Money Talk Xtra

Money Talk Xtra

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Money Talk Xtra episodes

  • Asylum Seeker
    As of Sep 2017, there are about 14,000 pending asylum seekers in Hong Kong. While they are waiting for their case to be processed, they face a long period of time in deprived condition. Joseph Li went to speak to one of them John to hear about his ch...
    12 min
  • Debt
    According to the latest figures from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong’s household debt-to-GDP ratio has been on the rise since the global financial crisis in 2008, reaching a historical high of 71.2% as of last year’s 2nd quarter. So does i...
    9 min
  • Investing in a bear market
    Around the world, global stocks tumbled into a bear market in 2018. China was the world’s worst performing market last year and stocks in Hong Kong, Germany, Italy, Japan and South Korea have joined in with the bear market. So how should we invest in ...
    9 min
  • Overseas property
    According to the Centa-City Leading Index, Hong Kong property prices have fallen around 7.5% from their peak in mid-2018. Despite that, property remains relatively unaffordable for most people, especially the young. Our listener Meghan is one of thos...
    11 min
  • Spending habits
    New research from MoneySmart finds that in Hong Kong, the old habit of living life to the fullest comes at the expense of smart money planning. When it comes to finances, Hong Kong people are taking the YOLO (You Only Live Once) approach, to the detrim...
    10 min
  • Green investing
    What is green investing and how can you participate? Peter Lewis was joined by Stratos Pourzitakis, Head of Research at Asian Private Banker for more.
    9 min
  • Insurance claim
    Continuing with the topic of insurance, our listener Sally has been in touch and she’s had some problems making an insurance claim for her father. She tells Jimmy Lam about it.
    Jimmy Lam also went to speak to Iris Lun, Co-Founder of 10 Life Insuranc...
    11 min
  • Insurance developments
    2018 saw a number of events in Hong Kong that could trigger an insurance claim. We had Typhoon Mangkhut, cyber attacks and health scares. One assessor estimated that claims from last year’s super typhoon could exceed US$1 billion, which would make Typ...
    11 min
  • Investment Segment
    The last couple of years have been full of surprises for investors. Very few people predicted the presidency of Donald Trump, Brexit, the rise and fall of Bitcoin or the start of a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Whilst some invest...
    10 min

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This and every Saturday morning at 8:30, join Peter Lewis for Money Talk Xtra, a programme about personal finance, about investing, and about entrepreneurship. Each week Peter and his team delve into issues relating to your money, your investments, and your finances, with expert guests to answer your questions. He'll look at some of those life changing events that can impact your personal financial situation, talk about investment, and discuss topical issues.