The Business Times Podcasts

Money Hacks    Episode 14   Duration: 8 mins    Synopsis: In this new podcast series for 2018, The Straits Times and The Business Times offer tips for the newcomer to the financial investment scene.    Are younger adults and millennials in Singapore value seekers, when it comes to financial services? Should they look at the CPF scheme as one good reliable an...

Money Hacks Episode 13 Duration: 10:49 mins Synopsis: In this new podcast series for 2018, The Straits Times and The Business Times offer tips for the newcomer to the financial investment scene. Can first-time HDB home buyers take a bank loan? What are the differences between opting for a bank loan or a HDB loan? What about couples in their late 40s or 50s thinking of buying a second property for...

Money Hacks Episode 12 Duration: 8:25 mins Synopsis: In this new podcast series for 2018, The Straits Times and The Business Times offer tips for the newcomer to the financial investment scene. How can you plan your finances better in your 40s, while keeping an eye on the future, and the cost of inflation? Is youth an asset when you're in your late 20s, when it comes to taking more financial risks...

Money Hacks  Episode 11  Duration: 12:50 mins  Synopsis: In this new podcast series for 2018, The Straits Times and The Business Times offer tips for the newcomer to the financial investment scene.    Gibson - the famed US brand which was founded in 1902 - made headlines around the world recently when it filed for bankruptcy protection as it struggles with US$500m of debt....

Money Hacks  Episode 10  Duration: 9:30 mins  Synopsis: In this new podcast series for 2018, The Straits Times and The Business Times offer tips for the newcomer to the financial investment scene.  How do you become smarter about considering possible investments for your future, as early as when you're in your late teens? Or if you have a young family and are concerned about fa...

Money Hacks  Episode 9  Duration: 9 mins  Synopsis: In this new podcast series for 2018, The Straits Times and The Business Times offer tips for the newcomer to the financial investment scene.   Is it worth investing in something that isn't locked away in an account but which you can appreciate up close? We look at the possibility of starting out in the world of art collecting,...

Money Hacks  Episode 8  Duration: 9:15 mins  Synopsis: In this new podcast series for 2018, The Straits Times and The Business Times offer tips for the newcomer to the financial investment scene.  Is it worth investing in something you can appreciate up close, and in yourself too? We look at the possibility of starting out in the world of wristwatch collecting, zooming in on ti...

Money Hacks  Episode 7  Duration: 10:55 mins  Synopsis: In this new podcast series for 2018, The Straits Times and The Business Times offer tips for the newcomer to the financial investment scene.  You're a millennial and you're eyeing to raise funds for your dream start-up. Should you invest in initial coin offerings (ICO)? What if you're a senior and you're thinking that the...

Money Hacks  Episode 6  Duration: 9:14 mins  Synopsis: In this new podcast series for 2018, The Straits Times and The Business Times offer tips for the newcomer to the financial investment scene.  Thinking of property investment in Singapore? Kalpana Rashiwala - property correspondent for The Business Times - tackles the scenario for someone in their early 30s, looking to buy a...

Money Hacks  Episode 5  Duration: 8:50 mins  Synopsis: In this new podcast series for 2018, The Straits Times and The Business Times offer tips for the newcomer to the financial investment scene.  Can blockchain technology - which underpins the cryptocurrency Bitcoin - help customers with better deals in future? In cheaper and faster insurance or legal transactions for example?...

Money Hacks  Episode 4  Duration: 10:50 mins  Synopsis: In this new podcast series for 2018, The Straits Times and The Business Times offer tips for the newcomer to the financial investment scene.  Say you are an adventurous young person keen to experiment with cryptocurrency investment, how do you get started in Singapore? If you are a senior, and a first-time investor, how do...

Money Hacks Episode 3 Duration: 6:20 mins Synopsis: In this new podcast series for 2018, The Straits Times and The Business Times offer tips for the newcomer to the financial investment scene. Say you are newly retired but your savvy young relative claims to be able to double your savings by investing for you in cryptocurrency, a world you're unfamiliar with. Should you agree? Also, what is a good...

Money Hacks  Episode 2  Duration: 4:50 mins  Synopsis: In this new podcast series for 2018, The Straits Times and The Business Times offer tips for the newcomer to the financial investment scene.  Should you listen to friends who tell you the cryptocurrency bubble has truly burst and strike while the iron is hot? To get a better perspective on this seemingly volatile scene, fin...

Money Hacks  Episode 1  Duration: 9 mins  Synopsis: In this new podcast series for 2018, The Straits Times and The Business Times offer tips for the newcomer to the financial investment scene.  How should you balance a percentage of your savings if you're going to invest for the first time, regardless of whether you're a young professional or a newly-retired person? Or should y...