Commentary on special events in Thailand and the SET Index.
Delays from this government no longer surprise me… We can’t say when the fund will be launched as it depends on the court’s decision,†Ekniti said in an interview Thursday, adding he still hopes it will start in time to finance two expressway projects by September. Ekniti has been overseeing the fund’s development. Thailand’s Cabinet approved […]
Read More →Chairman of the Executive Committee, Mr. Chuchat Petaumpai discusses the company’s strategy and outlook in The Executive Talk (TET) by ShareInvestor.com. TET: How has MTLS successfully expanded throughout the country? We were listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in 2014, and grew 50% and 80% in 2015 and 2016 respectively. This year our target […]
Read More →Bill Gates Annual Letter for 2018, there’s a lot to take in here, and I found something interesting in the responses to each question. Hopefully you will to. Why don’t you give more in the United States? What do you have to show for the billions you’ve spent on U.S. education? Why don’t you give […]
Read More →You probably reading it everywhere now that Bangkok is covered in smog for the past 2 weeks. This visual from Bloomberg demonstrates it best and despite the perception that HK and Beijing have the worst levels of pollution it is startling to see Bangkok exceeding those two locations. Now investment wise news, a few brokers, […]
Read More →I love Visual Capitalist for the information that they churn out on a weekly basis in fantastic graphical formats. The latest one was in regards to freedom and how it is in decline throughout the world. A quick email to a friend led to me adding Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Laos […]
Read More →Under the constitution, post-election Thailand would have a military-appointed senate and elected lower house. A prime ministerial candidate must achieve a majority in a joint vote of both chambers, making it challenging for Pheu Thai to emerge with the leader even if it takes control of the lower house. “Before this, three years ago, these people […]
Read More →The yields have been on my mind for the past few months and it’s been rather confusing. The 10 yr Thai gov is @ 2.5% vs the US 10 yr gov bond @ 2.8% The yield on the SET is now at 2.59% So: Is the Thai market safer? Less risky? More attractive for capital […]
Read More →I would love to see this implemented throughout the world. Companies do forget at times that shareholders, no matter how small, are owners of the business and in the end they have to answer to them. So it’s a refreshing to see this type of letter being published and distributed. As usual here’s some snippets […]
Read More →Howard Mark’s latest memo is as usual, a must read. This time around he does more than the past in terms of outlook by explaining both his positive and negative viewpoints on the markets. There’s an interesting discussion that he has on the impact of the new Tax laws in the US and how it […]
Read More →I am not too surprised that the BOT has come out saying that they are taking measures to prevent the THB from strengthening versus the USD, and I have found it amusing that Dr. Somkid comes out saying that the strengthening THB is inline with regional currency movements because this simply isn’t the case. In […]
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