A natural companion to Money Talk, The Close will wrap the day’s market action, delving into what you need to know about the economy and investment planning. Join the team and their expert guests to get the very latest on the day's top business stories, as well as looking at how your lifestyle can affect your wallet and more, every weekday afternoon 5.05pm to 6pm (HKT) on RTHK Radio 3.
11/09/2026 - Paco Chan - Travelling with Pets
11/09/2026 - Sean Duca - AI and Cybersecurity
11/09/2026 - Business and Markets Discussion
Neil Newman, Head of Strategy at Astris Advisory, joins Jeff Cheung ahead of tonight's anticipated U.S. inflation data to examine the implications of elevated global bond yields for upcoming central bank monetary policy meetings. Meanwhile, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly exploring a slowdown in the development of advanced AI models and seeking voluntary coordination with rival labs to manage the sector's rapid buildout, a move that could potentially deflate the AI bubble over the long term.

12/08/2026 - Business and Market Discussion
As the effects of the yen intervention start to fade, Kelvin Wong, Senior Market Analyst at OANDA, and our resident financial expert Peter Guy, join Jeff Cheung to discuss how central banks around the world might approach FX intervention in the future as the Japanese Ministry of Finance struggles to keep the yen strengthened. Meanwhile, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund recently disclosed a 0.05% stake in SpaceX valued at $1.22 billion, which could be interpreted as a vote of confidence by the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund.
12/08/2026 - Kostantsa Rangelova - Battery Technologies
Kostantsa Rangelova, Global Energy Analyst at Ember, speaks to Jeff about the evolution of battery technologies and where the world stands in moving from non-renewable to renewable energy, as the world starts to increasingly treat energy as a matter of national security rather than just an environmental goal.