Your Money with Michelle Martin

Michelle Martin speaks to Ryan Huang to discuss China's Tencent Holdings picking Singapore as an Asian hub after India, Alibaba's talks to invest 3 billion USD in Grab, Bytedance picks Oracle in Tiktok deal, Nvidia, Immunomedics, AstraZeneca and Tesla.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Dhruv Arora, Founder & CEO at SYFE  to discuss the potential impact of the US elections on the market. They also discuss the arguments for REIT investing in this economy and how a product that tracks a Reit index would account for dividends.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Insightful reporting and crisp writing powers this inside look at similarities across corporate culture that allows tech titans( like Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Facebook) to keep ahead in the race to invent for the future. Michelle Martin talks to author, Alex Kantrowitz about his book Always Day One: How The Tech Titans Plan To Stay On Top Forever. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Alfred Chia, CEO of Singcapital to discuss personal finance tips, demand for real estate in Singapore amidst the current economic outlook, how the US presidential election will impact market returns, 5G as a trend and ongoing US-China tensions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Ryan Huang to discuss Bytedance picking Oracle in a deal for the US operations of Tiktok, SoftBank Group says it has agreed to sell chip designer Arm to Nvidia for as much as US$40 billion in a deal set to reshape the semiconductor space, Gilead Sciences acquiring immunomedics, a resumption in AstraZeneca's stage 3 clinical trials and Keppel REIT acquires a property in Sydney's Macquarie Park.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Jonathan Ang, Growth Investor and Author of Expand Your Circle of Competence to discuss Crowdstrike’s annual recurring revenue,  Crowdstrike Solutions, their competitors, client demography and their unique business model.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Professor Christopher Cheng, Chief Executive Officer of Sengkang General Hospital and Senior Consultant, Department of Urology,  Singapore General Hospital and Sengkang General Hospital to reflect on his journey with prostate cancer, lessons from his experiences and how moving from a doctor to a patient affected his worldview. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss the knock on effects of a sell off in Jakarta, speculations about China's 5 year plan and the potential implications for the oil and commodity market, ECB and Euro's rise, CAG and Liew Mun Leong's resignation and local stocks.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Arun Pai, Chief Strategy Officer at Flow to discuss Blockchain beating Gold and Bitcoin during this pandemic, Tesla's valuation, China's first potential digital currency and Goldman Sach's favourite commodity; copper. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joseph Phua, is the prolific co-founder of one of Asia’s largest live streaming companies M17. He started Paktor in 2013, founding a dating app that scaled to reach 20 million users across eight markets. The “Paktor” founder and Non-Executive Chairman at M17 Entertainment Group weighs in with lessons for startups and leaders alike. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss the rebounds on Wall Street, pullback in Chinese stocks and what is driving sentiment there, LVMH cancelling a Tiffany purchase and Singapore stocks.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Terence Wong, CEO of Azure Capital to discuss the third day of consecutive declines in US markets, AstraZeneca's pause in a late stage vaccine trial and the impact on economic growth, faltering demand for oil, Tesla's substantial drop, if Singapore banks are a good buy, Sembcorp Marine undersubscribed rights issue of shares, Warren Buffet's bet on Japan and top stock picks for small cap companies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Ryan Huang to discuss the sell off in the US markets on the third consecutive day, Teslas 34% drop in one week, AstraZeneca's late stage trials on hold, Nongfu Spring's IPO with company shares surging 85% in early trading and Singapore stocksSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Exchange Traded Funds, a collection of securities have been many investors' go-to as a consequence of the market volatility this year.   Michelle Martin speaks to Freddy Lim, Chief Investment Officer and Co-Founder at StashAway to discuss inverse ETFs, IPO ETFs and pure gold tracking ETFs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Ryan Huang to discuss the falling pound on the back of fears of a no-deal Brexit, US executives sold 6.7 billion USD of shares in their own companies last month, three Chinese companies accidentally selling shares and Sembcorp Marine rights issue undersubscribed with Temasek Holdings mopping up ten percent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Ryan Huang to discuss the tech sell-off in the US, Singapore's business news, DBS given the best bank award, the US defense department considers imposing exporting restrictions on Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation and parliament to debate a 8 billion Covid-19 support package in October.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Ken Foong, Equity Analyst at Morningstar to discuss the value plays in sectors such as hospitality and travel, the merger between Capitaland Mall Trust and Capitaland Commercial Trust as a near term catalyst, DBS' report on Singapore listed retail REITS and REITS that could benefit from potential government support packages and Keppel DC's REITs target priceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Ryan Huang to discuss the tech sell-off in the US, Singapore's business news, DBS given the best bank award, the US defense department considers imposing exporting restrictions on Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation and parliament to debate a 8 billion Covid-19 support package in October.      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2 were injured after a ventilation duct collapsed during a screening at Shaw cinema. What do you need to know about protecting yourself should a personal accident happen in a public space? Michelle Martin speaks to Justin Chan, Head of Dispute Resolution at Tito Isaac and Co to find out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Dane Viljoen, Co-Founder & CSO of Troygold and Bastiat Viljoen, Co-Founder & CEO of Troygold to discuss Troygold's factional trading of gold, a digital wallet for gold and the plausibility of gold as a long term alternative to currencySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Farhan Shah, Editor in Chief, The Peak Singapore discuss how the fashion industry is evolving, what that means for content creation and new plans for the magazine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss possible triggers for the sell-off and if options and derivatives amplified the tumble. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Growth Investor, Jonathan Ang discuss Crowdstrike's newly released second quarter resultsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do we maximise our productivity and cut down on procrastination?  