KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 (Bernama) -- Bursa Malaysia ended lower on Tuesday, with the key index slipping 0.45 per cent amid a lack of catalysts and mild profit-taking following recent gains, in contrast with regional markets. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) declined 7.97 points to 1,672.35 from Monday’s close of 1,680.32. The benchmark index started the day 1.91 points lower at 1,678.41 and moved between 1,667.82 and 1,679.26 throughout the day. On the broader market, gainers beat losers by 624 to 506, while some 531 counters were unchanged, 988 untraded, and 11 suspended. Turnover improved to 2.66 billion units worth RM2.76 billion against Monday’s 2.53 billion units worth RM2.40 billion.
The first universal rule of personal financial management is to spend less than what you have earn, but that alone is not enough. It is good for one to be able to control his or her own temptations from the materialistic world. However, as we know that the inflation actually drives a lot of things to become more expensive, hence living within means will not be sufficient. The next universal rule of personal financial management is to earn more. This one is a little bit more tricky than spending less than what you have earn especially for the working class because the salary is limited to what companies can offer. Even if this rule is not easy to apply to our life, we should really plan and think of the ways to earn more. There are reasons why earning more is important, in fact, it is as important as the rule number one which is to spend less than what you earn. Companies which are focusing on cost control will doom to fail in the future because there is no growth in the compa...