The Business Times Podcasts

BT Money Hacks Ep 91: Investing in China's market - the case for retail investors

11:43 min

Synopsis: Updated fortnightly on Mondays, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

This week's episode looks at the case for investing in China in 2021 and beyond. It is brought to you by Fidelity International: https://www.fidelity.com.sg/

BT's digital editor Chris Lim hosts Catherine Yeung, Fidelity International's investment director, who explains the following:

China's household consumption, GDP, and pent-up demand (0:42)

How retail investors can take advantage of China's domestic demand story (2:12)

What China’s tremendous data advantage means (3:15)

Investing opportunities: looking outside China’s big-name equities (6:10)

Income opportunities: yield from Chinese state-owned enterprises (8:26)

Assessing risk in Chinese markets (9:30)

Find out more about:

Fidelity International: https://www.fidelity.com.sg/news-and-insights/outlook

Fidelity's Case For Investing in China: https://www.fidelity.com.sg/Pages/2021-01-06-consumption-continues-grow-importance-outlook-2021-1609903367527

Produced by: Chris Lim and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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BT Money Hacks Ep 90: Achieving passive income and wealth growth amid Covid-19

9:36 min

Synopsis: Updated fortnightly on Mondays, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

In this week's episode, we look at strategies for achieving passive income and wealth growth amid Covid-19 and the post-pandemic recovery.

BT's digital editor Chris Lim hosts Luke Lim, managing director at Phillip Securities, brokerage and wealth management arm of PhillipCapital. They discuss the following:

Concrete steps to rebuild passive income amid the pandemic and post-pandemic recovery: Which sectors performed? (1:55)

Diversify when faced with financial vulnerability, in asset classes, geographical regions and sectors (2:41)

What is the "barbell" approach in diversification? Why it is still worth working with a remisier who acts as a trading coach (4:35)

Views on single stocks, ETFs and index funds (6:25)

Produced by: Chris Lim and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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BT Money Hacks Ep 90: Achieving passive income and wealth growth amid Covid-19

9:36 min

Synopsis: Updated fortnightly on Mondays, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

In this week's episode, we look at strategies for achieving passive income and wealth growth amid Covid-19 and the post-pandemic recovery.

BT's digital editor Chris Lim hosts Luke Lim, managing director at Phillip Securities, brokerage and wealth management arm of PhillipCapital. They discuss the following:

Concrete steps to rebuild passive income amid the pandemic and post-pandemic recovery: Which sectors performed? (1:55)

Diversify when faced with financial vulnerability, in asset classes, geographical regions and sectors (2:41)

What is the "barbell" approach in diversification? Why it is still worth working with a remisier who acts as a trading coach (4:35)

Views on single stocks, ETFs and index funds (6:25)

Produced by: Chris Lim and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

Subscribe to BT Money Hacks Podcast series for our new episodes fortnightly on Mondays and rate us on your favourite audio apps:

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Website: http://bt.sg/moneyhacks

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Do note: Any financial or investment information in this podcast is for use in Singapore only and is intended to be for your general information. Any particular investment or decision should only be made after consulting with a fully qualified financial adviser.

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BT Mark To Market Ep 4: GameStop short squeeze and the power of retail investors

13:26 min

Listen to Ben Paul's analysis and insight on market trends and corporate issues in Singapore in this new podcast series based on his weekly column in The Business Times.

In this fourth episode of the Mark To Market podcast, BT's senior correspondent Ben Paul examines how the short squeeze of US-listed GameStop has focused attention on the return of retail investors as a force in the markets.

How retail investors trade stocks; and the impact they've had on the markets (2:18)

The popular narrative on the GameStop short squeeze; and why it probably isn't true (7:35)

How retail investors, enabled by social media, are driving change in the markets (8:58)

What investors should do as the markets become more speculative and volatile (11:10)

Produced by: Ben Paul, Ernest Luis & Lee Kim Siang

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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BT Money Hacks Ep 89: Key investment themes to act on in 2021

10:36 min

Synopsis: Updated fortnightly on Mondays, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

This week's episode looks at investment themes retail investors can act on in 2021 and beyond. It is brought to you by Fidelity International.

