Live Well with Michelle

Market View : Apple Stumbles, Amazon Surges: Two Very Different AI Earnings Stories

Big Tech earnings take centre stage as Apple and Amazon deliver sharply contrasting messages to investors. Michelle Martin examines why Apple’s strong sales weren’t enough to reassure markets, while Amazon’s massive AI investment plans sent its shares soaring. She also looks at Hongkong Land’s S$1.1 billion Wheelock Place acquisition, strong earnings from Great Eastern and Seatrium, Jardine Cycle & Carriage’s special dividend proposal, and why South Korea’s Kospi has become one of Asia’s best-performing stock markets recently. Hosted by Michelle Martin. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

What's next for Wakuda - How John Kunkel views the future of hospitality in an age of AI

Coming soon - Wakuda at MBS will be transformed.  You'll also be able to experience Wakuda elsewhere in Asia. Michelle Martin speaks with John Kunkel, Founder and CEO of 50 Eggs Hospitality Group, whose portfolio includes CHICA, Lime Fresh Mexican Grill and WAKUDA, to find out how the visionary  identifies winning concepts and his thoughts on the future of luxury hospitality. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Money and Me: What Singapore Traders Are Buying to Profit off Market Volatility

How are retail traders responding to a year dominated by geopolitical tensions, volatile oil prices and shifting market sentiment? Michelle Martin speaks with Dani Magner, Chief Growth Officer at Plus500, whose platform serves around 33 million users worldwide, about what trading data from Singapore reveals about investor behaviour in 2026. This discussion is for educational purposes only and should not be taken as investment advice. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

What Really Drives Your Personality?

Michelle Martin gets up close with a personality typology system that can help explain why people react so differently to the very same situation. In the first episode of a new Live Well with Michelle series, Michelle Martin sits down with Cindy Leong, Founder of The Enneagram Academy, to explore the Enneagram, they unpack what sets the Enneagram apart from other personality models, why it focuses on our core motivations rather than just behaviour, and how understanding your type can reveal hidden strengths, blind spots, and recurring patterns in relationships and at work. This episode lays the foundation for a series that will explore each of the nine Enneagram types in depth. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Market View: Keppel's Transformation, Fed Divisions & the AI Spending Boom

Markets weighed a flurry of corporate earnings alongside an unusually divided Federal Reserve, leaving investors with fresh questions about where opportunities lie. Michelle Martin unpacks Keppel's sharp drop in headline profit and why its underlying business tells a much stronger story as the company continues its asset-light transformation. She also explores why DBS believes StarHub could emerge as an unexpected winner following the collapse of the M1-Simba deal, and what renewed consolidation could mean for Singapore's telecom sector. The programme also covers a strong turnaround at Starbucks, a volatile night on Wall Street following a split Fed decision, and the latest winners and losers from the AI investment cycle, including Microsoft, Samsung Electronics and Meta Platforms. Plus, Singtel's reported plans to unlock value from its fast-growing data centre business, Nxera, through a potential dual listing and REIT, and in the Last Word, why FIFA's proposed US$20 billion commercial rights deal raises bigger questions about the growing influence of private capital in global sport. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.