Your Money with Michelle Martin

What is a money market fund? Should you keep your emergency fund in one one? How safe are these instruments? Michelle Martin finds out with Christopher Tan, CEO, Providend.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Big Tech and Microsoft are in focus. Why have US stocks came under significant selling pressure overnight? How could the battle for the board impact Disney's share price? Lego, Tesla Intel and a look at Singapore stocks are in view today in this edition of the show where Michelle Martin invites Yeap Jun Rong, Market Strategist with IG to share his views.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who are the S-REITs winners and losers of Q1 2024? How should investors be reading Manulife US REIT's management change? And where can we find attractive opportunities in Japan-exposed S-REITs? Michelle Martin finds out with Kenny Loh, REIT Specialist and Independent Financial Advisor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Where are funds flows for cheap developing stocks heading towards? Why has gold hit new highs? Will markets continue the march up if there are no rate cuts soon? Will the F1 owner step up to greater highs? Michelle Martin finds out in conversation with Hebe Chen, Market Strategist with IG.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What is pushing down rental prices in Singapore? Which sectors are seeing the most significant falls? How much can tenants be bargaining off their rent? What is an investor of a rental property to do with today's market and where could upgrader money be flowing next? Michelle Martin finds out with Benny Ong CEO and his two other co-founders, Shawn Lee and Germaine Chow from I Quadrant. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Easter Monday! Michelle Martin looks at bullish sentiment in Asia and the US and the companies that could have good upside in months ahead. How Alibaba is planning for faster deliveries? How are Reddit shares trending post-IPO? Also, we meet the five Thai blue chips trading on the SGX from todaySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Even as inflation remained stubbornly high, how are markets breaking records and defying the odds? Why does Goldman Sachs Asset Management believe that U.S. stocks have “limited upside” from here? And why is Reddit being targeted by short-sellers? Dan Koh and Sean Cheong crunch the details. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With interest rates widely expected to be cut some time this year, how relevant and viable are Singapore Treasury bills, fixed deposits, and Singapore Savings Bonds in 2024? And how should you prepare your investment portfolio for an interest rate cut environment? Dan Koh asks Elijah Lee, Senior Financial Services Manager, Phillip Securities. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With strong gains from mega technology companies pushing the main US equity benchmarks to record highs, does this reflect a tech bubble like the one in 1999? What is the likely direction of the US Fed’s interest rate trajectory? And how should investors prepare their portfolios for a rate-cut environment? Michelle Martin asks Cheng Chye Hsern, Head of Investment, Providend.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Supply chains, weight loss drugs, who is the chipmaker who is doing better than NVIDIA? Why is BYD's profit growth slowing? And will it increasingly become more expensive to drink that hot chocolate? Michelle Martin finds out in the solo zip through markets in the morning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.