Your Money with Michelle Martin

Michelle Martin speaks to Gabriel Yap, Chairman of GCP Global to discuss the impact of Metro Holdings' potential exit of its department store business on SPH Reit and Frasers Centrepoint Trust, possible best and worst performers on Singapore S-REITs, silver's trading frenzy and short squeezes, tech and gaming stocks in China and Alibaba's effort to raise funds in the bond marketSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin shares what's on her list today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss Bezos plans to become executive chairman of Amazon and Andy Jassy to become CEO and the reactions, Alphabet's quarterly profit, Alibaba's strong online sales, GameStop plunges 60 percent, Robinhood's restrictions for retail investors, MAS and SGX issue a warning about trading, MGM landing the rights for a film on GameStop.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Tong Hoe Sng, Head of Wealth Management for Aura Group discuss how retail investors navigate the short squeeze action on Gamestop and AMC, a rotation into value stocks from growth stocks, as well as what can investors look out for in view of the upcoming budget.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Jacob Doo, CIO of Envysion Wealth Management discuss GameStop's rally, curbs on trading on GameStop, Keppel's pivot to clean energy and what their exit means for the oil and rig business in Singapore, Kuaishou's IPO and gold edging lower. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss Robinhood's decision to limit trading, GameStop's rally, silver's surge, Dogecoin plunges after rally, AMC Entertainment explores new capital raise amid stock surge, stimulus in the US, Keppel's pivot to clean energy and early trading for local markets.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Veronica Shim, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Envysion Wealth Management discuss Enyvsion's Supply Chain Enabler Fund and how SMEs can benefit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Samuel Rhee, Chief Investment Officer at Endowus discuss investing by CPF, helping investors with short term goals, limitations on trading in GameStop, the impact of the vaccine rollout and uneven global recovery, the FOMC's first meeting of the year, British equities faring well and untapped market opportunities in Asia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Jingyi Pan, Senior Market Strategist at IG discuss limitations of trading on Robinhood for GameStop in the name of protecting investors and criticism for this move, ThaiBev planning to spin off brewery unit on SGX, IPO volumes, Keppel pivoting to clean energy, Gold off to its a worst start in a decade, See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Market View, Michelle Martin and Jingyi Pan, Senior Market Strategist at IG discuss US stocks suffering overnight, Powell saying that the economic outlook is highly uncertain, GameStop's rise, AMC up 840 %, restrictions from TD Ameritrade, Facebook's earnings, Tesla surpasses with their earnings, Boeing's not as positive earnings and UBS Asia Pacific's positive earnings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Arun Pai, Chief Strategy Officer at Flow discuss the sell off on Wall Street, Gamestop's rise and the People's Bank of China withdrawing cash from the banking system.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ismail Gafoor, CEO and Executive Chairman of PropNex discuss how monopoly has imprinted ideas of property investing, hopes for investors to learn and fourth quarter property market trends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Swapnil Mishra, Head of Private Wealth at Kristal.AI to discuss Gamestop's rise, Tencent on the cusp of 1 trillion US dollars, Goldman's theory of bubble like sentiment for part of the market and protecting your portfolio in 2021.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Adam Tie, Founder of The Novel Encounter, Publisher, Author and Poet to discuss his book and share a poemSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Jingyi Pan, Senior Market Strategist at IG discuss China's central bank withdrawing cash from the system and warnings of an asset bubble, Hong Kong's strong market, Starbucks's bigger than expected quarterly Q4 slump, Johnson and Johnson's strong Q4 results, Beyond Meat's strong sustainable trends, Sheng Shiong bonuses, Singapore's manufacturing sector and the Singapore's tech manufacturers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Jingyi Pan, Senior Market Strategist discuss GameStop's share price rising, Tencent's market cap approaching 1 trillion US dollars, Tencent backing Kuaishou, XD Inc, Merck ending COVID-19 vaccine development, Kimberly Clark gains on earnings and the value of local manufacturing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Alfred Chia, CEO of SingCapital discuss the likelihood of property cooling measures, curbs on property prices and expectations for property in 2021. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What are the alternatives to surrendering your insurance policy should you find yourself in a difficult cash flow situation? Michelle Martin finds out with Marcus Tan, Financial Services Manager of JW Advisory Group, IPP Financial Advisers Pte Ltd.