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Don’t be fooled by some of these money myths. And what can you do if you have been? Howie Lim, correspondent at the Business Times gets insights from David Kuo from The Smart Investor, Adam Reynolds, APAC CEO from Saxo, Christopher Tan from Providend and David Fergusson of Hugosave. Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. Highlight...

Analysts feel 2022’s turmoil may lead to potential opportunities in alternatives over the coming 12 to 24 months and beyond. But which alternatives, exactly? Correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Trevor Xie, CEO of Conservation Capital for more insights. Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. Highlights of the conversation:  01:20 Ris...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. How do we keep emotions out of investment decisions, especially during uncertain times? And is having emotions when investing really so bad? Correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Stephanie Leung, chief investment officer of StashAway for more insights. Highlights of the conversation:  00:55 How t...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. What’s good debt? And could what happened to Silicon Valley Bank happen to you? And building a solid financial plan isn’t so daunting these days. Howie Lim speaks to Laurent Bertrand, CEO and co-founder of BetterTradeOff for his insights. Highlights of the conversation:  01:19 Misconceptions...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. How can we capitalise on China’s recovery? Its manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest pace in more than a decade in February but its all-or-nothing stock market seems to be losing momentum. So in or out? Correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Samuel Rhee, Chairman and Chief Investment Offi...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. Has Budget 2023 provided enough to blunt the impact of rising prices? And shouldn’t we not rely too much on hand outs anyway? Correspondent Howie Lim speaks to David Fergusson, CEO and co-founder of Hugosave for more insights Highlights of the conversation:  00:50 How much Budget 2023 helps o...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. So we’ve had to first tighten our belts, then hedge against inflation and now recession-proof. Shouldn’t be too hard, right? Correspondent Howie Lim finds out from David Kuo, co-founder of the Smart Investor. Highlights of the conversation:  00:57 Remember these rules about money 04:57 The se...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. Who isn’t looking for earnings resiliency in the face of an uncertain economic environment? And what’s happened in the fixed income market and as well as the diversified nature of ETFs could now offer better income generation! Correspondent Howie Lim gets more insights from Salim Ramji, globa...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips as correspondent Howie Lim interviews experts in their fields.  As property prices remain high in 2023, according to some experts, real estate investors will be left looking for alternative investing outside of traditional property ownership, like fractional property investing. Find out which...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. Many asset classes took a beating in 2022 but look poised to make a comeback. Which ones will help you fortify your portfolio against possible recessionary pressures in 2023? Correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Daryl Ho, Senior Investment Strategist at DBS’ chief investment office to find out. ...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. What is wrong with cryptocurrency? Or is it the players and ecosystem? How affected were you by the collapse of FTX and is there recourse for your loss? Correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Wayne Huang, co-founder and CEO of XREX to find out.  Highlights of the conversation:  01:07 Cryptocurrenc...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. What are the hot investment trends for 2023 and how were they shaped by one of the most punishing years for investors: 2022? Correspondent Howie Lim chats with Kelvin Tay, UBS global wealth management's regional CIO and adjunct associate professor at the Wealth Management Institute, NTU. High...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. With everyone staring down the barrel of inflation these days, how can we protect our portfolio returns? What should we be investing in to beat inflation? Correspondent Howie Lim speaks to co-founder of the Smart Investor, David Kuo to find out. Highlights of the conversation:  01:18 Who bene...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. How can you make sure you don’t suffer ‘lost earnings’ from having to take time off work to recover from an illness? And how affordable is critical illness coverage in this inflation-riddled environment? For more insights, correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Colin Chan, managing director for gr...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. Wines’ clear capital preservation across the pandemic and its outperformance in 2021 may mean wine could very well be your hedge against inflation. But how’s it been doing so far in 2022 and will these volatile times have an adverse effect?  Correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Anthony Zhang, co...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. Which collectibles don’t suffer in higher-inflation regimes? Many have become lucrative in recent years but only some are good hedges against inflation. For more insights, correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Nannette Hechler-Fayd’herbe, Chief Investment Officer for the EMEA region and Global He...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. Rare and collectible cars are growing in value, with indices in an all-time high territory. But can you actually make money off of your ‘old jalopy’ and are cars good hedges against inflation? For more insights, correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Julian Kho, editor at Sgcarmart. Highlights:  0...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. Which wealth management models are outdated and how can the mass affluent ‘move with the times’ and get the proper advice we deserve? Correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Adam Reynolds, CEO, Saxo Markets Singapore to find out. Highlights of the conversation:  01:29 Which wealth management models...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. The art market consistently returns 7.6% to investors and contemporary art investments have outperformed the S&P 500 over the last 25 years. But investing in fine art carries big risks. Artwork does not generate any ongoing cash flows, like interest payments or dividends . So is art inves...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. Studies have shown over and over again that actively managed funds almost always underperform passive investments in the long run. In this episode, we’ll try to settle the long debated argument of ETFs vs Mutual Funds, although we’re well aware there’s no straightforward solution to this and...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. For more insights, correspondent Howie Lim speaks to Ashli Koe and Raphael Ng, fund managers, Salzworth Asset Management. Highlights of the conversation:  02:15 Misconceptions about FX trading 04:13 Tips for newbie forex traders 09:30 Past performance doesn’t guarantee future returns 11:29 Ti...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. The pandemic, current market conditions of sky high inflation, geopolitical tensions and supply chain issues have decimated many people's savings and a demographic particularly affected is the sandwich class: adults who have to care for dependent children and ageing parents, usually at the ex...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. After a very rocky May 2022 of trading, the cryptocurrency market ended on a high note. But, the crypto market environment will likely remain challenging in June 2022. Cryptocurrency prices have been under major pressure since the beginning of 2022. So how can you navigate this environment an...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. Decentralized finance or DeFi can be thought of as open source finance which is truly owned by no one. And it has been known to give returns of up to 20-30%! But to truly understand what you’re investing in and make big money requires effort at this nascent stage. For more insights corr...

Synopsis: Every first and third Monday of the month, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips. Thanks to the current environment, millennial and Gen-Z investors - projected to inherit US$48 trillion of wealth over the next 25 years, are facing the daunting challenge of securing their own retirements. So what can this generation do and how would understanding their behaviour make instit...