It’s not just global investors driving the surge in gold, but buyers right here in Singapore.

From bullion dealers to pawnshops, demand for gold bars, coins, and even jewellery has spiked sharply in recent months, fuelled by rising tensions in the Middle East, volatile markets, and growing expectations of interest rate cuts.

At the same time, prices have been anything but stable, swinging between record highs and sharp pullbacks.

So what’s really going on, and is this a smart time to be buying gold?

On Wealth Tracker, Hongbin Jeong speaks to David Mitchell, Managing Director, Indigo Precious Metals, to find out more.

It&rsquo;s not just global investors driving the surge in gold, but buyers right here in Singapore.
From bullion dealers to pawnshops, demand for gold bars, coins, and even jewellery has spiked sharply in recent months, fuelled by rising tensions in the Middle East, volatile markets, and growing expectations of interest rate cuts.
At the same time, prices have been anything but stable, swinging between record highs and sharp pullbacks.
So what&rsquo;s really going on, and is this a smart time to be buying gold?
On Wealth Tracker, Hongbin Jeong speaks to&nbsp;David Mitchell, Managing Director, Indigo Precious Metals, to find out more.

Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong is your 4–8pm drive companion, guiding you through the day’s biggest headlines, trending conversations and the issues shaping Singapore and the world.

From news and current affairs to lifestyle insights and generational perspectives, the show helps you make sense of what’s happening — with clarity, context and a touch of personality.

Whether you’re catching up after a long day or tuning in on the move, Your Way Home keeps you informed, engaged and connected — all the way home.

And she closes the day with a song that says it all.

Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong is your 4&ndash;8pm drive companion, guiding you through the day&rsquo;s biggest headlines, trending conversations and the issues shaping Singapore and the world.
From news and current affairs to lifestyle insights and generational perspectives, the show helps you make sense of what&rsquo;s happening &mdash; with clarity, context and a touch of personality.
Whether you&rsquo;re catching up after a long day or tuning in on the move, Your Way Home keeps you informed, engaged and connected &mdash; all the way home.
And she closes the day with a song that says it all.

Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong

MONEY FM 89.3 is Singapore’s first and only Business and Personal Finance station. MONEY FM is a 24-hour English talk format station featuring local and international business and financial news. We provide you with financial market and currency updates and insights from analysts, economists, policy makers, industry experts and business owners.

In the lighter hours, listen to discussions on social issues and features on topics that include health, education, arts and music.

MONEY FM 89.3 is Singapore&rsquo;s first and only Business and Personal Finance station. MONEY FM is a 24-hour English talk format station featuring local and international business and financial news. We provide you with financial market and currency updates and insights from analysts, economists, policy makers, industry experts and business owners.
In the lighter hours, listen to discussions on social issues and features on topics that include health, education, arts and music.

MONEY FM 89.3 is Singapore’s first and only Business and Personal Finance station.

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Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong is your 4–8pm drive companion.

Wealth Tracker: Gold demand surges in Singapore - Should you buy gold too? 

With AI reshaping the workplace, students are facing a new dilemma when choosing a university degree: which careers will still be viable by the time they graduate?

As automation changes entry-level jobs and the skills employers value, can students future-proof their education by choosing degrees that are less vulnerable to AI? Or is it time to rethink what makes a degree worthwhile in the first place?

On The Agenda, Hongbin Jeong speaks with Leslie Tam, Director of University Guidance and Counselling at XCL World Academy, about how students and parents can navigate university choices in an increasingly AI-driven job market.

With AI reshaping the workplace, students are facing a new dilemma when choosing a university degree: which careers will still be viable by the time they graduate?
As automation changes entry-level jobs and the skills employers value, can students future-proof their education by choosing degrees that are less vulnerable to AI? Or is it time to rethink what makes a degree worthwhile in the first place?
On The Agenda, Hongbin Jeong speaks with Leslie Tam, Director of University Guidance and Counselling at XCL World Academy, about how students and parents can navigate university choices in an increasingly AI-driven job market.

The Agenda: Is there really such a thing as an AI-proof degree?

The news industry is facing mounting pressure, from political disputes over media access to sweeping newsroom job cuts. In the US, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico, while the BBC plans around 2,000 job cuts as news organisations rethink how they operate and deliver news.

On The Big Story, Hongbin Jeong speaks with Nicholas Fang, Founder and Managing Director of Black Dot, Senior Advisor for The Asia Group, and a former journalist with The Straits Times, to discuss what these developments reveal about the challenges facing journalism today, how political pressure and financial constraints are reshaping the media landscape, and what it could mean for the future of independent reporting.

The news industry is facing mounting pressure, from political disputes over media access to sweeping newsroom job cuts. In the US, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico, while the BBC plans around 2,000 job cuts as news organisations rethink how they operate and deliver news.
On The Big Story, Hongbin Jeong speaks with Nicholas Fang, Founder and Managing Director of Black Dot, Senior Advisor for The Asia Group, and a former journalist with The Straits Times, to discuss what these developments reveal about the challenges facing journalism today, how political pressure and financial constraints are reshaping the media landscape, and what it could mean for the future of independent reporting.

The Big Story: World News Day - From Trump’s White House media ban to global newsroom job cuts, How much more pressure can journalism take?

What actually counts as unprofessional at work these days? Is bringing an iced coffee into a job interview really a red flag? And would you draw the line at bringing your parents along too?

On What’s Trending, Hongbin Jeong, Nadiah Koh and Alexandra Parada unpack the changing rules of workplace etiquette, from the viral debate over iced coffee at interviews to new research showing one in five Gen Z candidates have brought a parent to a job interview.

And as expectations around professionalism change, where should we draw the line between being yourself at work and simply being inappropriate?

What actually counts as unprofessional at work these days? Is bringing an iced coffee into a job interview really a red flag? And would you draw the line at bringing your parents along too?
On What&rsquo;s Trending, Hongbin Jeong, Nadiah Koh and Alexandra Parada unpack the changing rules of workplace etiquette, from the viral debate over iced coffee at interviews to new research showing one in five Gen Z candidates have brought a parent to a job interview.
And as expectations around professionalism change, where should we draw the line between being yourself at work and simply being inappropriate?

Wealth Tracker: Gold demand surges in Singapore - Should you buy gold too?

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