Your Money with Michelle Martin

Being financially rich takes more than just racking in a large sum of salary every month. According to Mastercard’s latest study, Inside the Wealthy’s Playbook: How the Affluent are Mastering Their Money with Financial Gymnastics, ‘Financial Gymnastics’ is a key formula to reaching your financial goals. Dan Koh invites Ben Gilbey, Senior Vice President, Digital Consumer Solutions, Asia Pacific, Mastercard to discuss how exactly the affluent approach money management and payments, what goes behind the making of the ‘perfect wallet’, and what you can do to start maximising your rewards to live richly today.    See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Last night marked the 5th straight session that US stocks have been rising, with almost every session breaking record highs! Why do JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley think the market still has room to run? Meanwhile, iconic riding hailing app Grab saw its shares surged 15% overnight - what’s driving optimism into the stock? And with Bitcoin officially taking over Silver’s market cap as the 8th world’s largest asset, what does this mean for the future of cryptocurrencies and can it continue its absurd run? Dan Koh and Ryan Huang dissect the details and investigate the latest market movements.   See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Join Michelle Martin on her tour of markets! Hosted by Michelle Martin with Ryan Huang, this episode covers key movements and strategies from Singapore’s major banks—DBS, UOB, and OCBC—each with different shareholder approaches. Dive into buybacks at SIA Engineering and ST Technologies and a property move from Heeton Holdings. Michelle and Ryan also discuss the ups and downs for Seatrium, Singapore Airlines, Sea Ltd, and Stamford Land. Finally, they wrap up with local market movers and a look at the world’s largest rooster-shaped hotel. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

All 3 major US indexes extended their gains in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, fuelled further by news of the latest Federal Reserve decision to cut interest rates by a widely expected quarter-point. But what are the highlights coming out of the latest meeting? Also, with stocks hitting fresh all-time highs, what might be the best performing tech stock of the year? And closer to home, what do you need to know about UOB and OCBC’s latest earnings results? Join Dan Koh and Ryan Huang in this action pack breakdown of markets as they digest and crunch in the numbers you need to know today.   See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

In a whirlwind of action and suspension, Donald Trump has been elected as the new President of the United States, nearly 4 years after leaving office! And markets are fast to react, having witnessed astonishing moves on ‘Trump Trade’ plays across assets ranging from dollars to stocks. But while this signals confidence that a second Trump term will spur economic growth and profits, how might this impact inflation and the US Fed’s interest rate cut trajectory? Dan Koh speaks with Cheng Chye Hsern, Head of Investment, Providend to find out the winners and losers of Trump’s win, how global markets are reacting to news of a Trump administration, and what it means for the US Fed and their fight against inflation. They also discuss where you can find attractive opportunities in equities that have been lagging amid a recordbreaking rally in the US markets.   See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.