So yesterday the government came out with the following stimulus measures. 1) daily minimum wage hike for 69 provinces (out of 77 provinces), by THB5-10 or less than 3% hike, effective from 1 Jan 2017. This is the first hike since 2013, when min wage was upped to THB300 across the country. Only 8 exceptional […]
Read More →BJCHI BJCHI expects a fall in revenue in 2016 as well as profit due to global economic factors and high competition. It has backlog of Bt2.2bn, of which it will book Bt600-800mn this year. It continues to bid for a new jobs worth Bt8.5bn to support 2017 earnings. (Kao Hoon, 22/11/16) Comment: Thus the management’s […]
Read More →ALLA ALLA has backlog of Bt324mn which will continue to book since 4Q16. It is ready to get a new job and expects earnings to be outstanding next year supported by overall investment is recovery. (Kao Hoon, 21/11/16) BSM BSM got a Bt100mn job to produce doors and windows in Papua New Guinea. It plans […]
Read More →So earnings season is done, Trump is in. What’s left to spook or support the markets? We have the Fed coming up and European elections, potential rebalancing by the Funds in their holdings, but in reality I think the market will be relatively quiet until the end of year. Now currencies on the other hand […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 163 mn TT – This company seems to be a “holding company” or an “investment company” with stakes in some 4 subs that they may be listing. Why else would the owner bother buying shares? Sell(s) THB 7.7 bn BEAUTY – The huge block sale to institutions MCS – That’s quite a […]
Read More →Digital Currency I’ve been curious as to what the next change in central banking will be..we’ve had the gold standard, the removal of the gold standard leading to the fiat system being more prominent and thereby to the US dollar effectively becoming the world’s currency, the establishment of the IMF etc etc so what’s next? Sweden […]
Read More →Amata Vn PCL (SET:AMATAV) Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Somhatai Panichewa discusses the company’s strategy and outlook in The Executive Talk (TET) by ShareInvestor.com. TET: Please explain the history and business of AMATAV. Amata in Thailand was established 40 years ago and 20 years later, we started to explore more opportunities for expansion into […]
Read More →Government approved EEC projects. 48 EEC development projects with total value of Bt7bn were approved. (Siam Rath, 18/11/16) Bangkok – Huahin high speed train to be proposed to PPP within this year. The project is 211 km long with total value of Bt94.6bn. Recently, 193.5km Bangkok – Rayong route with total value of Bt152bn was […]
Read More →AS AS expects 2016 revenue to remain at 2015 level. It expects profit in 2017 after restructuring its business and plans to write off retained loss of Bt1.03bn. (Kao Hoon, 18/11/16) Comment: Well I’m not entirely convinced their “new business model” is going to be successful. BGT BGT plans to open a branch in Vietnam […]
Read More →AKR AKR targets 2017 revenue growth of 40% to Bt2.3bn on the back of transfers. It plans to expand abroad. It expects projects in the Philippines and Indonesia to contribute revenue this year. It targets 10% growth in sales from ASEAN in 2016. (Thun Hoon, 17/11/16) ARROW ARROW targets 2017 revenue growth of 10-15% to […]
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