Are consumers falling out of love with Lululemon’s famous leggings?

Shares plunged after disappointing earnings and a weaker outlook - but the bigger question is whether fashion itself has moved on.

Meanwhile, DBS analysts see a stronger yield opportunity in S-REITs than Singapore bank dividends. What has changed in the income equation?

Michelle Martin also looks at what falling US bond yields mean for tech stocks before playing Up or Down on Nvidia’s US$12.9 billion Hugging Face acquisition, SpaceX’s return to the US$2 trillion club and Volkswagen’s plan to cut 50,000 jobs.

Plus, why is the Dutch central bank moving part of its gold reserves away from the US - and does it tell us anything about changing perceptions of geopolitical risk?

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What if we managed our health the way we manage our money - investing early, tracking risk and thinking about long-term returns?

Functional nutritionist Jieun Wrigley of Rapid Nutrition Therapy says preventive-minded individuals are moving beyond conventional annual health screenings towards more detailed biomarkers, biological-age profiling and inflammation tracking.

But which tests are genuinely useful, and which belong to the increasingly crowded world of wellness hype?

On Live Well with Michelle, Jieun joins Michelle Martin to explore the idea of health as “biological capital”: what newer health panels can reveal, where she believes conventional screening may fall short, and how nutrition fits into a proactive approach to longevity.

And for the busy, burnt-out professional who doesn't have hours a day to optimise their health, what actually moves the needle?

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Singapore’s housing market could be entering a new phase.

The BTO household income ceiling is rising to S$16,000, while the Executive Condominium ceiling moves to S$18,000 - potentially widening the pool of households eligible for public and subsidised housing.

At the same time, thousands of new BTO flats are coming onto the market, with a growing number of HDB flats reaching their Minimum Occupation Period in the years ahead.

Could more supply finally shift some bargaining power back to buyers?

And should someone planning to buy over the next year or two move now - or wait?

Looking further ahead, could Long Island eventually do for the East Coast what reclamation once did for Marine Parade?

Michelle Martin speaks with Ivan Cai, Chairman of Crestbrick, about whether Singapore’s housing ladder is being reshaped, where demand could intensify, what greater supply could mean for resale and private property prices, and the decisions prospective home buyers should be thinking about now.

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Is Singapore still the world’s busiest port - or does it depend on what you’re measuring?

Michelle Martin looks at Singapore’s place in global shipping as Ningbo-Zhoushan overtakes it on container volumes.

Then, could financing become the next constraint on the AI boom? 

Barclays warns Asian banks may be reaching their lending limits on data centres, even as Singapore-based firms dominate regional fundraising.

Plus, why Nvidia is putting US$3.5 billion into MediaTek, why analysts see Dell benefiting from both Nvidia and SpaceX, and what rising oil prices mean as Wall Street enters its historically difficult month of September.

In Up or Down: Amazon, Microsoft and OpenAI, Victoria Beckham Holdings, Mapletree Industrial Trust and Frasers Property.

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Two people with the same cancer diagnosis might actually need completely different treatments.

Here is where digital diagnostics can make a difference.

Michelle Martin speaks with Arun Krishna, Area Vice President, Asia at AstraZeneca, about why diagnostic gaps remain a major challenge across the region and where AI can step in.

On Live Well with Michelle, listen for a fascinating discussion on how digital diagnostics could reshape the future of healthcare in this part of the world

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For much of 2026, investors have been waiting for US interest rates to fall.

After Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s hawkish Jackson Hole debut, should they be preparing for another hike instead?

Michelle Martin speaks with Simon Ree, Founder of Tao of Trading, about what Warsh’s inflation-first message could mean for the Fed’s next move, why Christopher Waller could provide the next important signal, and where a renewed higher-rate environment could hit Treasuries, the US dollar, equities and the Singapore dollar. 

Plus, why does Simon like the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV), what are the risks, and why might Singapore investors consider the Ireland-domiciled IUHC instead?

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The Musk-Altman rivalry takes another turn as OpenAI moves to cut off its models from SpaceX-owned Cursor.

Michelle Martin looks at what the clash could mean for competition in AI. 

Closer to home, ComfortDelGro lands a major Copenhagen Metro contract - could it give the stock a much-needed lift?

Plus, CXMT reports booming sales, corn and wheat prices surge, GuocoLand’s profit tumbles and Petronas delivers stronger first-half numbers.

And as Wall Street closes out a winning August, has Fed Chair Kevin Warsh just put a September rate hike firmly back on the table? 

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Do you have high standards, a strong sense of right and wrong - and an inner critic that rarely takes the day off?

You may recognise some traits of Enneagram Type 1, often called the  Perfectionist.

Michelle Martin speaks with Cindy Leong, Founder of The Enneagram Academy, about what really drives Type 1s, why their desire to improve things can sometimes sound like criticism, and what they need from the people closest to them. 

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Enter the moneyverse with Michelle and her guest who explains that there are invisible rules to the systems that generate and perpetuate wealth and economies we all need to understand.

Why can you know how to budget, save and invest - and still struggle to get ahead?

Michelle Martin speaks with Lionel Lee, author of Into the Moneyverse: The Real World of Money and Why Financial Literacy Alone Won’t Save You, about the difference between financial literacy and “money literacy”. 

Plus, how can you move from being a passive player in the "moneyverse" to Active Player 1? 

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Nvidia has done it again. A blowout earnings report sent its shares surging, adding some US$442 billion in market value in a single day. But as Nvidia grows ever more powerful, is its sheer size becoming a risk for the wider market?

Michelle Martin looks at Nvidia’s extraordinary rally and what it says about confidence in the AI boom, before turning to Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s crucial Jackson Hole speech, why CrowdStrike is benefiting from the rise of AI-powered cyber threats, why Marvell fell despite raising its forecasts, what Seatrium and Petrobras could be planning for Asian natural-gas demand, and why Frencken wants to raise S$100 million.

And finally: meet one of the more unexpected winners of the data-centre boom.

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