Breakfast with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek
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Get a head start to your work day with Ryan Huang, Emaad Akhtar and Audrey Siek from 6am to 9am. Listen to insightful discussions on the stories and issues that matter the most to you and be apprised of the markets and the companies to watch.
NOV 4, 2025
04/11/25 - US Markets Wrap: Can the market’s AI rally outrun economic gravityWall Street’s latest rally is being powered by another AI mega-deal, OpenAI’s US $38 billion partnership with Amazon Web Services. That’s pushing the Nasdaq higher even as most sectors finished lower. But beneath the AI excitement, U.S. manufacturing remains in contraction, Treasury yields are pushing past 4 percent, and the dollar’s firming again.
Dan Koh speaks with José Torres, Senior Economist at Interactive Brokers, about what this split in the market says about the economy’s true health, the signals from corporate earnings, and whether rising yields and a stronger greenback could test investors’ optimism.
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NOV 3, 2025
03/11/25 - Companies To Watch: NuScale and the race to reinvent nuclear energyAs the world looks for cleaner baseload power, a small U.S. company wants to shrink the nuclear reactor.
Dan Koh and Ryan Huang explore the story of NuScale Power, the world’s first certified small modular reactor designer, its latest billion-dollar partnerships, and how its technology could shape Singapore’s long-term energy future.
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NOV 3, 2025
03/11/25 - Bigger Pic: Riding the Market High - what’s next for investor flows?Francis Tan, Chief Strategist, Asia, Indosuez Wealth Management discusses what he is expects from investor flows heading into the final months of the year as markets hit new highs. He also looks at what we can take away from the next round of PMI data releases towards manufacturing sentiment.
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NOV 3, 2025
03/11/25 - Mind Your Business: What Gen Z is teaching global brandsPop culture is no longer background noise, it is the marketplace. From K-pop fandoms to TikTok trends, Gen Z is reshaping how brands connect, communicate, and grow.
The Breakfast Show invites Jonathan McCarthy, VP of Marketing at Mondelēz Southeast Asia, to unpack how cultural collaboration and fan energy are driving measurable business impact, what Southeast Asia reveals about global youth marketing, and how every entrepreneur can learn to move at the speed of culture.
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NOV 3, 2025
03/11/25 - Breakfast Bites: Attention parents - Are songs getting more explicit nowadays?Many of us grew up with some music that can be a bit raunchy, with rap songs that can be quite explicit. With all the double entendres and smart wordplay, maybe you were too young to realize what you were singing along to!
But now, the explicit content has really gone mainstream. From Sabrina Carpenter to even Taylor Swift, are songs getting raunchier, or is it just you noticing it more these days? And the bigger question— what do you do to help police this with your kids?
Presented by Audrey Siek and Ryan Huang
Produced by Audrey Siek
Edited by Trisha Yeong
Photo and music credit: Pixabay & its talented community of contributors
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NOV 3, 2025
03/11/25 - Morning Shot: Trade, Tech and Diplomacy at the 2025 APEC SummitThe APEC Summit in Seoul unfolded last week, against a backdrop of shifting global power dynamics, from President Trump’s early departure and renewed U.S.–China trade talks to President Xi’s call for unity and proposals for new global AI cooperation.
Dr. Oh Ei Sun, Senior Fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, joins the Breakfast Show to unpack what the summit revealed about Asia-Pacific leadership, how countries like Singapore are navigating this changing landscape, and what to watch as China prepares to host APEC in 2026.
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OCT 31, 2025
31/10/25 - US Markets Wrap: Tech Turns, Traders RebalanceU.S. markets pulled back as investors digested a mixed bag of Big Tech earnings and a cautious tone from the Fed. While Alphabet impressed, Meta and Microsoft stumbled, sparking a rotation out of AI and into banks and healthcare. Portfolio Manager Daniel Tan from Grasshopper Asset Management unpacks the tech pull back, the Trump–Xi summit’s trade signals, and what it all means for markets heading into year-end.
Produced/Presented: Ryan Huang
Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay
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OCT 31, 2025
31/10/25 - Bigger Pic: Invested in Growth: The STI’s 10,000-Point AmbitionCould Singapore’s Straits Times Index really reach 10,000 points by 2040? That’s the forecast from DBS, pointing to sustained growth in the economy and capital markets. But as IPOs continue to be oversubscribed and institutional investors dominate allocations, the big question is: how can individual investors get a bigger piece of the pie? Phua Zhenghao, Group Head of Investments for Asset Management at CGS International, discusses what’s driving optimism in Singapore’s equity market, and what it’ll take to make that growth more inclusive.
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OCT 31, 2025
31/10/25 - Breakfast Quiz: How well do you really know October’s headlines?Are you ready to test your news smarts? This week on the Breakfast Show Quiz, we dive into the biggest stories from October — from global tech layoffs and the U.S. government shutdown, to Donald Trump’s Asia tour.
Play along at home, see how well you’ve been keeping up with the headlines!
Presented by Audrey Siek & Ryan Huang
Produced by Audrey Siek
Edited by Dan Koh
Photo and music credit: Pixabay & its talented community of contributors
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OCT 31, 2025
31/10/25 - Mind Your Business: Building a business in Singapore’s health economySingapore is getting older, but also more active. Yet one in three seniors still suffers a fall each year, with treatment and rehabilitation costing families thousands.
The Breakfast Show invites Martin John, Director & Osteopath at Orchard Health Clinic, to discuss how preventive care is reshaping Singapore’s healthcare economy, why movement is the new medicine, and what entrepreneurs can learn from building a business around better living.
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