Research on Thai Markets in general and the SET Index
BoT orders SSI creditors to obey rules – The Bank of Thailand has instructed creditors of debt-ridden Sahaviriya Steel Industries Plc (SSI) to also set aside loan loss provisions for the parent company of SSI UK by the end of this month to comply with regulations. The lenders are required by law to set aside […]
Read More →Bill Gross’s latest monthly paper is out, as usual it contains great thoughts and this month its all about the Fed and the impact of low interest rates and the issues that come with it, see below for snippets and a link to the paper. “financial repressionâ€, long stretches of years and in some cases decades […]
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Read More →A nice little op-ed from Mark Mobius post the fed decision to not increase rates and its impact on emerging markets. See below for snippets and a link to the full article In contrast to the Fed, central banks in emerging markets generally are not considering the question of raising interest rates in their home […]
Read More →So the Fed has come and gone until the next meeting when the media can become very excited and begin writing about the positives and negatives as a result of the potential interest rate hike or decrease..? This week? Nothing! Although we are thinking aloud @ what point do the finco’s become interesting?
Read More →4G!!! From a green light to a red light to back to a green light. News has announced that the NBTC will go ahead with the auction of the 2 telecom licenses on the 900-MhW and that it has been approved by the board, thus 15 Dec looks like a go. AIS being sued by […]
Read More →China retail sales up 10.8 pct in August – China’s retail sales grew 10.8 percent year on year to 2.49 trillion yuan (390.89 billion U.S. dollars) in August, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Sunday. The growth rate picked up slightly from 10.5 percent in July. A key reason for the month-on-month rise in […]
Read More →The picture does say it all.
Read More →Fun times this week! The BoT meets to discuss rates in Thailand, the Fed meets later in the week to discuss interest rates, volatility shall reign supreme. In the meantime, look at the beating taken by financials and property this year. If you believe that things will eventually recover by this time next year, […]
Read More →We now joke that the military voted down its own constitution. Last week the NRC rejected the 2015 draft constitution with only 105 voting yes which is short of the 124 required to send it to a nationwide referendum. So what? Well elections are now definitely NOT happening in 2016 because this means things will […]
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