market Breadth & Trading Activity Total volume: 3.54 billion shares Total value: RM4.19 billion Gainers: 456 Losers: 678 Unchanged: 550 Market breadth turned negative , reflecting cautious sentiment. Top Movers – KLCI Gainers Axiata (6888.MY) +1.54% Petronas Gas (6033.MY) +1.18% Sunway (5211.MY) +1.15% Losers Hong Leong Bank (5819.MY) -3.29% Maybank (1155.MY) -3.02% CIMB (1023.MY) -2.47% Banking sector weakness was the main ...
I watched Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and I found that one of the easily remembered quote by Gordon Gekko is "Greed is good" with the full context of "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good". It is not that I agree with Gordon Gekko that greed is really good, but without greed, I do feel like one will lose the competency to try strive for more and better quality life by earning more money. In the movie Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Gordon Gekko was a "shark" as what we all call the fund managers and all the people with loads of money to control the stock price. Many terms are associated with these people as they have the capability to influence the global market movement. Anyway, back to the movie, as he was giving a talk on trading, he mentioned, "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures, the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; gre...