Research on Thai Markets in general and the SET Index
Thailand Thailand’s rating held — Moody’s held Thailand long-term government bonds at Baa1 with stable outlook based on strong fundamentals and political resilience. (Post Today, 03/06/14) JSCCIB forecasts 2014 growth of 2-2.5% — The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) forecast that 2014 GDP will grow by 2-2.5% from recovery in consumer […]
Read More →AIT AIT expects revenue to be in line with forecast at Bt6.2bn as it has managed to convert Bt3.75bn of its backlog into revenue. The company is waiting on additional projects worth Bt720mn, with plans to bid for another Bt8.09bn. Management said it has no concern over 2015 as the NCPO is working to stimulate […]
Read More →Be warned – I’m going to ramble… First reaction at hearing the military was going to take over – disappointment, Thailand’s politicians and judicial system, weren’t mature enough to figure out how to solve the issue themselves. I was hoping for the past 6 months that Thailand’s political system would be able to sort itself […]
Read More →The military coup, and the economic plans that they are pushing through, plus the “stability” that has arised from the coup have resulted in the market performing very well in the past week. For the first time in months we don’t really have to worry about any political events.
Read More →Thailand Rice scheme payments begin – Farmers waiting for delayed rice-pledging scheme payments can begin claiming their money from today, coup-makers announced yesterday. (Bangkok Post, 26/05/14) Reform plans to be discussed today — The NCPO will meet with several economic experts and government officials today to launch a new policy plans to reform the economy […]
Read More →While I’m still putting together my own long piece on the coup and its potential impacts (yes i’m slow I know I know, but I’m still just amazed and impressed by how well this all been executed). So in the meantime have a look at some key points that Dr. Mobius has put together. From […]
Read More →I’ve had the pleasure of listening to Kishore Mahbubani speak live a few months ago and just came across this article stating his viewpoints on ASEAN. As a region it is doing tremendously well despite all the issues that plague developing  countries, and in my mind as an investment destination is a no-brainer. See below for […]
Read More →Well there are some surprises here, namely I’m quite happy to see Somkid’s Jatusripitak (he was part of thaksin’s team as their finance minister/deputy pm) and I do highly rate his capabilities. As for M.R. Pridiyathorn…well..he implemented capital controls some 8 years ago which made the SET drop 30% so I hope he doesn’t make […]
Read More →A rating agency, R&I, last night downgraded Thailand’s outlook from Stable to Negative, will this be the first of many? Thus far Moody’s and S&P haven’t commented just yet, on a worst case scenario you can imagine all rating agencies downgrading Thailand to the point where the cost of issuing new debt skyrockets and then leads […]
Read More →If I were to do a correlation between every trip I take to a different continent with political events in Thailand the result would be near 1.0. So a coup has happened this time (previous time was the flooding, before that was the May 2010 fights, and before that was the airport shutdown, my traveling […]
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