ThaiCapitalist Commentary
Thai Economy Kittiratt warns of stifled 2014 growth, As ‘shutdown’ wreaks economic havoc, MPC to meet as scheduled next week – The Finance Ministry expects the prolonged political protest to drag down economic growth to only 3.1% this year, while the Bank of Thailand insists its Monetary Policy Committee will meet on January 22 as […]
Read More →AMATA Setting up REIT — AMATA’s board has given the green light for the company to set up a REIT worth Bt4.750bn. AMATA aims to inject 76 factories with a total leasable area of 136,434.52 sqm, along with 12 new factories with 24.144 sqm that is currently under construction. (Khao Hoon, 17/01/14) Comment: Finally AMATA […]
Read More →AOT Passengers down in January. AOT reports that January 13 saw a drop in passengers at Suvarnabhumi to 133,000 or 12.6% from January 12, with the average for January 1-12 at 152,000. On January 14, passengers declined 15% from the average to 129,000.(Post Today, 16/01/14) Comment: a 15% decline thankfully isn’t the end of the […]
Read More →BMCL BMCL aims at 2014 passenger growth of 10% YoY supported by new properties at Ratchada. The political situation does not impact operations but supports passenger growth because people avoid driving. (Khao Hoon, 14/1/14) EPCO EPCO to build a 23MW solar cell plant worth Bt194.40 in Japan. It targets total capacity to reach 100MW by […]
Read More →So a Bangkok shut down is now underway and there is ZERO traffic on the streets and even the BTS was easy to get on and off despite fears of it being overloaded. The EC has advised the government to delay the election to May 4, we’ll see if that happens and foreign investors have […]
Read More →AP TRIS has rated AP’s Bt1.5bn debenture at A- reflecting strong business position, many varieties of product line, and backlog which supports revenue in the future. (Khao Hoon, 13/1/14) Comment: Had a good discussion with friends about AP, they seem to be limited on the management side to constantly expand their business and thus the […]
Read More →Notable transactions Very quiet week in terms of transactions by owners/directors Buy(s) THB 29mn n/a Sell(s) THB 53.5mn IFEC – Most likely a continuation of the block sale
Read More →Just in case you don’t already know, these are the roads that are shutdown today and most likely for the next couple of days Source: The Nation
Read More →I think, like most of my colleagues and friends, that we are tired of discussing politics. On Monday we have 7 main intersections being shut down, in the end there still isn’t a clear solution in sight, we have a government that has been fairly quiet during the protests, keeping the potential for violence to […]
Read More →I think a lot of market participants were surprised by the sudden drop of CPALL on Friday’s trading (it finished down 3% for the day), first thinking it was market related only for the counter to remain under pressure for most of the day. So what happened? CPF Announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, C.P. Foods Holdings […]
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