Commentary on special events in Thailand and the SET Index.
It’s no surprise that 1Q15 numbers were weak, for the full year I have my doubts on Thailand being able to achieve the 3.4% prediction that comes out of the government, why? Exports are weak, Imports will pick up (should oil prices maintain these lvls), Consumption is weak (debt is too high), Government spending is […]
Read More →The consistent winners: Construction materials, tourism & leisure, food & beverages and insurance all had decent YoY and QoQ growth rates The consistent losers: Construction services, personal products & pharma had rubbish YoY and QoQ growth rates. Anything interesting? Agricultural seems to be a cyclical funk, wondering out loud when will it rebound? Transportation & […]
Read More →If you believe it. The two main sacred oxen, Phra Kho Fa and Phra Kho Lert, were each offered seven bowls containing seven different foods, and their choices were used to make the predictions. The seven dishes were paddy rice, maize, water, grass, soybean, sesame seeds and liquor. The oxen ate grass, a forecast that the […]
Read More →As an fyi, just off the presses this early AM, these changes will be effective as of 29 May ’15 MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES – None for Thailand MSCI GLOBAL SMALL CAP INDEXES – ADDITIONS: BA, BEAUTY, CBG, EPG, IMPACT, IFEC, MTLS, PLANB, PTG, SIM, SCN, TSE, UNIQ, WORK – DELETIONS: JMART, TPIPL
Read More →The new digital TV industry has been both a love and hate relationship for me, at times I can see the bull in it, about how well some new players will perform (WORK, RS), newer players receiving higher ad rates over the coming years, at other times I see the bear argument, an audience population that […]
Read More →David Tepper of Appaloosa Management said it best a week ago, there are four Fed’s in the world today, the US is printing money, Europe has begun its own QE, Japan has it’s own QE and now China has joined the party with their latest round of interest rate cuts. The People’s Bank of China […]
Read More →Two interesting articles from the FT in the past few weeks about Thailand, first up is a commentary on politics In the latest example of what one commentator has dubbed his “compulsive loquaciousness”, he insisted to guests at an international publishers’ conference in Bangkok last week that he was not their enemy. But what came […]
Read More →The big push by local institutions at the end of April was quite something, represents more than 50% of their net buying for the year. Do note, as requested by some readers, we’ve expanded the charts to include a daily track of all investor movements during the year, enjoy!
Read More →Complete media value chain gives edge to MCOT in broadcasting sector MCOT Plc is the state-majority-owned media group that owns and operates a number of radio and TV stations. President Sivaporn Chomsuwan discusses the company’s strategy and outlook. Please explain MCOT’s business model. MCOT is a fully integrated media company involved in TV, radio, new […]
Read More →Bill Gross’s latest investment outlook has quite the negative foreboding with comments such as “A “sense of an ending” has been frequently mentioned in recent months when applied to asset markets and the great Bull Run that began in 1981.” “Savor this Bull market moment, they seem to be saying in unison. It will not […]
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