Your Money with Michelle Martin

Can stock markets worsen in the near future? Was the current economic downturn predicted? Michelle Martin speaks with Derick Tan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Timing and You to tell us more about this tool for laying out the framework for markets, whether cyclical analysis came to use in predicting economic falls this year so far and what cyclical analysis can tell us about what is to come. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mukesh Ambani is now India and Asia's richest man. What can we read of India's growth story from the rise of its billionaires? Michelle Martin speaks with James Crabtree, Associate Professor of Practice, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and author of The Billionaire Raj: A journey through India’s new Gilded Age to tell us more about India’s growth story, its tech giants and the transformative digital age for India. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we wrap up a tumultuous first quarter of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate headlines and global uncertainty. Have we been more greatly affected than we were by SARS? How is oil faring and what is the root of the problem? Why is the SGX faring so well this quarter?  Michelle Martin speaks with Jacob Doo, Chief Investment Officer, Envysion Wealth Management to discuss all this and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With vast increases in the number of COVID-19 cases, many organisations stepped up efforts to help the community.  The Community Foundation of Singapore, through the Sayang Sayang Fund, is seeking to raise another 3 million Singapore dollars, to meet the evolving and urgent needs for services from charities.  We welcome Catherine Loh, CEO of the Community Foundation of Singapore to discuss the gaps in social security that the CFS is addressing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Inferno” is an exceptional , moving and poetic memoir about motherhood and post-partum psychosis that makes you feel you are right there with the author as she finds herself in a psychiatric ward with a personality that’s changing in ways she doesn’t understand. Michelle Martin speaks with Catherine Cho, author of Inferno: A Memoir to find out more about this striking story of motherhood and psychosis.     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the historic crash in oil futures on Monday evening that has sustained itself through the week, the virus ravaging energy markets, volatility is a word that best describes this week.  The MAGA Tech Giants have shed more than 1 trillion US Dollars in market value since February, showcasing that even the biggest companies are suffering from the pandemic. SGX stocks has come up as the top performance on the SGX. How are healthcare stocks faring this week? We discuss all this and more with Arun Pai, Chief Strategy Officer at AsiaCollect today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Get an exclusive preview of a book expected here in July. Humankind challenges the assumption that human nature is essentially destructive and says we could see more positive outcomes if we organised our societies according to a radically different and more positive assumption of human nature. Are we are by nature essentially cooperative and good?Michelle Martin meets the man who challenged billionaires at Davos to discuss his book “Humankind” which invites every reader to rethink their basic assumptions of human beings. Rutger Bregman is a journalist at The Correspondent, and one of Europe's most prominent young thinkers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is an oil collapse deepening? Could we see a shakeout in energy sector? Will we see negative oil prices again? And given conflicting reports on Kim Jong Un's health are we seeing rather measured reaction to a possibly messy succession up ahead? If reports prove true what can we expect by way of market reaction? Michelle Martin speaks with Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, Asia Pacific, OANDA to find out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We look at just days old, legislation that provides legal relief to individuals and businesses struggling to fulfill their contractual obligations.  Michelle Martin is joined by Justin Chan -  Senior Partner and the Head of Dispute Resolution at Tito Isaac & Co. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are negative prices here to stay? What are the possible knock-on scenarios and who could (and maybe has already) benefited from the oil patch?  Michelle Martin and Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst for OANDA discuss the implications of the plunge in oil futures.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.