Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian

Money Matters is a Singapore current-affairs and business radio show with a broad brief in its bones. It is quick on numbers. Market View gives the day’s stock-market close, STI levels, value turnover, gainers, decliners, and company names that investors are watching. The conversations do not stop at the ticker. Guests connect Olam Group, TSMC, bank earnings, Apple shipments, Netflix, oil prices, and geopolitical shocks to investor behavior and broader market mood. WealthTracker adds a more deliberate investing lane. It asks why cash may look attractive during Middle East tension, why gold may not behave like a simple safe haven, and why clients are turning toward boutique wealth managers and external asset managers. The show can sound formal when the topic calls for it. It also knows when to loosen the collar. What's Trending brings in Nadia Koh for segments that start with a joke, a personal anecdote, or a viral prompt, then turn into questions about skills, work, public space, and social behavior. BBQ at university becomes a conversation about learning in adulthood. A personality quiz becomes office teasing and listener participation. MRT grooming becomes a debate about shared spaces and everyday manners. The Big Story gives the program its policy weight. Episodes on school bullying measures and autonomous shuttles ask what new rules or technologies actually mean for families, teachers, shift workers, hospitality businesses, and transport workers. That habit is the show’s useful center: it flips from headline to consequence. The pacing is brisk, but the best exchanges leave room for practical caveats. Autonomous transport may help a city with late-night activity, but reliability, affordability, and worker transition still matter. Tougher school discipline may set boundaries, but punishment alone is not treated as a complete answer. Money Matters works for listeners who want markets, policy, and trending culture in one feed, especially with a Singapore lens and a radio format that invites reaction rather than pretending the day’s news is settled.