And the start to the month has been mehhh. The initial rebound from the beginning of the year which looks to have just been a recovery from the shellacking in the 4Q18 may be over for now. FY earnings are out and I didn’t see anything encouraging, other than relatively clean balance sheets for the […]

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Mega-projects to hike public debt : Uptrend in public investment to continue; economists call for more prudent allocation of military budget. Rising government spending on mega-projects, which are deemed crucial to economic growth, will further increase the country’s public debt, economists said with some asking the military to be more efficient in its spending. The […]

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BANPU sets 48m tons coal sales target this year, $835m capex for FY19-20, while BPP, its power unit, to COD pp in Japan and China worth combined 114.2MW, to wrap up 80MW wind pp phase 1 in Vietnam by 1Q19. BJC sees positive SSSG from recovery consumptions and government stimulus package, will open 1st BIGC […]

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AAV adds new route to tap Vietnam market, offers 5 destinations in 7 routes including Chiang Mai-Da Nang. COM7 upbeats 1Q mobile market from new launch of Huawei and Samsung phones, expects to book contribution from recently acquired Kingkong phone Bt300m/quarter, will add more house brand products and new gadgets brands to boost sales and […]

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BGRIM BGRIM buys 124mw SPP1 cogen powerplants from GLOW for Bt3.3b, lifts total 3,266mw, will book immediate contribution from 2Q. Comment: Knowing the team at BGRIM, this will immediately be accretjve to their earnings and valuations. ERW ERW target 10-15% revenue growth, driven by higher OCC & RevPar yoy, 9 hotels on track to debut […]

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And so FY numbers have been coming out. Nothing pretty. But hey Chinese tourism is back with a vengeance, the market knew 4Q18 was going to be rubbish hence the performance so the weak export #’s are no surprise. Its a new year and a fresh start, things can only get better or will it? […]

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