Your Money with Michelle Martin

Michelle Martin discusses platinum's strong performance, Idemitsu Kosan to enter the electric vehicle market and Bitcoin zooming in on the 50,000 US dollar mark.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss projections and sectors to benefit from the  Singapore's budget tomorrow, Bitcoin's new record, Dogecoin's sell off, what investors are looking for going into this year, Challengers' better than expected annual results and local markets in early trade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alexander Nicolaus, Chief People Officer of Circles.Life and Chief People Officer at Paysend tells Michelle Martin more about what any business can learn from the culture of a start-up.      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Arun Pai, Chief Strategy Officer at Flow discuss what DBS fourth quarter results signal for the bank in the year ahead, the overall banking sector in Singapore, Asset managers capitalizing on Ark ETF’s popularity with structured products, Tesla and MasterCard's entry into Bitcoin and worries about possible inflation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss DBS' Q4 profits falling, General Motors beat Wall Street expectations but could face a shortage of chips, Twitter's strong quarter, Under Armour's strong profits, Coca Cola's sights on brighter outlook, Viant's IPO, Singapore property market could be due for more property cooling measures, the Biden administration reviewing the sale of Tiktok, Biden and Xi's first phone call and the Apple Car. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Timothy Go sitting in for Michelle Martin speaks to Melanie Lee, Author of "Amazing Ash & Superhero Ah Ma" to discuss her new graphic novel that introduces young readers to ageing and dementia through a superhero story.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Timothy Go, sitting in for Michelle Martin and Tan Chee Wei, Head of Consumer & Retail, Tax/ IGH & Manufacturing, Tax at KPMG Singapore discuss expectations for the budget, the vulnerable sectors it targets and positioning for economic growth.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Chong Ning Qian, Senior Executive, Research, AWARE Group discuss AWARE's budget recommendations for assistance for vulnerable groups with the upcoming Budget. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Love buttery melt in your mouth pineapple tarts ? Michelle Martin shares her pick.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst at OANDA discuss the convergence between Bitcoin and Tesla, the value of Bitcoin as a currency, Dogecoin's boost, Tesla's approval to sell cars in Singapore, Gold treading water, reasons for a strong USD, the Singapore banking sector, GameStop's saga and the VanEck ETF that will track social media buzz. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss Tesla's investment of 1.5 billion US dollars in Bitcoin, the bullish sentiment in US stocks, Electronic Arts to acquire Glu Mobile, Hyundai and Kia say they're no longer helping build the Apple car and social media sentiment ETF to launch in the wake of a Reddit rebellion.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin spoke to Mark Mobius about his new book, The Inflation Myth and the Wonderful World of Deflation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin discusses the S&P 500 dividend aristocrats and Yum, Gilead and International Exchange's higher dividends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Jack Kouzi, Founder and Director of Strategy VFS Group discuss lessons that investors can pickup from GameStop, AMC's short squeeze, investigation into Keith Gill, youtuber focused on GameStop and Kuaishou's prospects.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss upcoming corporate earnings on Wall Street, setbacks in AstraZeneca's vaccine, the US Congress appears on track to pass a fiscal stimulus bill next month, stock market connection between Hong Kong and China halted, Kuaishou's IPO, Elon Musk' tweet about dogecoin, Mm2 Asia say a private equity investor interested in its core business and Yoma Strategic affected.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alternative or mainstream play - how are investors approaching cryptocurrencies now?Michelle Martin speaks with Edward Cooper, Head of Cryptocurrency, at financial app Revolut to find out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In collaboration with the Peak’s next gen of leaders series, Michelle Martin and Leon Foo, Founder of PPP Coffee and CEO of Morning talk about how he plans to disrupt the coffee industry on several fronts and even harness IOT to build one home brewing coffee-machine “to rule them all.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss the rise in Netflix shares , the outlook for Peloton,  Ford's loss and the hotly anticipated Kuaishou debut in Hong Kong today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Arun Pai, Chief Strategy Officer at Flow discuss lessons from the GameStop saga and market weakness, the role of the depository trust and clearing corporation, Musk and Robinhood, the growth potential of Oceanus and looking out for pump and dump schemes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss interest in Oceanus, regulators clamping down on Reddit rallies, iFast the biggest loser yesterday, GameStop shares have levelled off, a divergence between property developers and property agents in Singapore, Apple and Hyundai-Kia pushing toward deal on Apple Car, Uber buying alcohol delivery service, eBay's strong revenue, ANT to become a financial holding company, Singapore approves Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine and the World Economic Forum postponed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.