Commentary on special events in Thailand and the SET Index.
What happened? AP announced that it would pay a stock dividend of 10:1 plus a cash divvy of THB 0.02/share, the last time it had paid a stock dividend was on the 4th May 2011 EPS Dilution = 9.1% Now why would companies want to pay out a stock divvy? Personally I don’t care much […]
Read More →Firstly, this rumour has been in the market here ever since I begun working in Thailand in ’04. So obviously any time I hear (or read) that MOF will sell it’s stake in TMB my bullshit radar goes off. The MOF legally cannot sell below THB 3.80 per share TMB is still a POS performance […]
Read More →This time I’m on the road throughout Europe with meetings here and there but basically taking time to sit back and catch up on reading, hence why posts may be sporadic for the next week.
Read More →So the artificial floor in the market will be gone, fun times ahead in 2 years from now. Now Asset Management firms will have to focus on actually performing well, and the next thought that comes to mind is, what will the government do in terms of personal income taxes? The Finance Ministry will not […]
Read More →The Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) disclosed the details of the funding sources for the THB 2.4 trn infrastructure investment plan during 2015-2022. The breakdown is as follows: 45% (1.1 trn) funded by state enterprises loans 20% Government fiscal budget 20% PPP schemes 10% state enterprises’ CF 5% infrastructure funds All this with a debt covenant […]
Read More →Want to feel like a rock star investor? Get into the small IPO’s. Anyone who was able to get IPO’s this year has been feeling that way, excluding IPO’s where commercial bank’s were the underwriters (here’s looking at you KBANK and SCB). The basic framework for IPO’s performing well on their first day hasn’t changed, if […]
Read More →Namyong Terminal Plc (NYT) is a roll-on/roll-off (Ro/Ro) and general cargo terminal operator at Laem Chabang port. Listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand last November, the company accounts for the highest volume of cars exported via terminals in Thailand. Chief executive Theparak Leungsuwan discusses the company’s strategy and outlook. What is NYT’s business model? NYT […]
Read More →Source: Dilbert
Read More →I’ve often wondered how much of my performance has been related to stock picking abilities, or I am just in a lucky place, in a country that has been growing well for the past decade and in a market that has increased some 300% since I begun working. Now the clever fellows over at Alpha […]
Read More →If you erase the debt record, we all go back to zero. It’ll create total chaos -Fight Club The moment I saw this headline, my mind somehow linked back to a quote from Fight Club. This is definitely one way of boosting credit growth in Thailand, erase all the bad debt records so that financial […]
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