Research on Thai Markets in general and the SET Index
Our Queen Chartist has returned to share her thoughts and outlook on the capitalist experiment in communist china, it’s a fun read enjoy! There is an old saying “A picture is worth a thousand words.†Well, the Big Brother of China has something to say. His Little Brother has something to say, too. I […]
Read More →Thailand Govt putting in place export control rules – New strategic export-control regulations will place additional compliance burdens on some business sectors, but will increase investor confidence and enhance trading relationships with Thailand, Deloitte Thailand has said. (The Nation, 6/7/15) Japan pledges US$6 bn for Mekong – A trilateral pack on development of Dawei was […]
Read More →Is the Land of Smiles going to finally have a legal casino? It looks like it with Las Vegas Sands hosting the media. A couple of weeks after military strongman and Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha shot down the controversial idea, Sands, whose CEO Sheldon Adelson is ranked 18th on the 2015 Forbes billionaires list, last […]
Read More →And we wake up this morning with only one thing on people’s mind, Greece greece greece. When in fact we should be looking forward and thinking…are banks NPL’s going to continue to increase? Have they provisioned enough already? If not what are the potential impacts on the rest of the real sector? Are things getting […]
Read More →With the Greece vote confirmed last night for a “No”, what’s going to happen to the markets? Well in short, a decline without a doubt will affect most equity markets, but I have my doubts that we’ll see the 5-10% drop that occurred in 2011. In the end this wonderful story of capitalism in Greece […]
Read More →Thailand Ministry sticks to 1.2% export target despite dire forecasts – Despite many organisations projecting low export growth this year, the Commerce Ministry has maintained its target at 1.2 per cent as it expects shipments to recover in the second half on the back of a predicted rise in oil prices and a weakening in the value of […]
Read More →Mobius makes a few good points in his latest commentary on emerging markets vs advanced markets, here’s a few nuggets and a link to the full article. Growth in emerging markets has outpaced growth in developed markets by more than double People under the age of 40 are typically entering the most productive years of […]
Read More →From the FT this morning: The threat to the euro has always been a soluble problem cloaked in an aura of political impossibility. But with each day, both sides seem more willing to indulge in blame shifting rather than constructive engagement. Greece now stands on a precipice. It is increasingly hard to detect the path […]
Read More →And the only news this week that will have an impact is Greece! Question – will it have a contagion effect? No, it won’t precipitate a liquidity crisis.
Read More →Here are the facts: Exports tumbled for a fifth straight month in May The Commerce Ministry yesterday said shipments fell by 5% year-on-year to US$18.4 billion last month. In the first five months, exports reached $88.7 billion, down 4.2% from the year-earlier period. May exports of agricultural goods fell by 2.8% year-on-year to $2.97 billion, […]
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