Commentary on special events in Thailand and the SET Index.
It’s been months since my last Random Thoughts, I’ve found a bunch I saved on evernote…so sit back, grab a patongo and enjoy. Models – poorly borrowed from Dilbert’s creator, Scott Adams, and modified slightly. Thailand – international bonds issuance? https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/2670539/thailand-eyes-international-bonds Thoughts: This, to me, is an important indicator for Thailand – 1) domestic liquidity […]
Read More →A (sort of) New SET calculation After years of sitting on their butts the exalted individuals that are running the SET have instead of deciding to fix the free float requirements of joining the SET50 (hello DELTA), instead they are going to launch a brand spanking index that will take into account the free float […]
Read More →Shingles: 8 days of migranes & 5 bed ridden days, sleeping 12-15 hours/day and now I can semi open my right eye and stare at a laptop again for more than 5 mins w/o screaming pain. I kicked covid 2x in 3 days, but this shingles is next level. I’m still likely quaratined in a […]
Read More →Prayuth is not an idiot, he’s been in control of Thailand with his buddies for the past 9 years. Anyone in charge of a country for that long has to be one wily clever sob. But has this incredible intelligence translated into an amazing stock market performance for Thailand? The clever folks here have conducted […]
Read More →Just look at the dumps taken by several plc’s in the 4Q22… Here are the highlights: Italicised copied n pasted from a broker report.
Read More →Random Thoughts The wonderful thing with flying is that brain farts/dumps occur more often. So, my punjabi MC’s, here we go… New Cities For the past few years, and mainly due to the listening to Scott Adam’s who has commented that the development of new cities (see the Saudi idea) is going to be the […]
Read More →As I was writing the market update for tomorrow…sitting alone in the office, I had a beautiful brain dump…so enjoy …..here goes (to my punjabi MC’s enjoy!), usual disclaimers – its disorganised, likely all wrong, not to be taken seriously, I love the king. ….I have various scenarios still running through my mind….brain dumping below, […]
Read More →Inflation/supply chain A silly analogy however every once in a while Ill enjoy an overpriced (but fantastic) coffee for 120 baht. Recently the price has increased to 140, why? According to the staff it’s because finding fresh cow milk is harder than before. This doesn’t apply just to them, the average coffee that I buy […]
Read More →H. Marks Memo Perhaps I’m just biased from reading H. Marks memo’s for the past decade, but yes I typically say that I have no idea what will happen in the future and just explain potential scenarios (for companies/industries/countries) based upon what’s happening now. But even then I normally finish every conversation with this line […]
Read More →Just look at the winners, energy and financials. And that’s going to be the story for the next 6-9 months.
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