Commentary on special events in Thailand and the SET Index.
Found this online, great read! Bernanke does do a great job in explaining his thoughts & methodology for the QE’s that he has undertaken in the past, and what he wants to see in terms of economic performance. Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Economic Club of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana October 1, 2012  Good afternoon. I […]
Read More →This isn’t much a surprise for us to hear, a public company here in Thailand has to deal with an extremely strict (albeit archaic) SEC and I’ve heard on on the odd occassion from CEO’s “The SEC wants us to disclose everything, our competitors will know too much about us!” But this is great for […]
Read More →I had the pleasure of meeting Stars Microelectronics in 2009 when the company was making its margins building screen after screen for RIM (blackberry) and its revenues manufacturing hard drives for Western Digital. The owner had a very good story regarding how the company came to be and within the past year has been unfortunately […]
Read More →I had the pleasure of meeting this gentleman, Mr. Stanley Weiss, last year in Bangkok and since then I’ve been following his work, columns and interviews. I highly suggest you watch the interview below as he discusses SE Asia and specifically Indonesia and Myanmar. American businessman Stanley Weiss, the founding Chairman of Business Executives for National […]
Read More →Two interesting things happened to the SET this week, first they launched a new trading engine … SET President Charamporn Jotikasthira, said: “Today marked another key milestone in the development of the Thai capital market, as now that we began operating our new trading engine, SET CONNECT, with full efficiency. Source: SET …and following as a result […]
Read More →As I’m finishing to write the August client letter I’ve noted that there really are only 4 key events to look for and depending upon which way the outcome is could in the Short term either very positively affect the markets or very negatively. Will European politicians agree to hold hands and deal with the crises there […]
Read More →Market had a strong overall performance last month will only financials being slight hurrt on the back of profit taking. Good to note that the MAI index performed well as the MAI index on general had strong earnings when compared to the SET for the 2Q12. Going forward, not sure what to expect other than […]
Read More →Notable Transactions: Buy(s): BLANDÂ – K. Anant buys another 66mil shares in his company. Sell(s): SPCG – A director offloads Thb 55mn worth of shares. Well if you company was trading at 5x pbv and 300x pe then one shouldn’t be too surprised.
Read More →Established in May 1976 and listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand since 1995, Nawarat Patanakarn Plc (NWR) is one of Thailand’s largest construction and engineering companies, with registered capital of 2.21 billion baht (1.55 billion paid up). With more than 30 years of experience in Thailand and other countries, NWR has a wide range […]
Read More →I commented earlier this week that I have an unnatural fear for the month of September as because its the month which I always travel overseas and there has always been a negative event in September since 2007 that rocks the markets badly. Given that the SET has just fallen some 2% over the past […]
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