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Jingyi Pan, Senior Market Strategist at IG discuss corporate earnings set to be released this week, expectations for an upcoming FED update, COVID-19 concerns and a potential bear market, strong British equities despite Brexit and new coronavirus strain, Capitaland's profit warning, FJ Benjamin's regulatory update and a strong first half profit for the SGX.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Veronica Chau, Co-founder, Emery & Co discuss nail wraps, how the business took flight and tips for entrepreneurs looking to get started. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Founder and Managing Director of HR consultancy Align Group Low Boon Seong  shares how a shift in mindset was instrumental in building his business and let's us tour his whisky collection. He also shares tips on investing in whisky.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Jingyi Pan, Senior Market Strategist at IG discuss Biden pledging a wartime effort to combat the coronavirus and questions about stimulus, a decline in jobless claims in the US, Bitcoin's value dropped overnight, Frasers Centrepoint Trust's retail occupancy, more leasing deals in the Singapore's office property space and GL's plans for privatisation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This morning  (SGX)-backed, digital securities platform iSTOX - which allows accredited investors to buy and trade a fraction of assets like hedge funds or business trusts - announced it scored a US$50 million dollar Series A funding round. Michelle Martin finds out what the company plans to do with its new funds and who its new backers are. Guest:  iSTOXChief Commercial Officer Choo Oi YeeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Arun Pai, Chief Strategy Officer at Flow to discuss Biden's day one promises, China barring big name US politicians from visiting, Yellen's testimony on US policy towards China and stimulus relief, Seagulls' argument on inflation, an outlook for oil in 2021, gold prices and Goldman Sachs' theory on a commodity supercycle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Jingyi Pan, Senior Market Strategist at IG discuss Wall Street after Biden's inauguration and first day in the White House, Biden's day one promises, Trump's presidential pardons, Alibaba's Jack Ma reappears and Asian markets in early trade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Wilfred Lim, Executive Director at BMFA Wealth Management discuss what to expect for 2021 as an investor, a potential commodity super cycle, Moscow and Beijing ramping up the share of settlements in national currencies to 25 percent, the global picture for underpriced equities, value in Vietnamese equities and any geographic regions to steer away from. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Jingyi Pan, Market Strategist at IG discuss Janet Yellen's testimony, Netflix reporting a huge fourth quarter, Goldman Sachs crushed analysts estimates in the fourth quarter, Bank of America's weaker profits in the last quarter, GM and Microsoft to team up for self driving electric cars, signs that China may be slowing down but Hong Kong picking up and local markets in early trade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Terence Wong, CEO of Azure Capital to discuss his outlook for the year ahead, investment approaches this year, earnings season in the US, electric vehicles and ESG investment and sectors leading China's economic recovery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Jingyi Pan, Senior Market Strategist at IG to discuss Singapore's electronic exports in December, expectations for the year ahead, small caps in the US, Janet Yellen to testify before Senate, Biden's upcoming oath of office, Singapore Airlines staff to be vaccinated, Reliance's embedding commerce app into Whatsapp and local markets in early trade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Christopher Tan, CEO of Providend break down the need for a universal life policy, traditional vs variable universal life policies and a ULP as a contingency plan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Jingyi Pan, Senior Market Strategist at IG discuss markets reactions to Biden's upcoming inauguration speech, the potential impact on the US stimulus plan on the economy, the US dollar ahead of Biden's presidency, the rush for small caps, China's tightening money supply, Sunningdale latest to face activist investor Quarz and local markets in early trade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss the tapering off on the quantitative easing program, worse than expected jobless claims in the US, Biden's stimulus package unveiled, ESG rules, Chinese firms added to Pentagon's list are subject to new investment bans, Poshmark and Petco IPO, Bytedance and GoogleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Willis Lau, Financial Advisor and Tiktoker discuss understanding financial plans, reducing your income taxes, money lessons from 2020 and investing your SRS. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss Trump's impeachment, low interest rates in the markets, modest US recovery and slowing job growth, ongoing US-China tensions, Uber's appeal over anti-competitive Grab merger dismissed, 6.58 million fine upheld, SEA acquisition in Indonesia, US shelves plans to blacklist Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu and Tesla to recall some vehicles for failing displays.