Live Well ft. Lance Alexander

This morning  (SGX)-backed, digital securities platform iSTOX - which allows accredited investors to buy and trade a fraction of assets like hedge funds or business trusts - announced it scored a US$50 million dollar Series A funding round. Michelle Martin finds out what the company plans to do with its new funds and who its new backers are. Guest:  iSTOXChief Commercial Officer Choo Oi Yee

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Michelle Martin and Arun Pai, Chief Strategy Officer at Flow to discuss Biden's day one promises, China barring big name US politicians from visiting, Yellen's testimony on US policy towards China and stimulus relief, Seagulls' argument on inflation, an outlook for oil in 2021, gold prices and Goldman Sachs' theory on a commodity supercycle. 

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Michelle Martin and Jingyi Pan, Senior Market Strategist at IG discuss Wall Street after Biden's inauguration and first day in the White House, Biden's day one promises, Trump's presidential pardons, Alibaba's Jack Ma reappears and Asian markets in early trade. 

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Michelle Martin and Wilfred Lim, Executive Director at BMFA Wealth Management discuss what to expect for 2021 as an investor, a potential commodity super cycle, Moscow and Beijing ramping up the share of settlements in national currencies to 25 percent, the global picture for underpriced equities, value in Vietnamese equities and any geographic regions to steer away from. 

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Michelle Martin and Jingyi Pan, Market Strategist at IG discuss Janet Yellen's testimony, Netflix reporting a huge fourth quarter, Goldman Sachs crushed analysts estimates in the fourth quarter, Bank of America's weaker profits in the last quarter, GM and Microsoft to team up for self driving electric cars, signs that China may be slowing down but Hong Kong picking up and local markets in early trade. 

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