Yah Lah But

Selena Ling, Chief Economist of OCBC, joins us in our studio to answer the burning question on our minds: What does a Chief Economist actually do? In this wide-ranging conversation, Selena breaks down how she views the volatility in the markets today, why gold has regained relevance to investors, and why Singaporeโ€™s neutrality is more important than ever. This episode isnโ€™t just for those interested in investing - she brings a strong message about how to think clearly in these uncertain times we live in.

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ค๐™™๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™—๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™‡๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™‚๐™ก๐™ค๐™—๐™–๐™ก ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ
๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ 1 ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ค 2025, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ต https://yahlahbut.short.gy/LGI-goldfund
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๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ธ๐˜ธ.๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ. ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™'๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก๐™ช๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™ช๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™˜๐™ช๐™จ (๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™‚๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ (๐™–๐™จ ๐™™๐™š๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™จ)), ๐™ฌ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™™๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ž๐™›๐™ž๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ž๐™ค๐™จ. ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ดยฎ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ (๐˜œ๐˜Œ๐˜•/ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ. 198601745๐˜‹)

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(00:00) Intro
(00:43) What a Chief Economist Actually Does
(01:33) From Law Aspirations to Economics Career
(03:02) Models vs Reality in Economic Forecasting
(04:33) Information Overload and Cutting Through Noise
(06:37) Tariffs, Geopolitics and Market Reactions
(09:49) Crisis Cycles and Market Psychology
(11:05) Why Gold Still Matters Today
(13:11) What Changed in the Global Gold Story
(14:52) Russian Reserves and Asset Access Risk
(17:09) No Alternative to the Dollar and Goldโ€™s Role
(18:25) Is Goldโ€™s Rise Structural or Temporary
(19:47) Singapore Physical Gold Fund Explained
(22:53) Gold as Insurance vs Investment Returns
(24:42) Why Not Put Everything Into Gold
(25:12) Gold vs Tech Stocks and AI Hype
(26:46) Stablecoins and Digital Currency Risks
(29:40) Singapore as a Neutral Safe Haven
(31:24) Are Singaporeans More Financially Aware Now
(34:45) What People Always Ask Economists
(35:59) Silver and Other Metals After Goldโ€™s Rally
(37:11) Faster Crisis Cycles in Modern Markets
(40:06) Central Banks as First Responders
(41:02) Younger Investors and Risk Blind Spots
(44:23) Long Term Planning in an Uncertain World
(47:12) How Economists Process Global News
(50:16) Why Uncertainty Makes the Job Interesting
(51:31) The Value of Alternative Views
(52:02) One Shiok Thing 

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