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Arun Pai, Chief Strategy Officer at Flow discuss Trump's second impeachment, low rates have underpinned the markets rise to record levels, small cap financials and moves away from Whatsapp to Signal's messaging platform.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Jeremy Ng, Managing Director, Gemini Asia Pacific discuss common misconceptions of bitcoin, trends, Bitcoin halving, a Bitcoin ETF and Bitcoin's likelihood of survival.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Steven Tan,Business Partner at Yang Guo Fu Singapore discuss Yang Guo Fu, opening three outlets in Singapore and plans to take the China brand further.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss the House to vote on resolution calling to remove Trump from office by the 25th Amendment, Malaysia's state of emergency, Lucasfilm to sell Sandcrawler building, GIC retains position as most active state-owned investor for second year running, Zoom said it would seek to raise $1.5 billion through a secondary stock offering, GM starting its own delivery van company, Tee International strong profits and local stocks in early trade.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Eugene Lim, Key Executive Officer, ERA Realty Network Pte Ltd discuss the state of play in the Singapore property market, emerging value in the market, potential recovery and expectations for buyers in 2021. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss whats causing the drop in US stocks, the sell-off of cryptocurrency, the US Yields on longer term treasury notes rising, Signal Advance shares jump, Nio at record high, SGX bringing SPACs on board, Hang Seng Index considering shaking up the index and local stocks in early trade.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss the steepening US yield curve, renewed interest in Singapore banks, OCBC appoints a woman CEO, CDL's shares, Apple, Google and Amazon, stimulus in the US and Whatsapps' rival Signal.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Japhet Lim, Co-founder of Reubiks Academy discuss FOREX trading for beginners, basic rules surrounding FOREX trading and the Reubiks mobile app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss the US economy, investor reaction to new lockdowns, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency and Singapore stocks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is now the time to pile in and double down on certain investments? Which trends  could impact investor sentiment  for 2021? Also in an ultra low interest rate environment we find out more about Cash+ a Syfe product that aims to deliver a projected rate of 1.75% per annum on any amount, with no limits or lock-ups. Michelle Martin talks to Dhruv Arora, Founder and CEO, Syfe to learn more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Collaboration with the Peak's next gen of leaders series, Michelle Martin speaks to Natasha Latiff, Founder and Legal Director, Strategic Advocacy for Human Rights to discuss bringing justice to survivors of sexual violence in Afghanistan and all around the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Market View, Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss curfew in Washington following a mob of Trump supporters storming Capitol Hill, expectations for more aggressive stimulus packages, NYSE reverting to its original decision to delist 3 Chinese telcos, Trump administration considering banning investments in Alibaba and Tencent, Twitter blocks Trump's account for at least twelve hours, Tesla worth almost as much as Facebook, Apple reporting record app store sales and local markets in early trading.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Arun Pai, Chief Strategy Officer, Flow discuss the storming of Capitol Hill, Democrats and Big Tech, Trump's order on affected securities, trio of Chinese telecom companies loses market cap because of forced delisting by NYSE, increasing geopolitical tensions between the US and China and JP Morgan suggests Bitcoin could be a rival to Gold.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can you raise your payout to over $2000? Michelle Martin speaks to Elijah Lee, Independent Financial Advisor to discuss your choices when it comes to Careshield Life payouts, affordability of premiums, and supplementary plans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Market View, Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss polls closing in Georgia and the potential of a democratic and republican win, the NYSE uncertain plans to delist 3 prominent Chinese teleco companies, Trump signs executive order banning transactions with 8 Chinese software applications, factors fuelling the Chinese Yuan's strength, Saudi Arabia to cut oil output and the local markets in early trading.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Tridbodi Arunanondchai, Founder and Vice Chairman of Lightnet Group to discuss his experiences with the investing world, sectors to look out for now, cryptocurrencies in the year ahead and how investors should position themselves given a Biden presidency. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.