With earnings reporting season over all the owners/directors have started buying/selling their shares again. Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 988 AUCT – That’s a huge block trade, family took back some 14% the company. RS – He’s buying again. SABUY – They’re making moves and being paid well in share price performance, the MD buys more. […]

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Government’s Mor Prom (“Doctors Ready”) platform can’t accept any more bookings for vaccinations in June, as all available slots have been allocated. BOT rollouts remedy package for retail clients, credit card & consumer credits borrowers, to stretch payment terms and/or cut interests, mortgage borrowers can petition for holiday payment on principal, pay interest only, HP […]

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CENTEL sets Bt10,400m 3-year capex for hotel, food and other investment, to open Phuket hotel for travel bubble program there from July 1. Comment: They’re going to capture the market share. CRC cuts FY21 revenue growth target to 10-11% from 10-12%, scale back CAPEX by 10-15% from Bt16-18b, delay 3 malls launch including Robinson Lifestyle […]

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KTC expresses interest in bidding for Citi’s consumer loan port. Comment: At the end of the day, I suspect that citi will be disappointed by the bid offers from the local incumbents as there should be overlapping in the customer base. PR9 accepts booking for Moderna vaccines, expected to arrive in July at the earliest, […]

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AH inked deal MG to expand downstream to dealership biz, sees opportunities from PHEV & EV transition, eyes 20% revenue growth target. Comment: The shift to EV etc has zero impact on the business of companies such as AH, as they don’t manufacture engine parts… AUCT teams up BAM to host NPA auction on Jun […]

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ADVANC upbeats 2H earnings from higher BB subscribers & eased px war, will launch budget 5G handset <Bt10k to expand segment coverage, accelerated data package upgrade to 5G. Comment: Imagine the second order effects from this. Allianz sees growth from insurance business in Asia post C19 as risk awareness grows. Comment: The listed play here […]

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AGE sees upside to earnings after logged Bt121m in 1Q +193% yoy, reaffirms higher coal sales volume yoy on higher industrial activities, tailwind from logistic business boost earnings. Comment: Commodities, boom, they’re benefiting from the inventory gain. BCH kicks-off bookbuild on Moderna vaccine upcoming Wednesday, will finalize demand in 1 week, sees positive 2Q earnings […]

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Wuflu, curry flu, churrascaria flu, spotted dick flu are all over the news in Thailand at the moment. Seeing the same policy mistakes made again and again just flummoxes my mind. But alas it makes it easy to repeat the same play book. All earnings are out by now, I’ll put a summary out later […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 99 mn TIDLOR – Even I’m curious as to how these players are able to maintain these valuations, but c’est la vie at the moment. And this fella still likes the shares at the IPO price. TCAP – The Chairman buys THB 30mn+ Sell(s) THB 329 mn THG – A massive […]

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During the first lockdown in Bangkok, after the initial recovery in the markets, and several hours of sitting alone in an office building, I had an epiphany, why not make a book? I’m an average writer at best and then realised I had over a decade’s worth of interviews somewhere on the internet, old computers […]

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