Commentary on special events in Thailand and the SET Index.
Digital TV a rising star for Workpoint Workpoint Entertainment Plc is one of Thailand’s leading production houses with internationally recognised programmes. It has recently expanded into digital TV with its own channel. Chairman Phanya Nirunkul discusses the company’s strategy and outlook. What is Workpoint’s business model? We began in 1989 as a TV production house […]
Read More →On Monday for a brief period of time the SET was able to go above 1,600 & then it subsequently tumbled some 35 pts (or -2%) since then, what are the reason(s) for this? Yesterday there was news about a potential counter-coup from a former PM which was subsequently debunked, but this could explain why […]
Read More →Given Thailand’s proximity to Laos, the country should be one of the main beneficiaries of the LSX opening up further, and if you’re willing to take a long term viewpoint then the LSX can offer wonderful opportunities, Â I remember EDL providing a 16% dividend at one point 3 years ago. Now back to the index, […]
Read More →A great article on the Economist popped up a few days ago detailing Thailand’s economic growth during the political crises that the country has faced and the demographic issues that Thailand has today, here are the key charts, key points, and a link to the full article Thailand’s volatile politics have not prevented it from […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 2.4 bn MTLS, IFEC, NMG, GFM, RS, JAS, M-CHAI, BA, EARTH, STA, EPCO, KSL, AUCT, SAMART Sell(s) THB 2.0 bn CGD, NMG, IFEC, MONO, DNA, BTS, BSM, DNA, ABC, PPM, BTC, BLAND, EE, EPCO, CHO, MACO
Read More →I’ve been asked this question a couple of times in the past week and the best answers I could think of was 1) Well the USD has gotten stronger 2) Alternative Energy/Shale may finally be having an impact 3) *Conspiracy theory* The Saudis are either listening to the US to hurt Russia or decided they […]
Read More →Bloomberg came out with an article titled “Reports of Thailand’s Revival Are Greatly Exaggerated”, source link below, basically stating what most people already know that this year economically Thailand hasn’t performed well at all, which isn’t a surprise given how things have unfolded in the past 18 months. My own viewpoint is that 2015/16 will […]
Read More →AOT released their latest passenger figures, go the link below, and every analyst today was going on about how travelers are back with numbers +11% for October 2014. Do take things with a grain of salt and realise that if you take the full year figures, passenger arrivals are up only +0.14%. But what does […]
Read More →As posted earlier this month, there MSCI rebalancing was effective as of today’s closing, a gentle reminder on what the changes were MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES – The following are changes in constituents for the MSCI Global Standard Indexes which will take place as of the close of Nov 25, 2014. ADDITIONS: DELTA, EA, TUF […]
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