Your Money with Michelle Martin

Michelle Martin and Alfred Chia, CEO of SingCapital discuss the likelihood of property cooling measures, curbs on property prices and expectations for property in 2021. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What are the alternatives to surrendering your insurance policy should you find yourself in a difficult cash flow situation? Michelle Martin finds out with Marcus Tan, Financial Services Manager of JW Advisory Group, IPP Financial Advisers Pte Ltd.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Jingyi Pan, Senior Market Strategist at IG discuss corporate earnings set to be released this week, expectations for an upcoming FED update, COVID-19 concerns and a potential bear market, strong British equities despite Brexit and new coronavirus strain, Capitaland's profit warning, FJ Benjamin's regulatory update and a strong first half profit for the SGX.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Veronica Chau, Co-founder, Emery & Co discuss nail wraps, how the business took flight and tips for entrepreneurs looking to get started. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Founder and Managing Director of HR consultancy Align Group Low Boon Seong  shares how a shift in mindset was instrumental in building his business and let's us tour his whisky collection. He also shares tips on investing in whisky.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Jingyi Pan, Senior Market Strategist at IG discuss Biden pledging a wartime effort to combat the coronavirus and questions about stimulus, a decline in jobless claims in the US, Bitcoin's value dropped overnight, Frasers Centrepoint Trust's retail occupancy, more leasing deals in the Singapore's office property space and GL's plans for privatisation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This morning  (SGX)-backed, digital securities platform iSTOX - which allows accredited investors to buy and trade a fraction of assets like hedge funds or business trusts - announced it scored a US$50 million dollar Series A funding round. Michelle Martin finds out what the company plans to do with its new funds and who its new backers are. Guest:  iSTOXChief Commercial Officer Choo Oi YeeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Arun Pai, Chief Strategy Officer at Flow to discuss Biden's day one promises, China barring big name US politicians from visiting, Yellen's testimony on US policy towards China and stimulus relief, Seagulls' argument on inflation, an outlook for oil in 2021, gold prices and Goldman Sachs' theory on a commodity supercycle. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Jingyi Pan, Senior Market Strategist at IG discuss Wall Street after Biden's inauguration and first day in the White House, Biden's day one promises, Trump's presidential pardons, Alibaba's Jack Ma reappears and Asian markets in early trade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin and Wilfred Lim, Executive Director at BMFA Wealth Management discuss what to expect for 2021 as an investor, a potential commodity super cycle, Moscow and Beijing ramping up the share of settlements in national currencies to 25 percent, the global picture for underpriced equities, value in Vietnamese equities and any geographic regions to steer away from. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.