Market commentary on Thai stocks and the SET Index.
Thailand The BoT suggests both importers and exporters hedge their currency risk as the direction of the baht is not clear. The BoT will also push for a direct cross exchange between the baht and the kyat to support investment in Myanmar. (Bangkok Biz, 20/10/14) The Commerce Ministry expects exports next year to grow by […]
Read More →The Thai market has taking a beating this month along with the rest of the world, this isn’t a huge surprise given the valuation levels, a recovery that has yet to be seen (even though it is priced in yet), infrastructure spending that has been priced in (Even though that doesn’t start for another 2 […]
Read More →Thailand FPO to revise GDP projection — The Fiscal policy office has announced that it will revise Thailand’s GDP growth projection , currently at 1.5-2%, again at the end of October in response to slower than expected recovery while the export growth is -7.4% (Ban Meung, 16/10/14) Draft for new taxes done — The Revenue […]
Read More →Thailand Four troubled state enterprises told to submit rehab plans by Nov – The State Enterprise Policy Commission (Superboard) agreed that four of the seven most-troubled state firms – CAT Telecom, TOT, SME Bank and Islamic Bank of Thailand – would propose new rehabilitation plans in three months. These state agencies have been instructed to […]
Read More →The army has been moving quickly with the roadmaps for infrastructure to be announced and the BOI reconvening again, looks like full steam ahead for now.
Read More →We had argued in the 4Q13 that foreign investment in Thailand had essentially bottomed out. Over a 12 month period foreign investors had sold over THB 200 bn worth of thai shares but in the past few weeks they’ve bought back some THB 15 bn (hence the continued strength in banks and telco’s) Image Source: […]
Read More →Apparently there were some rallies over the weekend, I didn’t see any, anyone else did? Basically Thailand is now on holiday until the 21st April, there’s going to be basically zero action in the markets, so everyone enjoy the holidays.
Read More →What the hell, I go to Singapore for 2 nights earlier in the week for a conference and I come back seeing this VS Was there a grudge match that I missed? By the look of the images Yingluck must have delivered a muay thai kick breaking Abhisit’s arm, oh how this drama filled political […]
Read More →Political news is back! Although it has never really left, we have fun times ahead as usual this week with the Democratrs decided whether or not to join the next election, the PM may still be kicked out by the NACC and more rallies, this time both yellow and reds, they should actually get together […]
Read More →The tide of hot money is turning in favor of Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. Overseas investors have bought a net $1.6 billion of shares in the three Southeast Asian countries in March, poised for the biggest monthly inflow since January 2013. That follows $4.2 billion of withdrawals in the fourth quarter, which matched the […]
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