AIT To ask shareholders to approve capital increase — AIT will hold a shareholder’s meeting on Nov 18 to obtain approval for a capital increase of 137.55 million shares at 1:2 shares (old:new) at a price of Bt5.00/share. (Khao Hoon, 18/11/13) Comment: This is still ongoing now as of writing, we are confused by their […]
Read More →3Q13 results for publicly listed Thai companies were all due by 14th November and analysts around Thailand and whoever covers Thai companies have been busy. What we’ve seen thus far on a general basis are the following: Minimum wage increase is still having an impact on manufacturing based co’s or any co’s that have low […]
Read More →Nope not my thoughts, instead these come from Byron Wein of Blackstone and there are several points within his commentary in regards to margin pressures in the US, Europe’s valuation and Japan’s Abe-economics, see below for a snippet and the link for the full article. I established three new categories, long-only United States and long-only […]
Read More →Krugman’s latest piece over at the NYT draws the comparison of Europe’s recovery since the ’08 GFC versus the Great Depression, and yes its rubbish in comparative terms. So the bulls will say “hey at least things are getting better” whilst the bears will counter “but it’s still awful considering the xx.xx billions of euro’s […]
Read More →Thailand Domestic rice prices in free fall — The government’s delay in paying farmers for rice earmarked for the pledging scheme has resulted in declining domestic paddy prices, say traders. The average local paddy price is now only Bt6,500-6,000 a tonne, far lower than the Bt15,000 offered by the government. (Bangkok Post, 11/11/13) Senators shoot […]
Read More →CK BMCL in the black in two years — CK guarantees that BMCL will be profitable in two years. It also announced that it will buy any shares remaining from BMCL’s capital increase after rights offering. 3Q13 profit was Bt937mn, a 945% increase YoY, while 9M13 grew strongly from a loss thanks to share of […]
Read More →CKP CK’s power unit foresees electrifying 2014 revenue – CK Power Plc (CKP), the SET-listed power unit of Ch. Karnchang Plc (CK), expects revenue growth of 20% to Bt6.8bn next year. It will be the first full year of operation for its cogeneration power plant in Ayutthaya. The higher 2014 revenue contribution of Bang Pa-in […]
Read More →Sorry for the disappearance, basically woke up Thursday AM feeling absolutely rubbish and have only really gotten out of bed today. Every once in a while your body says its time to take a break and you have no choice but to listen!
Read More →EPCO Profit up 335% YoY in 9M13 — Eastern Printing announced 9M13 net profit of Bt112mn, growth of 335% YoY. It expects 2013 revenue to rise 30% with a 160% jump in net profit. It expects to book a dividend from Bor-Ploy Solar of Bt57mn in 4Q13. (Khao Hoon, 13/11/13) CENTEL Centel posts explosive profit […]
Read More →Well Politics politics politics were the main news for the past week, however point your eyes to how the telecom sector has been performing, average numbers from ADVANC has hurt the sector badly and given that’s one of the largest sectors on the SET, it may continue to be a drag on any market rally. […]
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