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With Fed introducing rate hikes, how will this affect the global economy? Moreover, Ascendas REIT’s unit price is down over 4% year to date while CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust unit price is up over 11% year to date. What are the risks involved in investing in these stocks? Vijay Natarajan, Analyst, RHB Group discusses these topics with us.

As stocks try to recover from the resulting drawdowns in April, how should investors react to the current economic climate? Moreover, what entails the value of a stock and how much risk should we take when investing? David Kuo, Co-Founder, The Smart Investor helps us answer these questions while diving into April's biggest winners and losers such as Jardine C&C and Keppel DC REIT respectively.

TraceTogether was crucial during the more intense stages pandemic. The TraceTogether token allowed for the tracking of the public in order to control the spread of the virus. One of the companies that helped engineer this token, iWOW, has many more uses for their wireless technology. Raymond Bo, CEO & Executive Director, iWOW Technology tells us how they took advantage of the opportunity, and how they plan to grow their business further.

In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss traders predictions on the upcoming rate hikes by the Federal Reserve and Bank of England and Warren Buffett's simple advice for investors. 

The resumption between Singapore and Malaysia via public buses and cross-border taxis, a record number of 30 candidates in the race to be Bangkok's next governor, and foreign intervention possibly being the only hope to mitigate the fuel crisis in Sri Lanka. Leslie Lopez, Regional Correspondent, The Straits Times gives us insight into these headlines. Follow The Straits Times' Asian Insider Podcast channel - co-produced with Money FM 89.3 - like us and rate us: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/Ju4h Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX Website: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Asian Insider newsletter. Asian Insider videos: https://str.sg/JoVb SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/

Mitul Kotecha, Chief Emerging Markets Asia & Europe Strategist, TD Securities discusses how aggressive the Federal Reserve will act in raising rates and reducing its balance sheet, as it seeks to front-end load rate hikes to catch up.

Synopsis: In this special episode, The Straits Times' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar speaks with Mr Eric Schmidt, the former Google chairman who started the philanthropic initiative Schmidt Futures. Mr Schmidt, 67, was chief executive of Google (2001-11) and executive chairman of the firm and its successor Alphabet (2011-17). The billionaire now runs Schmidt Futures, a New York-based philanthropic organisation that he co-founded with his wife in 2017 with the ambitious idea of building "a network of the sharpest minds on earth to solve hard problems in science and society". He was in Singapore last week for his foundation's Asia-focused initiative, which included the S. Rajaratnam Endowment Dialogue jointly presented by his foundation, Temasek Foundation, the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies and The Straits Times. Highlights (click/tap above): 01:08 Why the US should win the technology rivalry with China 02:43 Schmidt on how the US needs to lead in semi conductors, artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, and why Singapore is the perfect partner because of its knowledge economy 05:08 Ensuring artificial intelligence is not abused, or used for evil 06:50 Schmidt Futures funding programmes to resolve problems in AI now, and why China and the West are not ready to debate uncomfortable issues Produced by: Bhagyashree Garekar (bhagya@sph.com.sg) & ST Video Edited by: ST Video  Subscribe to the Asian Insider Podcast channel and rate us on your favourite audio apps: Channel: https://str.sg/JWa7 Apple Podcasts: https://str.sg/JWa8 Google Podcasts: https://str.sg/wQsB Spotify: https://str.sg/JWaX SPH Awedio app: https://www.awedio.sg/ Websites:  https://www.moneyfm893.sg/ http://str.sg/stpodcasts Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg Read Bhagyashree Garekar’s stories: https://str.sg/whNo Register for Asian Insider newsletter: https://str.sg/stnewsletters --- Discover ST's special edition podcasts: Singapore's War On Covid: https://str.sg/wuJa The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia: https://str.sg/wuZ2 Stop Scams: https://str.sg/wuZB Invisible Asia: https://str.sg/wuZn --- Discover more ST podcast series: Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7 Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN In Your Opinion: https://str.sg/w7Qt Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m SG Extra: https://str.sg/wukR #PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad ST Sports Talk: https://str.sg/JWRE Bookmark This!: https://str.sg/JWas Lunch With Sumiko: https://str.sg/J6hQ Discover ST Podcasts: http://str.sg/stpodcasts Discover BT Podcasts: https://bt.sg/pcPL Follow our shows then, if you like short, practical podcasts! #STAsianInsider

Kelvin Wong, Analysts, CMC Markets discusses if the drags from high base effects and market volatility will persist, as well as whether bright spots like loans growth and rising NIMs can drive share prices. 

Job stability, salary, career progression. It is not wrong to assume that most 30-somethings would be most concerned about these in their career journey. But imagine tendering your resignation at 30 after a decade in the Navy to venture out on your own. Gavin Sim, Founder, Inbox Consults & Inbox Income Academy shares his experience in doing so.