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Your Way Home with Hongbin Jeong
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…
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Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongThe Big Story: Love or Lie? Singapore saw more sham marriages in 2024
In recent years, Singapore has seen a rise in the prevalence of sham marriages, where individuals enter into marriages for fraudulent purposes. The Immigration…
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Market View: Federal Reserve’s December meeting minutes; Apple clarifies Siri privacy stance; Asian markets struggle amid tepid lead from Wall Street; China’s consumer prices stall in 2024; Cash offer for Suntec REIT; Tan Chong International expects unrealised loss of HK$29M
Singapore shares started trading in negative territory today, mirroring overnight losses in European markets. The Straits Times Index (STI) opened 0.5 per cent…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongWealth Tracker: Should you ditch the Trump Trade?
President-elect Donald Trump’s market honeymoon may just be over. US markets rallied sharply to close at record highs after Trump won the presidential…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongRight Business:The company sparking the future of EV charging in Singapore
In 2024, Singapore made significant strides in EV adoption, outpacing many of its regional counterparts. According to a report by Bloomberg, Singapore leads…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongUnder the Radar: How does Temasek’s Azalea Investment Management assess the outlook for private markets in 2025?
It’s a deep dive into the private equity landscape as we speak to an investment firm that’s indirectly owned by Temasek Holdings. Set up in 2015…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongThe Big Story: Can the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone live up to its targets?
After many years of delays, Malaysia and Singapore have signed a deal to establish the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ).This comes as the two…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongMarket View: Trump’s remarks on Panama Canal, Greenland; Big techs roll out red carpet for Trump; AWS to invest US$11b in Georgia; DBS shares reach S$45 for the first time; Micron to invest US$7b in Woodlands advanced packaging site; Shares of Centurion hits all-time high amid plans that it is exploring a REIT listing and more
Singapore shares started trading in positive territory this morning, even as global markets ended the previous day mixed. The Straits Times Index (STI) opened…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongWealth Tracker: Why ‘Fartcoin’ may be the next memecoin on your radar
Joke crypto Fartcoin started as a parody, and now it is on a tear. Fartcoin’s market cap of nearly $800 million now exceeds that of several well-known…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongSports Minutes: Boris Kopitovic on leaving BG Tampines Rovers, possibility of representing Singapore & moving to Bali United
Having spent close to 5-years with BG Tampines Rovers, scoring 110 goals in 138 appearances to become the club's ALL-TIME top scorer - Boris Kopitovic sent…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongRight Business: A new era of supply chain transparency
TRST01, founded in 2019, began with food traceability, offering insights into a product’s journey from farm to fork. Its mission has since evolved to…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongThe Big Story: HMPV cases are rising across Asia. Should you be worried?
China is experiencing a surge in infections of a respiratory virus, leading to public concerns about an outbreak. The virus, identified as human…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongWealth Tracker: Can the bullish momentum continue to build for Gold, Silver, Platinum?
Investment in precious metals is seen as a protection from enduring inflation, shifts in the prevailing market and economic recession and sustainably helps…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongMarket View: Nvidia shares hits record high, CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote at CES 2025; What to watch at CES 2025; Trump denies curbed-tariffs report; US blacklists Tencent, CATL for alleged links to the Chinese military and more
Singapore shares began trading in the positive territory today as overseas markets closed mixed. In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) was up 0.1 per…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongRight Business: A Tinder-like app to find the perfect co-founder for your business?
In a perfect world as an entrepreneur, you kick off your startup with your best friend or build your empire with your significant other. But more often than…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongUnder the Radar: How is Bain & Company helping firms manage their key priorities entering into 2025, and how does the consulting giant define its role in the age of AI? Its Chairman for Southeast Asia sheds light on the matter.
We’re going to start the year by looking at a global consultancy firm that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongWealth Tracker: Will it be a disappointing year for Singapore’s bond market?
