Millionaire Trend Trader: August 2026

Monday, August 24, 2026

FBM KLCI - likely to move sideways with an upward bias

Stocks on Bursa Malaysia ended lower Friday with the benchmark FBMKLCI closed little changed, as investors remained cautious amid renewed pressure on global bond yields and geopolitical tensions. Read more >>

Friday, August 21, 2026

FBM KLCI - higher in line with regional peers as easing US Treasury yields boost risk appetite

Stocks on Bursa Malaysia ended mixed Thursday with the benchmark FBMKLCI closed higher as easing US Treasury yields improved risk appetite following the US Treasury’s announcement of increased buyback operations. Read more >>

Thursday, August 20, 2026

FBM KLCI - lower in line with regional weakness on high US Treasury yields and tech weakness

Stocks on Bursa Malaysia ended lower Wednesday with the benchmark FBMKLCI closed lower as elevated US Treasury yields and weakness in technology stocks weighed on investor sentiment. Read more >>

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

FBM KLCI - bucked regional trend to end higher on commodity, plantation gains

Stocks on Bursa Malaysia ended mixed Tuesday with the benchmark FBMKLCI snapped its three days losing streak to close higher, outperforming most regional markets as investors continued to rotate towards commodity and plantation-related stocks. Read more >>

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

FBM KLCI - lower for the third consecutive session amid geopolitical, global growth concerns

Stocks on Bursa Malaysia ended lower Monday with the benchmark FBMKLCI closed lower for the third straight session as investor sentiment weakened amid renewed concerns over geopolitical tensions and global economic growth. Read more >>

Monday, August 17, 2026

FBM KLCI - likely to move sideways with a downward bias

Stocks on Bursa Malaysia ended broadly lower Friday with the benchmark FBMKLCI closed lower for the second straight day, even as utilities, healthcare, and financial services sectors saw increased buying interest following the release of Malaysia’s second quarter (Q2) gross domestic product (GDP) data. Read more >>

Friday, August 14, 2026

FBM KLCI - down on profit-taking as selling in oil-related counters weighs

Stocks on Bursa Malaysia ended lower Thursday with the benchmark FBMKLCI closed the day on a softer note, as selling pressure in oil-related counters weighed on the benchmark index following the rally in the previous session. Read more >>

Thursday, August 13, 2026

FBM KLCI - rebounded to close at intraday high, lifted by utilities and petrochemicals

Stocks on Bursa Malaysia ended higher Wednesday with the benchmark FBMKLCI snapped a four day losing streak to close higher at its intraday high, buoyed by buying interest in utilities and petrochemical stocks amid elevated crude oil prices. Read more >>

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

FBM KLCI - down for the fourth consecutive session on higher oil prices, geopolitical concerns

Stocks on Bursa Malaysia ended lower Tuesday with the benchmark FBMKLCI closed lower for the fourth straight session as renewed gains in crude oil prices and persistent geopolitical concerns weighed on investor sentiment. Read more >>

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

FBM KLCI - marginally lower as investors stay on the sidelines

Stocks on Bursa Malaysia ended broadly higher Monday with the benchmark FBMKLCI closed marginally lower as investors largely stayed on the side-lines and adopted a wait-and-see approach amid uncertainties over U.S. monetary policy and geopolitical developments. Read more >>

Monday, August 10, 2026

FBM KLCI - likely to move sideways range-bound with an upward bias

Stocks on Bursa Malaysia ended lower Friday with the benchmark FBMKLCI closed the day on a softer note, weighed down by profit-taking after the recent rally, in line with cautious sentiment across regional markets. Read more >>

Friday, August 7, 2026

FBM KLCI - down on profit-taking in line with regional peers

Stocks on Bursa Malaysia ended lower Thursday with the benchmark FBMKLCI snapped its six days win streaks to close lower as investors took profits following the recent rebound, with telecommunications and industrial stocks leading the decline. Read more >>

Thursday, August 6, 2026

FBM KLCI - higher for the sixth straight session on improving sentiments amid Middle East optimism

Stocks on Bursa Malaysia ended higher Wednesday with the benchmark FBMKLCI extended its gains to close higher for the sixth consecutive session, lifted by improving sentiment as optimism grew over easing tensions in the Middle East. Read more >>

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

FBM KLCI - ended at intraday high, led by financial and healthcare sectors

Stocks on Bursa Malaysia ended higher Tuesday with the benchmark FBMKLCI closed at its intraday high, with gains led by the financial services and healthcare sectors, as investors rotated back into defensive and domestic-oriented sectors amid improving global risk appetite. Read more >>

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

FBM KLCI - marginally higher on late buying in selected heavyweights

Stocks on Bursa Malaysia ended mixed Monday with the benchmark FBMKLCI closed marginally higher, supported by late buying in selected large-cap stocks amid improving investor sentiment, despite lingering geopolitical uncertainties. Read more >>

Monday, August 3, 2026

FBM KLCI - likely to trade with an upward bias

Stocks on Bursa Malaysia ended higher Friday, July 31, 2026, with the benchmark FBMKLCI closed higher for the third straight day as investors continued to accumulate blue-chip stocks in line with stronger performances across most regional markets. Read more >>

