ThaiCapitalist research
AJD AJD and CTH plan to sell set-top boxes for Premier League football. They target Bt338mn in sales (200,000 set top boxes) within one year. It expects membership fees to drive revenue growth to 50%. (Khao Hoon, 18/08/15) Comment: CTH desperately needs to find a way to make money from its PL licenses, they are […]
Read More →The Thai market continues to wobble and is down close to 6% for the year in local currency terms, why? Last week the news was all China china china, oh and the continuing fact that Thailand’s economy isn’t performing well.
Read More →Nothing at all this past week! Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 32 mn N/a Sell(s) Â THB 4 mn N/a
Read More →BANPU BANPU plans to boost sales in 2H15 and expects average coal price of around US$59 per ton. The company plans to expand its power business abroad with the aim of increasing its generating capacity to 4,000MW by 2020. (Khao Hoon, 17/08/15) Comment: The only thing we are all waiting for is it’s power IPO […]
Read More →Survey: Capacity at 55% in H1 – The weak global economy has led to declining orders from overseas importers, forcing Thai industries to cut their production capacity and overtime payments to employees, reports the Employers’ Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry (EconThai). EconThai’s survey showed overtime payments in the first half of this year dropped by 21.1% because of […]
Read More →The evil chinese are devaluing their currency to ruin the world! Right…that’s the headline I’ve been reading the past few days, and this is the only chart that I care about at the moment. And these quotes from El Erian China is now following a path that many other advanced and emerging economies have been attempting […]
Read More →ANAN ANAN launches 4 new projects worth of Bt11bn. It has set a presales target of 40% per project within Aug 12-16. It is cooperating with Thai Samsung Electronics. (Khao Hoon, 14/8/15)] Comment: And they’re spending quite the small fortune on marketing these projects, you can see their advertisements everywhere in Bangkok ATP30 ATP30 IPO […]
Read More →The image below does explain a lot in terms where FDI is going within the region, for the 2nd largest economy in ASEAN, Thailand hasn’t been able to attract the #’s that one would expect, I wouldn’t be surprised in 5 years to see Vietnam attracting far more capital than Thailand. Source: Bangkok Post
Read More →AOT AOT says there is no impact from the Chinese yuan depreciation. Growth in Chinese tourist was 10-14% for eight months. (Post Today, 13/08/15) Comment: For once, I concur with this government enterprise. ARROW ARROW reported 2Q15 earnings of Bt56mn (+92%YoY). It plans to pay an interim dividend of Bt0.15/share, XD on Aug 21. It […]
Read More →Another paper out by Bill Gross 10 days ago also with rather negative overtures towards the markets and the debt levels/interest rates, here are some snippets and a link to the full piece. Draghi’s ECB and the Merkel controlled EZ ascribe to the old theory of “Feed a fever, starve a cold†– the “fever†[…]
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