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Cooling Inflation, Resilient Earnings
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Winners of Sticky Inflation
September 28, 2026 · 19 minThis week, our Host, Thilan Wickramasinghe opens to renewed bond weakness and rising oil, with President Trump rejecting Iran's Straits of Hormuz offer and higher energy costs feeding through to Singapore's inflation prints. Against this…
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Domestic strength, regional opportunities
September 21, 2026 · 18 minThis week, our Host, Thilan Wickramasinghe opens to a broadly positive risk backdrop, with a "very successful" US-China meeting ahead of next week's Trump-Xi summit lifting Asian equities and Wall Street futures. Against this backdrop, the…
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ASEAN Risk/Reward
September 14, 2026 · 20 minThis week, our Host, Thilan Wickramasinghe opens to mounting AI and geopolitical risk, with a slew of AI founders warning on the need to slow model development stoking fears over AI spending, while intensifying Middle East tensions push…
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Hormuz Heat, Fed Fears & Keppel's New Story
September 7, 2026 · 19 minThis week, our Host, Thilan Wickramasinghe opens to rising geopolitical and inflation risk, with US-Iran attacks in the Straits of Hormuz prompting Goldman to flag possible USD120 oil, alongside a stronger US jobs print stoking Fed rate…
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Godzilla El Niño: Trading the Heat
August 31, 2026 · 22 minIn this episode, host Thilan Wickramasinghe previews a cautious start to markets, with Asian sentiment weighed down by hawkish weekend comments from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh that have lifted bets on a rate hike next month, alongside fresh…
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Macro Tailwinds, Plantations and Large Cap Outlooks
August 24, 2026 · 22 minIn this episode, host Thilan Wickramasinghe previews a pivotal week for markets, with investors watching Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole remarks for clues on rates, elevated oil prices, multi-decade-high bond yields, and Nvidia's…
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Strong Macro Drives Earning Boost
August 17, 2026 · 19 minIn this episode, host Thilan Wickramasinghe discusses soft US economic data, a weaker US dollar and Maybank Research’s upgraded Singapore growth outlook. Singapore’s 2026 GDP growth forecast has been raised to 5.2%, supported by AI…
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Singapore Rallies Amid Global Tensions
August 11, 2026 · 20 minIn this episode, host Thilan Wickramasinghe returns after the National Day long weekend to discuss rising US-Iran tensions, safe-haven flows into Singapore and the outlook for local markets. He reviews the Singapore banks’ 2Q results…
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Domestic Focus Amid Results Season
August 3, 2026 · 13 minIn this episode, our host Thilan Wickramasinghe opens with sentiment across markets stabilising somewhat, as oil prices fall and treasuries rise following news that fresh US-Iran talks would begin today. Here in Singapore, the STI trades…

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