Commentary on special events in Thailand and the SET Index.
Is the Land of Smiles going to finally have a legal casino? It looks like it with Las Vegas Sands hosting the media. A couple of weeks after military strongman and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha shot down the controversial idea, Sands, whose CEO Sheldon Adelson is ranked 18th on the 2015 Forbes billionaires list, last […]
Read More →With the Greece vote confirmed last night for a “No”, what’s going to happen to the markets? Well in short, a decline without a doubt will affect most equity markets, but I have my doubts that we’ll see the 5-10% drop that occurred in 2011. In the end this wonderful story of capitalism in Greece […]
Read More →WHA ready to cover all logistics bases WHA began in 2003 with the vision to be a leader in built-to-suit modern warehouses and distribution centres. We saw that Thailand’s logistics cost to GDP was very high at 18% and that there was an opportunity to help the country and the industry to reduce the cost. […]
Read More →Mobius makes a few good points in his latest commentary on emerging markets vs advanced markets, here’s a few nuggets and a link to the full article. Growth in emerging markets has outpaced growth in developed markets by more than double People under the age of 40 are typically entering the most productive years of […]
Read More →From the FT this morning: The threat to the euro has always been a soluble problem cloaked in an aura of political impossibility. But with each day, both sides seem more willing to indulge in blame shifting rather than constructive engagement. Greece now stands on a precipice. It is increasingly hard to detect the path […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 451 mn POST – So he’s gone ahead and acquired up to 25% of POST b/c he says he believes in the future and the business today. PF – I still fear a future capital increase by Property Perfect. BA – Â And he continues to buy more and more shares. Sell(s) […]
Read More →Here are the facts: Exports tumbled for a fifth straight month in May The Commerce Ministry yesterday said shipments fell by 5% year-on-year to US$18.4 billion last month. In the first five months, exports reached $88.7 billion, down 4.2% from the year-earlier period. May exports of agricultural goods fell by 2.8% year-on-year to $2.97 billion, […]
Read More →WEH has followed the typical Thai drama show story line for the past 12 months with the major shareholder, Nopporn Suppipat, having an arrest warrant issued for him and the SEC blocking their supposed IPO and hurting DEMCO’s short term share performance (hence the only reason for posting this). Now there is a new shareholder […]
Read More →A great little op-ed by Mark Mobius on ASEAN and the AEC Impact on the region, see below for the whole article. The role of Asian markets in the global economy has grown significantly in recent years, and we expect this trend to continue in the future. Many of these countries have also made fundamental […]
Read More →Given I was overseas 2 weeks ago, here’s a full compilation of all the stock related news during the week of 07/06 – 15/06 sans comments as it is just too much to catch up on. BKD BKD plans to bid for a Bt3bn project, expecting to win 50%. It expects 45% revenue growth this […]
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