Research on Thai Markets in general and the SET Index
Positive(s) Thailand Govt to boost infrastructure spending to B4tn — The cabinet on Wednesday endorsed a master plan to develop various infrastructure projects over the next seven years. The plan will allow the Finance Ministry to borrow Bt2.2tn for the projects. Mr. Kittiratt, however, said that sum will only be enough to finance major transport […]
Read More →For the past few weeks the government has been “pressuring” the BOT to cut rates in the aim of preventing the Thai baht from getting any stronger. We’ve been against this thought as Thailand has so much liquidity flying around as it is and with the Government’s spending coming through next year any further rate […]
Read More →Positive(s) Local Consumer confidence rises again — Consumer confidence rose for a fourth straight month in January, hitting a 16-month high, as concerns about global and domestic economic prospects eased and people’s incomes rose thanks in part to the nationwide daily minimum wage hike, says a local economist. The consumer confidence index climbed to 81.7 points […]
Read More →The Thai market continues rocking, January saw volumes increase by 35% to average over THB 50 bn/day versus THB 35 bn/day last year. Mind boggling stuff.
Read More →Positive(s): US – In the week ending Jan.19, the number of applications for U.S. unemployment benefits in seasonally adjusted initial claims was 330,000, the lowest level since January 2008, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week moving average, a better indication of the underlying trend in labor markets, was 351,750, down from the previous week’s […]
Read More →Who still listens to credit ratings? S&P’s senior director of sovereign ratings Tan Kim Eng said on Thursday that S&P’s decision  as based on the fact that Thailand is at risk of having a problem of high public debt in the future, even though it has strong economic fundamentals. Regardless, Thailand maintained its BBB+ rating […]
Read More →As a sector its earnings grew 25% YoY with KK, BAY, KBANK, and KTB showing incredible earnings growth. The combination of a recovering Thai economy from the 2011 floods, automobile incentive scheme, housing schemes, reduction in corporate income tax from 30% to 23% all boosted their earnings strongly. Going forward however the same elements aren’t […]
Read More →Market finished strongly at the end of the last week with continued strong fund foreign fund flows, this combined with China’s massive numbers, the BOJ aiming to boost inflation to 2% and Thailand’s 3Q12 GDP number’s coming out strongly all helped. Â Â Â Â Â
Read More →Positives US: U.S. claims for jobless benefits plummeted to 335,000 last week, the lowest since January 2008, from 372,000 in the prior week, the Labor Department said Thursday. The weekly number was much lower than economists had expected. Meanwhile, U.S. housing starts in December surged 12.1% to a 954,000-unit annual rate, the fastest pace in […]
Read More →Market had a so-so second week with news that Temasek was selling off half of its stake in INTUCH which depressed the tech sector, industrials went on a rampage with the expected news of good land sales by both hemraj and amata and ticon selling another tranche of assets to its property fund. Going forward […]
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