Your Money with Michelle Martin

How has the Reit index been doing?  In a time of economic volatility, investors are looking for sweet spots that remain in the market.  Michelle Martin speaks to Kenny Loh,  REIT Specialist and Independent Financial Advisor to discuss resilient sectors, bargains in the market and REITS that are portfolio-worthy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can you go out with more than one family member to the supermarket? What about meeting your girlfriend for a walkabout in the park for exercise? Navigating the landscape of the new circuit breaker measures can be confusing. Michelle Martin breaks down common do's and don'ts with Lim Fung Peen, Director of Yuen Law today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Local shares slipped when trading began at the start of the week along with other Asian equities, as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to keep markets volatile.  Terence Wong, CEO of Azure Capital discusses his overview of the market his assessment of stocks to watch this week with Michelle Martin.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The temporary laws are evolving as quickly as the pandemic is but how do the laws relating to COVID impact you? Who can you let into your homes. Who should you keep out ? What happens if you are laid off with no retrenchment benefits and you suspect cost-cutting behind COVID is the real reason behind your termination? From responsibilities of employers, to the change in contractual obligations; Michelle Martin discusses Covid-related legal queries with Justin Chan, Senior Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution at Tito Isaac & Co See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What are hoteliers doing around the world to mitigate COVID-19's devastating impact? Is government intervention going to be required for the hotel industry's' survival?  Sherri Kimes has embarked on a global study on COVID-19's impact on the hotel industry and she tells Michelle Martin that recovery is not going to be as straightforward as it was during SARS. Prof Kimes is NUS Business School’s Visiting Professor of Analytics and Operations and Emeritus Professor of Operations Management at the Cornell University.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SME's have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Singapore Business Federation’s Young Business Leaders Network HOPE fund to support SMEs affected by COVID-19, has received a 50 million Singapore dollar funding partnership boost. We find out more in Michelle Martin's conversation with Mark Lee, Vice Chair of the Singapore Business Federation’s Young Business Leaders Network and CEO of Sing Lun Group and Alex Chua, representative of Singapore Business Federation’s Young Business Leaders Network HOPE Fund and CEO of Goldbell Financial Services.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We make sense of what investors are talking about in layman terms! Funding may be drying up for many but not for some companies like Airbnb and Slack; why is that? What do investors now think of the start-up space? What does it take to raise money in a pandemic? Michelle Martin and Arun Pai,  Chief Strategy Officer at AsiaCollect also discuss holding value in the US dollar and China getting back on its feet economically.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks with Arrif Ziaudeen, the founder and CEO of Chope to discuss the release of a white paper and survey on the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on restaurants in Singapore and how businesses can strategize during this time of volatility. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is heaven or hell what you make of any instant? Two- time winner of the Singapore Literature Prize Cyril Wong tells Michelle Martin about his latest novel where  a chorus of voices on the other side of life try to make sense of where and who they are, following a huge calamity. It is a book that speaks uncannily to the present and came to the author in a meditation two years ago. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michelle Martin speaks with Jack Kouzi, Founder and Director of Strategy VFS Group to discuss the sweet spots in the economy, traditional safe haven assets and safe bets in the market.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.