What's happening now is that the market remains trading at very thin volumes and that can affect prices, even when just a handful of shares are traded. The decision of any fund to pull out from certain stock hits the price. - Carlos Slim

You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don't understand that's going to happen, then you're not ready, you won't do well in the markets. - Peter Lynch

Vision is perhaps our greatest strength.. it has kept us alive to the power and continuity of thought through the centuries, it makes us peer into the future and lends shape to the unknown.
- Li Ka Shing

Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised. - Warren Buffet

Learning is a never ending journey in the stock market. The very moment you think you have learned enough, you'll fall. - Harrison Ho

When people are frightened, they cut their time horizon dramatically, even advisors will say to sell because they see portfolios crumble and they fear people will have nothing left. It's really not rational, but it does happen. - David Dreman

I've found that when the market's going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy. You won't get there by reading 'Now is the time to buy.' - Peter Lynch

A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective. - Sun-tzu

Financial markets are supposed to swing like a pendulum: They may fluctuate wildly in response to exogenous shocks, but eventually they are supposed to come to rest at an equilibrium point. - George Soros

If you don't change, reality in the end forces that change upon you. - Stuart Wilde

The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth. - Warren Buffet

Analysts have always been overly optimistic.
- David Dreman

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction. - Bill Gates

A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others. - Larry Ellison

If you believe that some day it's going to happen, some day it probably will happen. You just have to make sure you're there when it's happening, and ideally you're at the front of the parade, and the principle beneficiary of when it happens, but it's not a kind of thing where you just sort of sit back and wait. - Steve Case

I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is. - Donald Trump

The more flexible an economy, the greater its ability to self-correct in response to inevitable, often unanticipated, disturbances and thus to contain the size and consequences of cyclical imbalances. - Alan Greenspan

The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow. - Rupert Murdoch

The price pattern reminds you that every movement of importance is but a repetition of similar price movements, that just as soon as you can familiarize yourself with the actions of the past, you will be able to anticipate and act correctly and profitably upon forthcoming movements. - Jesse Livermore

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield. - Warren Buffett

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate. - Sun-tzu

Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy.. profit from folly rather than participate in it. - Warren Buffett

I hate weekends because there is no stock market. - Rene Rivkin

Before this century is over, the Dow Jones Industrial Average will probably be over one million versus around 10,000 now. So for the long-term, the outlook is tremendously bullish if you buy stocks blindly to keep for a century. - John Templeton

A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well. - Jeff Bezos

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level. - Peter Drucker

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful. - Warren Buffett

The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator. This means.. that he should be able to justify every purchase he makes and each price he pays by impersonal, objective reasoning that satisfies him that he is getting more than his money's worth for his purchase. - Benjamin Graham

In this business if you're good, you're right six times out of ten. You're never going to be right nine times out of ten. - Peter Lynch

The financial markets generally are unpredictable. So that one has to have different scenarios.. The idea that you can actually predict what's going to happen contradicts my way of looking at the market. - George Soros

Our favourite holding period is forever. - Warren Buffet

If you buy all the stocks selling at or below two times earnings, you will lose money on half of them because instead of making profits they will actually lose money, but you will only lose a dollar or so a share at most. Then others will be mediocre performers. But the remaining big winners will go up and produce fabulous results and also ensure a good overall result. - John Templeton

When I'm bearish and I sell a stock, each sale must be at a lower level than the previous sale. When I am buying, the reverse is true. I must buy on a rising scale. I don't buy long stocks on a scale down, I buy on a scale up. - Jesse Livermore

I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success. - Jack Welch

Well, you know, I was a human being before I became a businessman. - George Soros

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information. - Peter Drucker

The market does not beat them. They beat themselves, because though they have brains they cannot sit tight. - Jesse Livermore

Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing. - Warren Buffett

Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception. - George Soros

Most of the time common stocks are subject to irrational and excessive price fluctuations in both directions as the consequence of the ingrained tendency of most people to speculate or gamble... to give way to hope, fear and greed. - Benjamin Graham

The price pattern reminds you that every movement of importance is but a repetition of similar price movements, that just as soon as you can familiarize yourself with the actions of the past, you will be able to anticipate and act correctly and profitably upon forthcoming movements. - Jesse Livermore

I think you have to learn that there's a company behind every stock, and that there's only one real reason why stocks go up. Companies go from doing poorly to doing well or small companies grow to large companies. - Peter Lynch

Before you can really start setting financial goals, you need to determine where you stand financially. - David Bach

The average man doesnâ€™t wish to be told that it is a bull or a bear market. What he desires is to be told specifically which particular stock to buy or sell. He wants to get something for nothing. He does not wish to work. He doesnâ€™t even wish to have to think. - Jesse Livermore

Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years. - Warren Buffett

Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have, and does not need if he can trust the brand. This explains the profitability of brands. - Peter Drucker

The key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them. - Peter Lynch

I never hesitate to tell a man that I am bullish or bearish. But I do not tell people to buy or sell any particular stock. In a bear market all stocks go down and in a bull market they go up. - Jesse Livermore

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