Market View: Fed served with DOJ Subpoenas; TSMC Q4 profit poised to soar 27% as AI demand drives growth; UOB on the three safe haven assets to hedge against risks; SGX to watch

Singapore shares traded in the positive territory today.  The Straits Times Index was up 0.68% at 4,776.89 points at 1.06pm Singapore time, with a value turnover of S$631.00M seen in the broader market. In terms of companies to watch, we have the Singapore Exchange, after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Friday proposed various legislative and regulatory changes to facilitate the establishment of the SGX-Nasdaq dual-listing bridge. Elsewhere, from how Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co is expected to post a 27% jump in fourth-quarter net profit to a record due to the seemingly insatiable demand for AI infrastructure, to how Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the Trump administration threatened him with a criminal indictment, more corporate and international headlines remained in focus.  On Market View, Money Matters’ finance presenter Chua Tian Tian unpacked the developments with Chin Hui Leong, Co-founder, The Smart Investor.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.