Your Money with Michelle Martin

Most savings accounts may include an endless list of prerequisites for you to meet before earning a competitive interest rate. Michelle Martin speaks to Surendra Chaplot, Global Head of Product, Wise about the launch of Wise's new 'Interest' feature which offers variable rates for SGD and USD. How is it able to offer such a rate? What does the feature mean for its business development and how will risk be managed?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How did UOB perform in its latest set of earnings results? Despite posting positive numbers, why are investors still concerned about Meta? Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang break down the details. They also discuss the latest S-REITs earnings results. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The S-REITs sector has been coming under intense pressure as of late, with their YTD performance reflecting a 15% drop, compared to a 5% dip in the STI.  While institutions and global institutions may look away,are there are opportunities to be found at a discount? Michelle Martin and Willie Keng, Founder, Dividend Titan look closer at 3 blue-chips worth talking about.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Market View, Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang find out what's powering Microsoft's cloud growth, what the demand for Google online advertising is like today, and if the new debt issuance in China is enough to revive the world's second largest economy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This one is for the Joseph Conrad fans. A new book brings two Conrad novellas that start in Singapore together for the first time  Editor of " Tales of an Eastern Port: The Singapore Novellas of Joseph Conrad" Kevin Riordan, shares more of Conrad’s imagined Singapore, with Michelle Martin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Addressing crypto misconceptions has undoubtedly become increasingly imperative, given the long list of unfortunate events that occurred over the past year. With that in mind, Michelle Martin invites Diederik Van Wersch, International Director, Crypto & Web3, Chainalysis to discuss Chainalysis’s crypto myth busting report which seeks to dispel 30 of the most common myths about cryptocurrency.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s shopping season! Why is Chevron buying Hess Corporation for $53 billion? Why did Swiss pharma giant Roche agree to buy Telavant Holdings in a $7.1 billion deal? And where is Microsoft investing its $3.2 billion to boost AI and Tech? Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang crunch the numbers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin invites Cheng Chye Hsern, Head of Investment, Providend to discuss some of the challenges markets are expected to face at the tail end of 2023 and what the rise in long term interest rates for government bonds mean for stocks and gold prices. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who is topping the charts of institutional buying in Singapore's stock market, and whose lead should you follow? What's behind last week's negative sentiment over on Wall Street? And what key data should you be keeping an eye out on as Big Tech companies report their earnings results this week? Find out with Michelle Martin and Ryan Huang. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here's the dilemma that many of us are faced with: Should you invest in a lump sum or in smaller increments over time, a strategy known as dollar-cost averaging? Find out the answer with Michelle Martin and Chrisopher Tan, CEO, Providend.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.