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Podcast: Yah Lah But
Episode: #779 ft. Selena Ling - Chief Economist on How To Think Clearly In Uncertain Times
Description: 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 Singaporeโs neutrality is more important than ever. This episode isnโt just for those interested in investing - she brings a strong message about how to think clearly in these uncertain times we live in.๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ 1 ๐๐ฆ๐ค 2025, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ท๐ข๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต https://yahlahbut.short.gy/LGI-goldfund๐ฟ๐๐จ๐๐ก๐๐๐ข๐๐ง โ ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐จ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ธ๐ธ.๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด.๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐'๐จ ๐ฃ๐๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฉ ๐ซ๐๐ก๐ช๐ ๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ซ๐ค๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐๐ช๐จ (๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ (๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐จ)), ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ค๐จ. ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฌ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ดยฎ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ (๐๐๐/ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ. 198601745๐)๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ดHaresh: JAMES BOND | Casino Royale โDaniel Craigโ Screen TestTerence: $2 vs $20,000 Keyboard!Selena: Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐!Drop us an email at [email protected]! Weโre always looking out for people to do cool stuff with, so letโs chat!๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ โ "๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐โGet a roundup of our One Shiok Things & first dibs on our latest launches delivered straight to your inbox! Subscribe Here (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 Goldโs Role (18:25) Is Goldโs 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 Go