Research on Thai Markets in general and the SET Index
And Now the market is down for the year, the 12 months etc etc. It’s been quite the start to the year, Iran/US, a flu virus and domestically the budget is delayed (again) because some MPs went on holiday and had their friends vote on their behalf. So the question is now…do you think China […]
Read More →World Bank rings alarm on GDP view : Years of subpar growth in store if Thai status quo prevails, lender says. The World Bank has warned that Thailand’s average annual economic growth will be stuck below 3% if there is no significant increase in investment and productivity growth. Bangkok Post Looming giant catches a cold […]
Read More →Construction players woke up when the government started to work again. Banking is hurt (look at SCB’s recent write-offs I still think there’s more to be written off) and tourism .. wow .. – 28% over 12 months? Doesn’t quite match up with the tourism numbers. Anything interesting this week? Sure, more finco’s reporting and […]
Read More →Oil Fund scraps 1-baht discount : Fuel prices to rise by 50-60 satang per litre as tensions ease. The Energy Ministry yesterday announced the end of the onebaht discount on eight types of motor fuel, saying US-Iran military tensions were likely to ease and pose little threat to the stability of oil prices. Bangkok Post […]
Read More →I think this summarises the latest Memo from Howard Marks well. “Investing involves hidden information, luck and skill” Enjoy! Source: Oaktree
Read More →Why pay attention to this? They only manage some USD 6 trn in assets…so it wouldn’t hurt to see what they are planning to do with their capital and here’s the two key paragraphs and a link to the 2 of their letters “ Climate change has become a defining factor in companies’ long-term prospects. […]
Read More →It was all about the US vs Iran last week. The main news event this week has been that the government finally did their job and approved the budget for 2020 – only 3 months late. Who says “democratic” governments don’t work…
Read More →Govt told to delay land tax : Local authorites not prepared, says MP. The government is being urged to delay the implementation of a new land and buildings tax due to come into force tomorrow to give local authorities and taxpayers more time to prepare. Bangkok Post House committee slashes 2020 budget by B16.2bn : […]
Read More →Oh how I love these, granted 80% are US centric (which is a given) but it’s still good to see viewpoints. There’s another 5 in the link to Blackstone’s website. The economy disappoints the consensus forecast, but a recession is avoided. Federal Reserve Chair Powell lowers the Fed funds rate to 1%. Without a comprehensive […]
Read More →The market has started the year nicely with a quick +1% gain. But the funnymentals from last month remain a weak domestic consumer, a confused global trade situation where manufacturing plants are re-aligning and setting up facilities outside of China and have a look at oil. I’m ignoring the news about a WW3 and Iran’s […]
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