Market View: Buffett Bows Out, BOJ Hikes & the Yen Falls, ST Engineering’s 30% Upside?

The end of an era at Berkshire Hathaway: Warren Buffett steps down as chairman after more than six decades, with his son Howard taking the chair. But could one of Buffett’s favourite trades — Japan’s five great trading houses — offer investors a way to continue following his playbook? Michelle Mar…

Fit But Is Your Heart Healthy? What Every Runner and Hyrox Athlete Should Know

Events like Hyrox are drawing a new generation into high-intensity competition. But being able to run fast, lift heavy or boast an impressive VO₂ max doesn’t necessarily mean your heart is healthy. So how do you know whether your heart is actually ready for strenuous exercise? Michelle Martin spe…

Money and Me: Treasuries at 5%: Time to Lock In? Plus Gold, AI Risk and the Yen Carry Trade

US Treasury yields have crossed 5% — so is this finally the moment to lock in attractive bond income, or could yields still climb from here? Michelle Martin speaks with Swapnil Mishra, author of Investing for the Clueless, Reckless and Overly Cautious, about where he sees opportunity across short …

Market View: Fed Hikes: Are Singapore Banks and US Stocks Back in Play?

The Fed has raised rates, but markets are rallying as oil prices and bond yields ease. Could the rate hike also provide a much-needed boost to Singapore banks — and why might UOB emerge as a bigger beneficiary? On Market View, Michelle Martin examines what the changing rate environment means for S…

Eleven Seconds Before Midnight: Can Humanity Become Wise Enough to Survive?

Human beings can split the atom, engineer artificial intelligence and peer billions of years into the history of the cosmos. But has our wisdom kept pace with our capabilities? In Eleven Seconds Before Midnight: Humanity, the Cosmos, and the Species We Must Become, Dr. Farshad Shishehchian argues …

Money and Me: Property Traps - The 5 Questions to Ask Before You Invest

A polished presentation, an impressive property and the promise of an 8%, 10% or even 15% return — but do you actually know what you're buying and where those returns are coming from? Recent investment controversies involving Singaporeans are a reminder that a real property or business can sit beh…

Money and Me: S-REITs: Buying Opportunity, Value Trap or Time to Move On?

S-REITs have raised at least S$4.5 billion in equity funding this year, while average distribution yields of around 6.2% continue to tempt income investors. But after years of weak capital performance, are investors still being paid to wait—or overlooking deteriorating assets and balance sheets? Mi…

Market View: Kevin Warsh’s Fed Hikes Rates; Lumentum, Coherent, Generac and Salesforce Ride the AI Wave

Michelle Martin unpacks Kevin Warsh’s first Federal Reserve rate hike and Donald Trump’s response, before examining what it could mean for the yen, the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England. Also in focus: why Lumentum and Coherent led the S&P 500, Amazon’s Generac deal, Anthropic’s Singapore expan…

Caregiver Burnout: They need more than permission torest

More than nine in ten respondents to the Caregiving Welfare Association’s ongoing survey have experienced—or expect to experience—caregiver overwhelm. Yet guilt, family expectations and the fear that nobody else can provide the same care often stop caregivers from taking a break. Michelle Martin sp…

Market View: Is the AI Trade Changing? Grab’s Big BNPL Bet, Nvidia and Oil Shock

Grab makes a US$1.5 billion bet on Atome, while Nvidia’s Jensen Huang pushes back against calls to slow AI development. Michelle Martin unpacks what it means for investors, plus the pressure from US$100-plus oil and rising bond yields, a setback for crypto stocks, record oil-shipping costs and Metr…