Research on Thai Markets in general and the SET Index
Thailand EC head offers solution on FB — The head of the EC wrote on his Facebook account that there might be a solution to the current rice scheme problems, but the solution will have to wait until at least the 21st of this month before any action can take place. Rice farmers are angry […]
Read More →There’s been confusion amongst a lot of us about what on earth the State of Emergency means this time around. When the previous SoE was declared during the red-shirt riots, we had curfews and demonstrations were banned and the government and military enforced them. This time around these are the 5 measures for the State of […]
Read More →This is a question we get posed every year regarding our thoughts on the economy, the markets, which sectors are good/bad etc etc and while we make the necessary presentations with pretty powerpoint slides and insightful graphs, after being in this business for the past 8 years the best answer I can give is I don’t […]
Read More →The clever fellow that is Vincent Fernando over @ Religare put out his latest paper tracking ASEAN earnings, he states that “Thai 2014 earnings have been cut 6.1% over the last 6 months, but further cuts are likely. It appears as if 2014 numbers have yet to be cut in response to the worsening political […]
Read More →Last night the Government announced a State of Emergency, our first thoughts, other than being a bit more worried about violence, is what happenend to the market last time? The market had dropped just over -3% that day, the market backdrop is slightly different in that during 2010 the market was still rallying from the […]
Read More →This news article was emailed around by brokers yesterday that Thailand’s risk of default has increased, ok let’s sit back and take this all with a grain of salt, Thailand is a long way away from being a default risk, ample reserves are being held by the BOT, debt-to-GDP levels are still more than manageable, […]
Read More →Violence over the past week and the protests have continued to weigh on the market. Volumes for the SET have also been back to 2010-11 levels which means far less interest from all investors.
Read More →Thai Economy Kittiratt warns of stifled 2014 growth, As ‘shutdown’ wreaks economic havoc, MPC to meet as scheduled next week – The Finance Ministry expects the prolonged political protest to drag down economic growth to only 3.1% this year, while the Bank of Thailand insists its Monetary Policy Committee will meet on January 22 as […]
Read More →So a Bangkok shut down is now underway and there is ZERO traffic on the streets and even the BTS was easy to get on and off despite fears of it being overloaded. The EC has advised the government to delay the election to May 4, we’ll see if that happens and foreign investors have […]
Read More →Saw this on twitter via WSJ the other day. Despite Thailand trading @ cheaper valuations on a relative basis vs the Philippines and Indonesia, political troubles have pushed the market further down, thus while there has been a fund outflow out of SE Asia, Thailand has been hit far worse b/c of politics.
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