The Afternoon Update with Lynlee Foo
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Stay in the know with programs such as Viewpoint and Industry Insights in property, cryptocurrency, aviation, and shipping. We delve into the latest news, current events, and market updates to provide you with valuable insights into making informed financial decisions.
JUN 24, 2024
24/06/24 - Industry Insight: How AI is revolutionising the retail industryAPAC boasts a robust retail growth trajectory, especially in South East Asia. According to the 2023 global retail development index, both Malaysia and Indonesia are ranked among the top 10 economies that retailers should prioritise establishing a presence in. Tom Bianculli, Chief Technology Officer at American mobile computing company, Zebra Technologies, shares more about the importance of omnichannel capabilities and emerging technologies like Generative AI to retailers, especially as AI revolutionises the retail industry.
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JUN 21, 2024
21/06/24 - Market View: Call of the weekDan Chang, Investment Specialist at Philip Capital, and Sean Cheong break down some of the week's market stories across US, Asian and Singapore markets.
Dan also explains why Seatrium (SGX: 5E2) is his call of the week.
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11:31
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JUN 21, 2024
21/06/24 - Weekly Wrap: Is the property market heading for a lull?For the first time in more than 20 years, a Singapore housing site gets no bids, while another site gets a highest bid that is still about 10% lower than a fair market value. Are these signs that the Singapore private property market is heading for a lull? What sort of the impact will the new Prime Location Public Housing flats have as well to the private property market?
Nicholas Mak, Chief Research Officer of property search portal Mogul.sg shares his insights to these questions.
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JUN 20, 2024
20/06/24 - Market View: Do bubble tea stocks reflect the Chinese stock market?Recently, there have been a series of Bubble Tea IPOs debuting on the Hong Kong Market, but those rapidly fell to the downside by as much as 90%. What does this trend say about the Hong Kong stock market? Why has the bubble burst? Sean Cheong uncovers with Gary Ng, Senior Economist from Natixis, if these Bubble Tea IPOs reflect the overall health of the broader Hong Kong market or is this just a bubble tea bubble that burst.
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08:55
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JUN 19, 2024
19/06/24 - Market View: Unpacking the DAXThe UEFA European Championship, commonly known as the Euro, has kicked off, featuring 24 teams competing for the European title. While the event draws millions of fans worldwide, it should also bring a significant economic boost.
In this context, this tournament also brings more attention and interest about the German economy and the stock market.
Sean Cheong and Isaac Lim, Chief Market Strategist from moomoo, discuss where the German economy is now, the state of the German DAX, and how you can participate in the DAX as a retail investor.
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07:56
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JUN 19, 2024
19/06/24 - Market View: Trading Euro 2024The UEFA European Championship, commonly known as the Euro, has kicked off, featuring 24 teams, competing for the European title. While the event draws millions of fans worldwide, it also brings significant opportunities for investors to capitalize on the resulting economic boost.
In this context, this tournament also presents investment opportunities in the stock market.
Sean Cheong speaks with Isaac Lim and Too Jun Cheong from moomoo, to discuss the opportunities and how you can trade Euro 2024.
They also shared 3 stocks that could get a lift.
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JUN 18, 2024
18/06/24 - Market View: Will Malaysia's ringgit continue to rise?As any Singaporean crossing the Causeway recently may have noticed, Malaysia's currency has jumped quite a bit against the Singapore dollar lately. The ringgit hit an all-time low of 3.57 against the Singapore dollar earlier in February, but it has since improved. Can the ringgit's rebound continue? Sean Cheong speaks with Yeap Jun Rong, Market Strategist at IG, to discuss this.
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JUN 14, 2024
14/06/24 - Singapore-Malaysia ties: Sincerity and creativity important to resolving longstanding issuesSingapore and Malaysia look set to deepen ties. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, made his first overseas trip since he was sworn in as prime minister in May. PM Wong and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim held a joint press briefing, reaffirming the warm and multifaceted relationship between Singapore and Malaysia, while signalling a commitment to deepen their long-standing economic, cultural, educational, and people-to-people linkages.
Dr Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow at Singapore Institute of International Affairs shares his perspectives on bilateral ties between Singapore and Malaysia.
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JUN 14, 2024
14/06/24 - Building augmented reality worldsIf you are familiar with gaming, you’d know that Augment Reality is making waves and revolutionising the way we interact with digital content. What if you could also do that while navigating through shopping malls, museums, and parks? What exactly is an augmented reality experience and how can it help give a make-over to the locations that we are familiar with? Goh Kun Lei and Jakub Piasecki, from Sproud, aSingapore-based LearnTech company involved in creating augmented reality content share their expertise.
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JUN 14, 2024
14/06/24 - Market View: Call of the weekJoo Parn, Founder of Kayaplus, discusses with Sean Cheong the biggest market stories that impacted markets around the US and Asia this week and why CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD) is his call of the week.
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