Commentary on special events in Thailand and the SET Index.
This is good thorough article on the cock-up that is the Amnesty Bill that the government pushed through and what repercussions that it has had upon the Pheu Thai party and the political situation it has led to today, in the end, as we’ve written before here, it comes down to the simple fact that… […]
Read More →There have been several articles going around that Emerging markets are in the beginning stages of 1997 Asian Financial Crisis part deux and how Thailand is going to yet again be affected. We’ve gone through each data point thrown our way but in the end we disagree for Thailand. Quite simply: I don’t see high […]
Read More →Just out now, the Criminal Court rejects the DSI’s request for arrest warrants for 16 core members of the protestors for alleged violations of the emergency decree. So wait, if I and a bunch of friends decide to take over a few key intersections then I haven’t done anything wrong? I won’t be arrested for […]
Read More →Out of curiouristy we did a quick backcheck of the past sectors that have driven the SET for the last 7 years. Upon seeing the results we do ask ourselves, why bother stock picking? We have to choose out of 550 companies a portfolio of 10 strong ideas, why not just pick a few strong […]
Read More →What happened: Chu kai Plc (ticker: CRANE) announced on the 14th January 2014 a sale of land worth THB 500 mn. CRANE itself is leasing cranes that can be used in many industries such as construction, import and export, refinery plants, power plants, and petrochemical plants. Most cranes of The Company are good used cranes […]
Read More →On the 13th January, MC Group (ticker: MC)Â announced two new major shareholders, both are well known long-term investment group, Lombard through its investment vehicle, Mindo Asia Investment Ltd and NTAsian Discovery Fund. So what? Well both groups are run by smart fellows, Lombard is well-known within Thailand for its holdings in Ticon, CPN, AS, SAT, […]
Read More →This happened 2 weeks ago as well as a few other deals that I’m just getting around to writing about, the details are as follows: Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) sold a 60.9% stake of Siam Commercial Samaggi Insurance (SCSMG) The value of the transaction is USD 185 mn at THB 27.60/share and SCB is expected […]
Read More →While we applaud the fact that the SEC does take action against insider trading, but 7 years later? Really? And only a fine of THB 27 mn despite the fact this is an egregious action against public investors. Anyways at least we know this is another company to put on the blacklist for investing in […]
Read More →There’s been confusion amongst a lot of us about what on earth the State of Emergency means this time around. When the previous SoE was declared during the red-shirt riots, we had curfews and demonstrations were banned and the government and military enforced them. This time around these are the 5 measures for the State of […]
Read More →The clever fellow that is Vincent Fernando over @ Religare put out his latest paper tracking ASEAN earnings, he states that “Thai 2014 earnings have been cut 6.1% over the last 6 months, but further cuts are likely. It appears as if 2014 numbers have yet to be cut in response to the worsening political […]
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