Commentary on special events in Thailand and the SET Index.
MSCI Global Standard Indexes Additions: Carabao Group Public Company Limited (CBG) SCG Packaging Public Company Limited (SCGP) Deletion: KBANK-F shares Total Access Communication Public Company Limited (DTAC) MSCI Global Small Cap Indexes Additions: Absolute Clean Energy Public Company Limited (ACE) Precious Shipping Public Company Limited (PSL) Regional Container Lines Public Company Limited (RCL) Siam City […]
Read More →God damn it! I was and remain of the viewpoint that AirAsia is going to rock and roll coming out of this period and I was looking forward to participating in an equity recap of AAV and ride the recovery trade in 2H21 and throughout 2022. But the clever folks there decided to keep the […]
Read More →I’ll start with a question, what is the the largest total addressable market today? Scroll down to see that rabbit hole…. Disclaimer: I love the military, don’t put me in jail :p WuFlu and Vaccines Thailand’s going through another amusing period….right before another long holiday period, right before protests were picking up again….of covid-19 cases. […]
Read More →So the 4Q20 #’s were finished a few weeks ago, there’s an excel file link below (only available for a week from posting date) Here are some quick #’s: SET 4Q profit was -31% YoY, +23.7% QoQ, 9M was -50% 3/27 sectors grew YoY & QoQ 119/814 companies (SET & MAI) grew their profits & […]
Read More →Is it me or did Buffet’s annual letter didn’t get as much play in the media as it used to? Or am I just in a different social media bubble that I don’t see the using fawning over what he wrote? Same thoughts apply to Marks latest Memo, normally I would see this all over […]
Read More →“Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi and other top leaders have been detained in an early-morning raid in an apparent “coup,†her party’s spokesperson Myo Nyunt said, a move that came after the country’s military disputed its landslide win in a November election.” Source: Bloomberg Why should those on the Thai equity markets care? You have […]
Read More →No, it’s not a new law firm, each of these renowned investors have put out new thoughts/predictions in the past week. The wonderful aspect of markets is that there can be wildly differing viewpoints but that several strategies/approaches can do well. So be prepared to sit down and spend hours on them. Byron Wein – […]
Read More →~Rant begins~ Some of the books I’ve revisited during the past 6 months were George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm. And for my own personal amusement I shall do a poor usage of the characters name for this random thoughts post Characters: Napoleon – Prawit Squealer – Prayuth Boxer – Anutin Benjamin – Pheu Thai […]
Read More →So this 3Q20 #’s were finally finished just over a week ago. Here are some quick #’s: SET 3Q profit was -31% YoY, +23.7% QoQ, 9M was -50% All major sectors excl construction and transports improved QoQ 5/27 sectors grew YoY, QoQ & 9M 147/778 companies (SET & MAI) grew their profits & eps both […]
Read More →Protests Well it’s keep it short. I don’t see how this government steps down when they control the Government, the police, the army, the navy, the airforce, the courts etc etc. I can’t remember the last time there was a “political” group this powerful in Thailand’s modern history. I’ll rephrase this, there is one potential […]
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