S1E253: Stop chasing, start securing: The cashflow strategy for volatile times

If 2025 left your portfolio feeling like a runaway train and before you chase the next shiny AI stock or panic-sell everything, take heed. How can you cut through the noise, the greed, and the well-meaning, inflation-averse relatives? Howie Lim finds out why systematic rebalancing beats FOMO, how to generate cashflow now, and where to find safety and growth in a chaotic 2026.

Synopsis: Every Monday, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

Highlights:

01:13 Systematic, habitual rebalancing trumps timing

04:52 Importance of holding additional equity or 'dry powder'

10:01 Three behavioural traps

12:57 FOMO vs. risk management

---

Send us your questions, thoughts, story ideas, and feedback to btpodcasts@sph.com.sg.

---

Written and hosted by: Howie Lim (howielim@sph.com.sg)

With Winshern Ho, wealth manager, PhillipCapital and Oriano Lizza, sales trader, CMC Markets

Edited by: Howie Lim & Claressa Monteiro

Produced by: Howie Lim & Chai Pei Chieh

A podcast by BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media

---

Follow BT Money Hacks podcasts every Monday:

Channel: bt.sg/btmoneyhacks

Amazon: bt.sg/mham

Apple Podcasts: bt.sg/oeXe 

Spotify: bt.sg/oeGN 

YouTube Music: bt.sg/mhyt

Website: bt.sg/moneyhacks

Do note: This podcast is meant to provide general information only. SPH Media accepts no liability for loss arising from any reliance on the podcast or use of third party’s products and services. Please consult professional advisors for independent advice. 

---

Discover more BT podcast series:

BT Correspondents: bt.sg/btcobt

BT Market Focus at: bt.sg/btmktfocus

BT Podcasts at: bt.sg/pcOM

BT Lens On: bt.sg/btlenson

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.