BT's digital editor Chris Lim hosts Paras Anand, Fidelity’s Asia-Pacific chief investment officer, who explains the following:

1. Differences in Asian economic strategy when compared with countries in the West (1:00)

2. What concrete steps can retail investors take to act on this outlook? (1:51)

3. With relatively low yields, and arguably overpriced equities especially in the US, should retail investors wait for the market to cool or avoid timing the market and risk missing out on a recovery year? (5:23) 

4. What are three key investment considerations for retail investors in this 'new normal' Covid-19 era? (7:30)

5. Beware of false diversification (8:59)

Find more about Fidelity International: https://www.fidelity.com.sg/beginners/learn-about-investing

Produced by: Chris Lim and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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BT Money Hacks Ep 89: Key investment themes to act on in 2021

10:36 min

Synopsis: Updated fortnightly on Mondays, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

This week's episode looks at investment themes retail investors can act on in 2021 and beyond. It is brought to you by Fidelity International: https://www.fidelity.com.sg/

BT's digital editor Chris Lim hosts Paras Anand, Fidelity’s Asia-Pacific chief investment officer, who explains the following:

1. Differences in Asian economic strategy when compared with countries in the West (1:00)

2. What concrete steps can retail investors take to act on this outlook? (1:51)

3. With relatively low yields, and arguably overpriced equities especially in the US, should retail investors wait for the market to cool or avoid timing the market and risk missing out on a recovery year? (5:23) 

4. What are three key investment considerations for retail investors in this 'new normal' Covid-19 era? (7:30)

5. Beware of false diversification (8:59)

Find out more about:

Fidelity International: https://www.fidelity.com.sg/beginners/learn-about-investing

Fidelity's Global Market Outlook 2021: https://www.fidelity.com.sg/news-and-insights/outlook

Fidelity's Learn About Investing: https://www.fidelity.com.sg/beginners/learn-about-investing

Produced by: Chris Lim and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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BT Mark To Market Ep 3: Opportunities and risks for stock investors in 2021

11:21 min

Synopsis: Listen to Ben Paul's analysis and insight on market trends and corporate issues in Singapore, in this new podcast series based on his weekly column in The Business Times.

In this third episode of the Mark To Market podcast, BT's senior correspondent Ben Paul provides his outlook for the markets in 2021, offers some perspective on why the STI has been outpacing the S&P500, and delves into recent developments at an STI stock that has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Why tech-oriented growth stocks led the recovery last year (2:40)

Synchronous global recovery lifting stocks hammered by Covid-19 (3:52)

Tolerating inflation for too long could be a policy risk (5:47)

Beware STI stocks suffering structurally weak profitability (6:37)

Board-level focus on unlocking value remains key, despite recovery tailwind (8:27)

Produced by: Ben Paul, Ernest Luis & Lee Kim Siang

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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BT Money Hacks Ep 88: Protect digital financial assets and even large amounts such as 1 bitcoin

11:43 min

Synopsis: Updated fortnightly on Mondays, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

In this week's episode we look at how you can make the most out of your digital assets while making sure they stay safe and sound.

BT's digital editor Chris Lim hosts Michael Shaulov, CEO and co-founder of digital asset security platform Fireblocks. They discuss the following:

Advantages and disadvantages of dealing with digital financial assets and transfers (0:34)

How mistakes in basic digital money transfers can be catastrophic (3:20)

How retail customers or consumers can ensure safe crypto or digital wallet transactions (5:53)

Secure technical steps to protecting digital transactions, even for large amounts such as 1 bitcoin (worth more than S$40,000 as of January 2021) (9:01)

Produced by: Chris Lim and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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BT Money Hacks Ep 87: New digital banking opportunities for consumers, SMEs and micro enterprises

10:58 min

Synopsis: Updated fortnightly on Mondays, The Business Times breaks down useful financial tips.

In this week's episode we look at how Singaporean consumers, as well as SMEs and micro enterprises, can benefit from digital banking services.  

BT's digital editor Chris Lim hosts Hari Sivan, chief executive and founder of SOCASH, a fintech that allows cash withdrawals from shops instead of ATMs. They discuss the following:

What is digital banking? (0:45)

How digital banking helps the average consumer when it comes to more choices, as well as lower and transparent costs (1:30)

Steps a Singaporean consumer can take to benefit from digital banking services in 2021 and beyond (4:03)

Steps small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or micro enterprises can take, to benefit from, and prepare for, digital banking services in 2021 and beyond (6:33)

Produced by: Chris Lim and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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Niche podcast channels for ST's Health Check, BT's Money Hacks  and more podcast shows

2:18 mins

Synopsis: The Straits Times and The Business Times audio features channel will continue to feature the selected Big Story podcasts, sponsored podcasts and the newly-launched Editor Says podcast every Friday afternoon.

Meanwhile, our existing podcast series have now been given their own dedicated channels on free and popular audio apps Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts.

Just open those apps on your mobile phone, and do a search for our podcast shows.

Want to invest and grow your money or save more money? Search for The Business Times' podcast called BT Money Hacks.

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Over at The Straits Times, we have a string of shows for you. Want to know more healthy living tips? Search for Health Check.

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