Research on Thai Markets in general and the SET Index
Thailand MPC edgy but maintains rate — The Monetary Policy Committee yesterday voiced stronger concern over the brisk trade in property and equities and the surge in bank credit but till kept its policy interest rate unchanged at 2.75%. With one member absent, the MPC voted 5:1 to hold the rate and vowed to keep […]
Read More →Well its a question we’ve been asking for a while, so last week we decided to take a quick a look at how the sector weightings have changed since the end of ’07 and its quite surprising. In the past we’ve always taken for granted that Resources were the biggest weighting in the SET, however […]
Read More →We haven’t been surprised by the movement in the THB and still argue that eventually the currency will return to THB/USD should be 25 within a relative short period of time (not tomorrow obviously). Thus fund flow, Fitch ratings upgrade, a “stable” government, and yields to chase and voila Thailand receives fund flow Thailand’s baht […]
Read More →Positive(s) The finance ministers of 17 eurozone countries approved an EU-IMF plan for restructuring Cyprus’s banking sector on Monday, putting their stamp on a proposal that will fundamentally overhaul the country’s two largest banks. The plan, negotiated on Sunday between Cyprus’s president and EU and IMF leaders, is seen as workable US: The Federal Reserve […]
Read More →Well there’s a bit a lot of news surrounding Cyprus and its given markets, especially Thailand a reason to finally sell off a bit. We’ve scoured the net and found a few interesting articles that may be of interest explaining whats going on there, the problem and even a potential solution. It is a levy […]
Read More →Last week, the Thai market continued its spectacular start to the year and globally continued strong data out of the US, Japan continuing its aim to expand its own balance sheet further and Europe looking brighter with another Spanish bond auction  selling with the lowest yields seen since 2010. But we still keep banging our […]
Read More →Positive(s) Thailand Fitch boosts credit rating – Ratings agency Fitch Ratings yesterday announced a one-notch upgrade in Thailand’s credit rating, supported by declining policy risk, stable finances and low public debt. The upgrade raises the country’s long-term foreign currency rating to BBB+ from BBB, with a stable outlook. The short-term foreign currency rating was also […]
Read More →Positive(s) Thailand Inflation slows for second month on subsidies, baht — Inflation slowed for a second straight month in February as government subsidies held down prices and a strong baht made imports cheaper while food prices well. Commerce Ministry figures show annual headline inflation rose by 3.23% YoY last month, down from 3.39% In January […]
Read More →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 […]
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