Wall Street investors entered each of the past two years brimming with optimism about U.S. Treasurys and other types of high-quality debt.Each time, they were…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongMarket View: What to watch ahead of US Nov JOLTS report, Fed minutes; Asian currencies fall to two-decade low against USD; SG Banks; SingPost cautions sale of Aussie assets not done deal; Interest in upcoming Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone; Mapletree Logistics Trust divests Malaysia property for RM 31.5M and more
Singapore shares began the day trading in positive territory as overseas markets closed a holiday-shortened week mixed with anticipation for the incoming…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongThe Big Story: Will mortgage loan rates in Singapore continue to come down in 2025?
Mortgage loan refinancing and repricing activity by private home owners and Housing Board flat owners picked up significantly in 2024 after fixed mortgage loan…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongRight Business: Driving businesses with video analytics
Businesses are often faced with challenges that traditional tools and approaches struggle to address. From the need to understand customer behaviour in…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongThe Hot Seat: Should we save early?
When should you start saving? For many, saving early is the key to building wealth and securing a comfortable future. For others, it’s about…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongWealth Tracker: How will inflation trends impact fixed income markets for 2025?
The year 2025 may witness significant activity in the fixed-income space. That’s as interest rates are expected to go on a decline path.Analysts say that…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongMarket View: Tesla reports first fall in yearly deliveries; US mortgage rates climb closer to 7%; Duty-free spending slump 29.3% in Hainan, implications on luxury players; Singapore’s retail sales unexpected down 0.47% yoy in November; Keppel DC REIT divests data centre in Cyberjaya
Singapore shares began trading stronger this morning, after global indices ended mixed overnight. In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) climbed 0.4 per…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongSports Minutes: Adam Swandi on his glittering career that was cruelly curtailed by a heart condition, and what the future holds
"New Year, New Me!" - that's a mantra you'll hear plenty of this time of the year. But for Adam Swandi it means something entirely different - having recently…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongRight Business: The start-up founder turning trash into treasure
Packaging waste makes up about one-third of domestic waste disposed of in Singapore. Thankfully, pressing problems like this often breed innovative solutions…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongMarket View: Possible impact of New Orleans attack, Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump International Hotel on US markets; Apple offers rare discounts in China; Singapore’s economy expanded 4% yoy in 2024; SingPost hires Group COO; Nio delivers record 72,689 vehicles in Q4 2024; South Korea sharply cuts economic growth forecasts and more
Singapore equities ushered in the New Year on a high note, rising at the opening bell today. In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) climbed 0.2 per cent…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongThe Big Story: The revamp of Direct School Admission scheme - Why it's MOE's priority for 2025
There has been a revision in the Direct School Admission (DSA) scheme – a system that allows students to secure spots in secondary schools based on their…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongWealth Tracker: Is there a 100% winning strategy that successful traders use?
Are you more of a trader or investor?Two people could call themselves investors, but they have very different views on what it means to invest. As for traders…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongRight Business: The ex-investment banker helping Singaporeans access home services more easily
Ever felt lost simply trying to secure third-party help? Looking for urgent cleaning before a big family gathering, or trying to find reliable elderly…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongWealth Tracker: Should you start investing in physical gold?
Gold has long been seen as a safe haven asset, especially during times of crisis. Its ability to retain value when other investments falter has earned it the…
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Market View: SGX, Asian stock movements for the year, Wilmar International buys Adani’s stake in Adani Wilmar; Dasin Retail Trust’s requisition notice; China unveils plans to boost driverless vehicle use in Beijing; Gold’s 26% advance for the year
Singapore stocks fell on thin trading volumes before investors usher in the New Year. The local benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) was down 0.2 per cent at…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongThe Big Story: Will Singpost be able to recover from its latest scandal?
Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) has recently detailed the investigation and disciplinary processes that led to the firing of three senior executives. This…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongRight Business: Are you consuming more calories from salad? This homegrown company has a secret ingredient
Health consciousness among Singaporeans is on the rise, but is eating bland greens all it takes to truly eat clean? In fact, many of us could be consuming more…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongMarket View: Jeju Air’s shares lowest on record after deadly air crash; Santa Claus Rally fades off, NASDAQ, S&P 500 drop over 1%; 3 things to look forward to in 2025; OCBC agrees to sell entire stake in Hong Kong Life Insurance; SingPost says senior executives terminated were given opportunity to be heard and more
Singapore stocks opened flat this morning with a mixed showing from global markets amid light trading volumes with the New Year holiday approaching. In early…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongThe Big Story: Was a bird strike the true cause of the Jeju Air plane crash?
It's been considered South Korea’s worst commercial airline disaster. A passenger jet crash-landed at an airport in southwestern South Korea, with the…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongWealth Tracker: How investors are playing the ‘Squid Game’ in stock markets
Red light for “Squid Game Season 2”. Red light for stock markets. Stocks related to the highly anticipated second season of Netflix's Korean…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongRight Business: How Anchanto went from startup to global e-commerce leader
The global e-commerce logistics market is projected to grow to more than US$1.9b by 2032. Asia Pacific alone has dominated the e-commerce logistics market…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongSports Minutes: Singapore bow out of the semi-final, but was the ASEAN Championship a success for the Lions?
And so the journey comes to an end. Despite the valiant effort of Singapore to overturn a 2-0 first leg deficit, it’s Vietnam who booked their spot in…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongMarket View: Saxo’s Outrageous Predictions for 2025 - out-of-the-box predictions on Trump 2.0, Nvidia, Chinese stimulus and more
In this special edition of Market View, we’re going to let our imagination run wild and look at some Outrageous Predictions for the year of 2025. If you…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongSports Minutes: Late heartbreak for Singapore leaves the Lions with a mountain to climb in Vietnam
The Lions were left licking their wounds as two late goals proved to be the sucker punch to Singapore's AFF Championship title ambitions - with Vietnam seizing…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongMarket View: Toyota gains over 5% after new reports on doubling ROE; Koh Brothers Eco Engineering, ComfortDelGro, SingPost; China refrains from rate cut; What to watch in 2025?
Singapore shares fell at the open today, reversing from Tuesday’s gains before investors took a break for Christmas. The Straits Times Index (STI) fell…
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Market View: TSMC shares touch record high; Microsoft reportedly works to add non-OpenAI models into 365 Copilot products; ASML sells ‘Lego’ model of most advanced chip machine to workers; Seatrium awarded contract by BP Exploration and Production, Sembcorp Industries joins Dow Jones Sustainability Index
Half-day trading is conducted today given how it is Christmas eve, and Singapore shares started trading in positive territory this morning, mirroring overnight…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongMarket View: Cooler-than-expected US PCE numbers; Trump favouring letting TikTok operate in the US for at least a little while; SingPost terminates three senior management staff on handling of whistleblower report and more
Singapore stocks rose in early trade today, tracking gains in the broader Asia-Pacific region. In early trade, the Straits Times Index (STI) gained 0.2 per…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongSports Minutes: Gavin Lee on Singapore's qualification to the ASEAN Championship semi-finals
And so, it’s Vietnam that await in the semi-finals of the ASEAN Championship - after Singapore secured their spot in the last four finishing runners up…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongThe Hot Seat: Should the government regulate art?
Art is often celebrated as "a freedom of expression," a boundless medium through which individuals convey their thoughts, emotions, and perspectives. But how…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongMarket View: Expectations ahead of US PCE numbers; Odds of US government shutdown; Earnings from FedEx, Nike; Beijing calls on AstraZeneca to expand R&D investment; Japan’s core inflation accelerated in November; CapitaLand Investment sells stapled securities in CapitaLand Ascott Trust and more
Singapore stocks opened lower today, following another downbeat session on Wall Street as the US Federal Reserve’s hawkish pivot continued to weigh on…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongSports Minutes: Onwards and upwards for the Singapore Lionesses?
