20 September 2024
Money and Me: Navigating Rate Cuts with ETFs and Tim Phillips
As the US Federal Reserve initiates rate cuts, how should investors adjust their portfolios? Discover how interest rate cuts impact broad market ETFs, and which sectors historically benefit from lower rates. Tim shares strategies for identifying sector-specific ETFs, the importance of growth versus value, and key metrics to evaluate ETF performance. Plus, learn best practices for rebalancing your portfolio in response to shifting interest rates. Find out with Michelle Martin and her guest Tim Phillips, Founder of TimTalksMoney.

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23 August 2024
Money and Me: Red-Flag Macau Casino Stocks and an Update on the Miles Game!
Michelle Martin invites Tim Phillips, Founder of TimTalksMoney to explore the latest on Macau casino stocks and the impact of new regulations on the industry. Are these stocks still a good bet or a red flag? Tim shares his insights on investment opportunities in China’s shifting economic landscape. Plus, delve into the ongoing debate: credit cards vs debit cards — which is better for managing finances? Tim also updates us on his e-book, Chasing Miles, and the evolving miles game. There is an easter egg moment in this episode where listeners can gain access to a discount code for Tim's e-book.

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23 July 2024
Money and Me: Travel Credit Cards, Investing in Bond ETFs, SRS Investments, and Travel Credit Cards
Join Michelle Martin with guest Tim Phillips, founder of TimTalksMoney.com as both discuss the best cards to rack up miles when you spend in person overseas. How do you balance bank charges and the desire to rack up those airmiles with overseas spends?
Both also discuss the increasing demand for bond ETFs and how to effectively invest your Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) funds for meaningful returns.

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20 June 2024
Money and Me: Building an Optimally Diversified ETF Portfolio and Nvidia's Future Prospects
Join Michelle Martin and her guest Tim Phillips, Founder of TimTalksMoney.com for a deep-dive into how to build an optimally diversified ETF portfolio. Also, explore a host of ETF's including the Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond ETF.
Dive into strategies for diversifying your ETF portfolio without overdoing it. And what is the key difference investing in US ETF's vs a UCIT's ETF that matters to Singaporean investors? Get insights into Nvidia's meteoric rise and future prospects, and explore potential alternatives amid the AI boom. Plus, Tim shares his top money tip for us today which could mean you enjoy your coffee with greater ease.

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13 May 2024
Money and Me: What the risk-averse are looking to
Dive into the world of investment options with Michelle Martin and her guest, Tim Phillips, Founder of TimTalksMoney, as he navigates through the landscape of fixed deposits, T-Bills, SSBs, money market funds.
Explore the appeal of government bonds and money market funds. Gain insights into the recent surge in gold prices and the potential benefits of including gold in your portfolio. Learn about UCITS ETFs and strategies for wealth growth in today's uncertain economic climate.

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23 April 2024
Money and Me: ASML, TSMC earnings, less airmiles with these cards, and niche ETF's
What can we see from the latest chip stock earnings? Are we seeing a reality check on the AI growth story? Which of your cards will give you less bonus airmiles for your spend? How can you as a beginner investor ride on the boom in India and Japan's stock markets? And why is this theme a really compelling adjunct to the AI story?
Michelle Martin finds out with Tim Phillips, founder timtalksmoney.com

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26 March 2024
Money and Me: How to trade and not gamble in today's stock market
The casino resides in many homes today - That's according to Warren Buffett, who recently compared today’s stock market to a casino, with investors buying and selling rapidly in the hopes of winning big.
So how do we learn to invest and not gamble in this day and age? And how do we identify undervalued stocks like Buffett did to attain financial success? Michelle Martin finds out the answers with Tim Phillips, Founder, TimTalksMoney.

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23 February 2024
Money and Me: Dividend stocks that earn you money while you sleep
Is there an argument that dividend stocks will become even more important to investors as we move to a new normal with interest rates?
How can one assess a dividend stock? What does it take to build a sustainable portfolio? Michelle Martin unravels it all with Tim Phillips, Founder, TimTalksMoney.

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23 January 2024
Money and Me: Build your wealth in 2024 with 5 simple money hacks!
Forget the online money hacks you've been reading online. When it comes to personal finance, it has to be practical, emotional, and sustainable.
Dan Koh invites Tim Phillips, Founder, TimTalksMoney as they explore 5 ways for you to stretch that dollar in 2024, and why you should start looking at dividend growth stocks as a way to build up passive income today.

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1 December 2023
Money and Me: The $120k Credit Card segment; how to decide which is best for you
On Money and Me, Michelle Martin invites Tim Phillips, Founder, TimTalksMoney to discuss cracking the credit card premier segment, if a headwind for crypto is easing and how to think through your dividend stock picks.

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10 November 2023
Money and Me: Office space vs heartland malls? How can SREIT investors learn to assess a reit?
Many of us would know that CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust is the first and largest Reit listed on SGX. But what you may not know is that that stock has underperformed the FTSE ST All-Share Real Estate Investment Trusts Index S-REIT benchmark for about a decade.
Michelle Martin finds out why with Tim Phillips, Founder, TimTalksMoney as they discuss options worth considering. They also chat about how new parents, those of you who have $15,300 to put aside, and those of you who have been working and studying need to know to save on your upcoming tax bill.

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9 October 2023
Money and Me: With so many S&P500 ETFs how do you choose one that's right for you?
With more than 8,500 ETFs available in the global markets to choose from, how do we make sure we choose the right one for our portfolio? And what are three big things that investors need to know before buying an ETF? Michelle Martin invites Tim Phillips, Founder, TimTalksMoney to break down the step by step guide to investing in an ETF.

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