Commentary on special events in Thailand and the SET Index.
The evil chinese are devaluing their currency to ruin the world! Right…that’s the headline I’ve been reading the past few days, and this is the only chart that I care about at the moment. And these quotes from El Erian China is now following a path that many other advanced and emerging economies have been attempting […]
Read More →The image below does explain a lot in terms where FDI is going within the region, for the 2nd largest economy in ASEAN, Thailand hasn’t been able to attract the #’s that one would expect, I wouldn’t be surprised in 5 years to see Vietnam attracting far more capital than Thailand. Source: Bangkok Post
Read More →Another paper out by Bill Gross 10 days ago also with rather negative overtures towards the markets and the debt levels/interest rates, here are some snippets and a link to the full piece. Draghi’s ECB and the Merkel controlled EZ ascribe to the old theory of “Feed a fever, starve a cold” – the “fever” […]
Read More →The opportunity days are back! Starting today you can begin to look go and listen to the owners/CEOs/Presidents’ of listed companies talk about their latest earnings or even stream them online. My analyst just reminded me, the schedule may change from day to day so you’ll have to continually check the SET website. Enjoy! […]
Read More →So there’s been a lot of news regarding a potential Cabinet reshuffle that has several people excited, here are some of the possible options Timeline: Early Aug, the reshuffle could take place, according to Nation newspaper mentioning a source from Government House. Somkid – Industry Minister – Somkid Jatusripitak, a former Finance Minister in the Thaksin […]
Read More →I’ve been sent this article too many times to count this past week, so here are my thoughts on it: In a series of speeches, military leader-turned-Prime Minister Prayuth has claimed the country’s declining gross domestic product is the product of his valiant corruption crackdown (and partly weak exports, too). “It’s because some people spend […]
Read More →The financial media has been all over the story that Emerging Market’s are now no longer an attractive investment destination. And how can we disagree with GDP growth declining throughout the region, fund flow into European equities and fixed income continuing to accelerate and the US Dollar continuing on its tear. When the Fed first […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) – THB 2.7 bn TTA, SAMART, BA, TIW, TRC, A, PACE, MK, SPALI, TVO Sell(s) – THB 1.5 bn COL, SAMART, ACD, PTG, NDR, IHL, BSM, TPOLY, ROCK Note: Transactions shown are > THB 5 mn
Read More →If you want to understand why the Thai Market is still at it’s lofty levels, have a look below. Local institutions have been doing all of the heavy lifting purchasing a net + THB 42 bn this year versus foreign investors selling -THB 43 bn, this is remarkable given that local institutions still only represent […]
Read More →Ahhh the wonderful quarterly letter from Jeremy Grantham of GMO, is out and it has its usual combination of wit, investment thoughts and curiousity all melded into one paper. This quarter he discusses a list of ten topics that are not positive at all for the world, but he does add in his usual but human are […]
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