Category: Market
Research on Thai Markets in general and the SET Index
What happened this week 17/06 – 21/06
Thailand Central bank throws red flag on loans — The BoT ramped up its warning that escalating household debt in recent years is posing a risk to the country’s financial stability and warrants close monitoring. BoT data shows household debt accelerated to 78% of GDP last year from 63% at the end of 2010. The […]
Read More →SHIbor!
When we saw this chart on the 19th June… Source: Zero Hedge …our hearts sunk for a moment as we feared an event similar to 2008 with Lehman going under and repo/overnight rates globally spiking, thankfully the 19th the Chinese government has come out saying that they will provide liquidity to the market. But we […]
Read More →Sector update 10/06 – 14/06
Last week was another wonderful ride down for the SET on the back of continued foreign selling, our analysis indicates that they have already sold back down to Feb ’12 levels so unless the Fed comes up with something unexcepted mid-week we’re under the impression that most of the selling is over. Cash is still a […]
Read More →SET semi-annual index review
Yesterday the SET announced its semi-annual review, see below for the list of changes SET50 index (SET50): 3 companies; – CENTRAL PLAZA HOTEL PCL. (CENTEL), CH. KARNCHANG PCL. (CK), SIAM GLOBAL HOUSE PCL. (GLOBAL) – will be added into its index constituents. There are also 11 additions in the SET100 index (SET100): DEMCO PCL (DEMCO), […]
Read More →What happened this week 10/06 to 14/06
Thailand Kittiratt hints at pledge ceiling price cut on heavy losses — The government is likely to cut the ceiling price for the rice pledging scheme following reports of potential heavy losses from the program for the previous three crops, Finance Minister Kittiratt Na Ranong sid yesterday. He hinted there is a possibility the pledging […]
Read More →Can Bernanke Avoid a Meltdown in the Bond Market?
This a great editorial from Jim O’Neill, the former head of Goldman Sachs Asset Mangement, the snippets below are what I found to be most interesting: A return to normality eventually implies a benchmark 10-year Treasury yield of 4 percent or more In recent years, the search for yield has gone wider and deeper. The resulting […]
Read More →Which investors are driving the market?
Today the SET had a wunderbar rally up 4.42% or 62 pts, however the rest of the region, while up as well looked relatively muted. So remembering that this week trigger funds (local asset management firms love to sell mutual funds that say once the fund hits an x.x% return the monies will be returned […]
Read More →Charts: To taper or not to taper?
Our favourite chartist queen, Ploy, has returned to grace us with her thoughts on the the markets, exchange rates and what it all means when put together. Enjoy the read! The question investors around the globe have been asking to themselves since May 22 when the Fed’s President mentioned in the congressional testimony of the […]
Read More →What happened this week 27/05 – 31/05
Thai Economy Unified MPC cuts rate to 2.50% — For the first time this year, the BoT yesterday cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 2.5%, acting to cushion against risk to domestic demand after weaker-than-expected first quarter economic growth. “Against the backdrop of continued financial stability concerns, the MPC thus voted […]
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