BFM 89.9

HIGHLIGHTS 
Podcast  >  Morning Run  >  Morning Brief  >  Asian Bellwether Signals Tough Times Ahead

Asian Bellwether Signals Tough Times Ahead

18-Jul-19 07:30

Asian Bellwether Signals Tough Times Ahead

00:35 - Bellwether of the region, Singapore suffers the worst export numbers in 6 years as the trade war tensions start to bite.

06:15 - Gold, a safe haven asset is back in vogue according to Hedge Fund legend, Ray Dalio as he warns that tough times are ahead and that this precious metal is an“effective portfolio diversifier”.

Presented by: Khoo Hsu Chuang, Sharidz Abdullah, Wong Shou Ning


This and more than 60,000 other podcasts in your hand. Download the all new BFM mobile app.

Categories:  Personal Finance,  Investments,  Financial Literacy,  Business Analysis,  Trends and Forecasts,  Markets

Tags:  Singapore,  exports,  trade-dependent economies,  China,  Ray Dalio,  gold,  investment, 


Latest Podcasts




Play / Pause

Listen now : Bar None: (REPEAT) A local football agent joins us in this episode...

Today’s Shows



11:00 AM

Best of Enterprise

(REPEAT) In a global debt market of over $100 trillion, the Shariah-compliant Sukuk market has just crossed its own major milestone: $1 trillion. But what exactly are these Islamic financial instruments, how do they differ from conventional debt, and what's driving their rapid growth? Bashar Al Natoor, Global Head of Islamic Finance at Fitch Ratings, joins us to get into all this and more.

12:00 PM

Popcorn Culture

(REPEAT) In the spirit of Merdeka and Malaysia Day, we review three local short films and then on Take 2 go through your favourite Malaysian movies.

1:00 PM

Cruise Control

(REPEAT) It's a review of the new, competitively-priced BYD Atto 2 in this week's episode. Tune in to hear Daniel's thoughts on this car.

2:00 PM

Matt-Splained

(REPEAT) Today, Rich Bradbury and Matt Armitage pose the most explosive question of all and ask: AI, ya basic?

3:00 PM

Earth Matters

(REPEAT) We speak to Dr. Non Arkaraprasertkul, Senior Expert at Thailand’s Digital Economy Promotion Agency, about his work on smart city projects across ASEAN and how technology, policy, and people’s needs can create greener, more livable cities.

4:00 PM

Bar None

(REPEAT) A local football agent joins us in this episode to talk about his world and what goes around in it. Is it as glamorous as it seems?

5:00 PM

BBC World Service

This episode of The Conversation features two women who are managing orchestras in Hungary and the UK.