Commentary on special events in Thailand and the SET Index.
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 […]
Read More →There’s another drought happening throughout Thailand and this doesn’t bode well for consumer spending upcountry.  Here’s some information that we’ve been able to put together. Cause? Massive deforestation in north was the fundamental cause as this has resulted in the lack of rainfall, especially in the North, where most reservoirs are situated. Specifically, at least […]
Read More →There’ll be the usual annual rebalancing in the SET Indices names this week, the official changes are: SET50 Additions: BA, BMCL, CBG, ITD, SAWAD, TPIPL, WHA, THCOM Deletions: BAY, BIGC, BJC, HEMRAJ, KTIS, SCCC, SPALI, VGI SET 100 Additions: ASP, BA, BEAUTY, CBG, CKP, LHBANK, MONO, RS, S, SAPPE, U, UNIQ, WHA Deletions: BAY, BCH, BIGC, BJC, IFEC, […]
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Read More →Thiensurat Plc, which listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand last June under the symbol TSR, makes and distributes water purification systems to provide safe and clean water to households. Managing director Viruch Wongnirund discusses the company’s strategy and outlook. What is Thiensurat’s history? In 1976, our founder, Werawat Changyoo, was working for the Metropolitan […]
Read More →Forbes came out with the latest top 50 richest individuals in Thailand and whilst the list has not changed that much it’s always good to see newcomers and interesting to note they are from the automotive, renewable energy and industrial real estate. However it is worthwhile pointing out that Hopes of an infrastructure build-out boosted fortunes […]
Read More →There was an insightful op-ed in the BKK Post during the week comparing Thailand’s political drama to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, its quite the read and rather spot on, see below for some snippets and a link to the full article Our politics over the past 10 years has been one huge Shakespearean tragedy. A bitter feud […]
Read More →Byron Wien of Blackstone, just released his latest monthly paper and its a heck of a read. He covers his thoughts on how all the government spending may have influenced the equity markets in the US, Europe and Japan, its quite the read, enjoy the snippets below and a link to the rest of the […]
Read More →His latest paper is a discussion on the low interest rate environment and how he plans to navigate it going forward, it is quite the enjoyable read, here’s a snippet and link to the rest of the article. On the bond side, my famous (infamous?) “Short of a lifetime†trade on the German Bund market […]
Read More →Here are some comments from around the Web + my own at the bottom Thailand is the least preferred equity market in Southeast Asia given lofty valuations and ongoing political uncertainty, Morgan Stanley wrote in a report this week, predicting a possible 10 percent decline in the MSCI Thailand Index in dollar terms. The baht […]
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