The Singapore Women's National team recently clinched third-place at the 2024 AFF Cup, which secured qualification for the 2025 ASEAN Women’s…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongWealth Tracker: How are high expectations of growth in markets affecting investors' portfolios?
“Reflexivity” theory suggests that investors base their decisions on perceptions and expectations that can be off the mark from reality. But there…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongRight Business: The company making a device surgeons say is “game-changing”
Changing traditional notions of entrepreneurship across the globe, a new breed of entrepreneurs is taking center stage: Zillennials, a small cohort of people…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongMarket View: US Fed cuts rates by 25 bps; Fed Chair Powell on Bitcoin; Bank of Japan kept rates unchanged; Chinese banks raise new mortgage costs for first time in 3 years; Layoffs at Yeo Hiap Seng amid Oatly’s closure and more
Singapore shares opened in the red today, tracking broader losses in Asia after the US Federal Reserve signalled fewer interest rate cuts next year. In early…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongWealth Tracker: How can you protect your wealth in an inflationary bust?
The November CPI, the second inflation data release since the US presidential election, shows further signs that, even before tariffs are implemented, the US…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongRight Business: How robotics is driving warehouse efficiency
Mowito Robotics is an Indian startup transforming warehouses and supply chains with innovative robotics and AI solutions through their advanced AI-driven…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongMarket View: Last look at Fed rate expectations, Will Trump be a “Deal Maker-in-Chief” or a global “Tariff Man”?; Honda Motor and Nissan Motor reportedly to enter merger talks; Sembcorp Industry’s new India project and more
Singapore stocks started trading in negative territory this morning, mirroring overnight losses in global markets. The Straits Times Index (STI) opened 0.2 per…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongSports Minutes: Singapore’s qualification hopes hang in the balance after 4-2 defeat to Thailand
It's all to play for heading into the final round of Group A fixtures in the ASEAN Championship after Singapore's 4-2 loss to Thailand. But does the endeavour…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongWealth Tracker: What will 2025 bring for currency markets?
The new year will bring Donald Trump back in office. His presidency is expected to bring in higher fiscal spending and pro-growth policies, alongside risks of…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongUnder the Radar: Making sense of Ray-Ban maker Essilor Luxottica’s focus on wearable technology with Meta, its acquisition of Supreme and more
What comes to mind when you hear Top Gun and Tom Cruise? What about aviator shades and Ray-Ban? Whether you’re flying, driving or even walking to your…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongRight Business: Tailored suits for women, by women
Women have long faced challenges in finding workwear that strikes the perfect balance between style, fit, and functionality. And too often, corporate attire…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongMarket View: NASDAQ’s record close; Trump praises Softbank’s decision to invest US$100B in the US; TikTok’s CEO Chew met Trump at Mar-a-Largo weeks before US ban; Rate decisions by US Fed, BoJ, BoE, impact on USD, JPY and GBP; SIA’s passenger traffic and more
Singapore shares began trading lower ahead of an imminent rate decision by the US Federal Reserve. The Straits Times Index (STI) opened 0.3 per cent lower at…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongRight Business: Building a global boxing brand with Spartans Boxing Club
The world of fitness is constantly evolving. In Singapore, boxing has emerged as a popular fitness trend, with an increasing number of gyms and studios…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongThe Big Story: Why travel insurance should be your first booking
It’s that time of the year when people go on week-long holidays. Maybe it’s time to fly to Japan, Thailand, or even Taiwan. But travel season comes…
Your Way Home with Hongbin JeongWealth Tracker: How are younger generations reshaping the concept of wealth?
Wealth is not only changing hands, it’s being redefined. As Millennials and Gen Z emerge as both creators and inheritors of wealth, they’re shaping…