Commentary on special events in Thailand and the SET Index.
It is that time of the year where Strategists, Commentators and what not present their ideas for 2015, of them all I do enjoy reading Byron Wein’s, of Blackstone, thoughts for each year. I find his points related to interest rates, Japan and China the most relevant for Thailand this year. 1. The Federal Reserve […]
Read More →So much for the year end buying from local institutions to support the market! Source: SET Note: All values are mn THB
Read More →Interesting tidbit released by BJC today, their IFA has advised that shareholders should reject the transaction for multiple reasons (see below). I doubt that this will derail the acquisition but interesting to note nonetheless. 1) Risk concerning the loan financing and money transfer to Metro Vietnam’s Capital Account in advance for the whole amount of EUR 655 […]
Read More →Given the way December ’14 performed I thought it would be more interesting to present all the transactions that occurred during the month. Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 6bn AAV, RS, CENTEL, BA, LIVE, M-CHAI, NBC, BA, STA, CPF, MC, EARTH, BBL, BLA, EARTH, AKR, PACE, TH Sell(s) THB 10 bn RS, AAV, CGD, AP, NYT, […]
Read More →With Xmas and New Years within the next 2 weeks, this will be the last post for the year as its time to unwind, relax and recharge for what will be an exciting and most likely volatile 2015. 2014 was close to a normal year for Thailand, we faced a military coup with a self […]
Read More →Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services Plc (BAFS) provides aviation refuelling and related services at Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang and other airports in Thailand. Founded in November 1983, it was listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in April 2002. Managing director Prakobkiat Ninnad discusses the company’s strategy and outlook. What is BAFS’ business model? BAFS was founded […]
Read More →With the BOT just announcing that interest rates were going to remain flat today, Bloomberg came out with an article highlighting how consumer debt is still a big issue (and I believe will continue to be at least for another 2-3 years) in Thailand today, enjoy the snippet and the link to the full article […]
Read More →Yesterday the stock market went through the whole market cycle of selling, panic selling, forced selling, & bargain hunting all the space of a 4.5 hrs. A low of -9% was seen for the day before it rushed back up in the last hour to close down some -2.4%. So what happened yesterday? Well oil […]
Read More →The SET has announced the semi-annual index review results for the SET50, SET100 & SETHD indices to be effective the first half of 2015 (Jan 1 – Jun 30). SET50 Index (SET50): 4 ADDED: CK, HEMRAJ, KTIS & SPALI 4 DELETED: BLA, GLOBAL, KKP & THCOM SET100 Index (SET100): 10 ADDED: ANAN, DEMCO, HANA, ICHI, […]
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