Michelle Martin speaks to Dr Kumaran Rajaram, Professor at Nanyang Business School and co-author of Street-Smart Strategies for Time Mastery and Dr Eugene Tan, a dermatologist with National Skin Centre and co-author of Street-Smart Strategies for Time Mastery.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Arun Pai, Chief Strategy Officer at Flow to discuss Warren Buffet's 5% stake in each of the top Japanese conglomerates, the SGX's collaboration with Cryptocompare, the first digital bond issuance with Olam, Tesla's instrument and the HKEX's plans to surpass the NASDAQ.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Market View, Michelle Martin speaks to Ryan Huang to discuss the US stock market, debates in parliament about work arrangements, the Zouk 14 million dollar management buyout and the local stock market.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Gabriel Yap, Chairman of GCP Global to discuss the proposed merger between ESR and Sabana REIT, Keppel REIT and enhancing their distribution per unit and Lipo Mall Trust's growth potentialSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Market View, Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss US stocks and factory production up in the US for the third consecutive month, the rally in the China market larger than in the US market, SGX's collaborating with CryptoCompare to launch indices under the SGX iEdge index suite, Tesla, Apple, Zoom, Walmart and Samsung news.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Jonathan Ang, Growth Investor and Author of Expand Your Circle of Competence to discuss optimising your investment in software as services companies, strong examples of SaaS companies this year and incentives of investing in software as services companies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss US stocks, Minister of Parliament Patrick Tay calling for the minimum qualifying salary for Employment Pass Holders in the ICT and professional services sector to be raised, an Australian journalist detained in China,  bank lending in Singapore slides for the 5th straight month and shares of Tesla, Apple and Zoom. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Marcus Lim, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Zipmex, to discuss the potential resistance point for Bitcoin at 12,000 USD, Bitcoin versus gold as a safe haven investment, China’s plans for a digital yuan test, other digital assets such as Litecoin and Cryptocoins potential.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Ryan Huang about Shinzo Abe's resignation and the impact on Japanese markets, Buffet's stake in Japanese companies, the ongoing Tiktok controversy and the best August for US markets in 30 years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A joint Covid-19 collection drive by the National Library Board and the National Museum of Singapore is documenting experiences of the pandemic in Singapore. Michelle Martin speaks to Huism Tan, Director of the National Library, discussing this project, the contributions and key resources involved.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Jack Kouzi, Director of Strategy, VFS Group, discusses takeaways for investors from Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech, how to parse through the many China tech focused ETF’s for value, as well as where silver could be heading.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discusses the Fed's new policy of letting inflation run hotter than usual, if China's economy is picking up, TikTok and Walmart, as well as new salary rules for the finance sector in Singapore.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Arun Pai, Chief Strategy Officer, Flow, who shares more about his expectations from the Fed, if inflation is a pandemic era tool to combat economic blows, the Dow shakeup, interest in junk ETFs and how to spot value traps.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to TV Producer turned food entrepreneur Robert Chua, Founder, Joy Luck Teahouse, who shares more about what new culinary experiences Joy Luck Teahouse is bringing to the table, as well as his take on making F&B a success in a post-covid world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss the current state of US durable goods, Singapore's industrial production numbers and the raise of minimum salaries for Employment Pass and S Pass holders. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Swapnil Mishra, Head of Private Wealth, Kristal A.I, who shares more about how markets could be affected by a Trump or Biden win, his take on Apple and Tesla stocks, inflation in the US and Ant financial's IPO.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Ryan Huang about US-China trade updates, IPOs by Ant Financial and Palantir, as well as how Dow components reacted overnight. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grant support for the Startup SG Founder programme has been raised to $50,000. Host Michelle Martin speaks to Mr Edwin Chow, Assistant Chief Executive Officer at Enterprise Singapore. We find out how the increase in funding extends the runway for success for tech entrepreneurs looking for a start in the midst of a pandemic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Ryan Huang discuss Trump's remarks at the RNC to "End Our Reliance on China", if Zoom's outage affected its stock and the Covid-19 re-infection case in Hong Kong.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Daryl Lim, Founder, Prime Advisors Network, to find out why investors need to understand how blockchain technology is impacting banking and finance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Ryan Huang, discussing how Covid-19, the US Federal Reserve, US politics and record high share prices could affect markets this week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, OANDA, who shares more about the latest regarding US markets, the current state of the USD and other currency markets, as well as some stocks for investors to watch.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bury What We Cannot Take was recently shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize. Michelle Martin speaks to Kristen Chen, Author, Bury What We Cannot Take, who shares more about her book, the inspiration behind the story, while also touching on Singapore's literature scene.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Ryan Huang, discussing US jobless claims, Alibaba stocks, Ant Financial, as well as SGX having new plans with London Stock Exchange-owned FTSE Russell.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks to Arun Pai, Chief Strategy Officer, Flow who shares more about how Singapore replacing the globally used London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and using the Singapore Overnight Rate Average (SORA) would affect investors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Profhilo is a bio-remodeller to treat skin. Michelle Martin speaks to Dr Lam Bee Lan, Founder, Ageless Medical about Profhilo, what it does and how it will help us age gracefully by addressing issues such as droopy skin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang discuss the latest from Asia pacific stocks, Apple shares hitting the 1 trillion dollar mark, Singapore based SEA and HKEX results. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.