Market Update 31/07 – 04/07
This market has nothing exciting happening at the moment, finco’s #’s are out for 2Q already and we still have another week to go for the rest of the listed companies to release their financials.
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Research on Thai Markets in general and the SET Index
There they go again…again
Don’t know what to do today? Stop everything and just read this latest memo from Howard Marks The basic proposition is simple: Investors make the most and the safest money when they do things other people don’t want to do. But when investors are unworried and glad to make risky investments (or worried but investing […]
Read More →WHTW Top 10: 31/07 – 04/08
Revenue Department will propose sugar tax regulation to cabinet in August, to take effect on September 16. Producers will be given a two-year grace period. (Khao Hoon, 31/7/17) Credit Card business association says three-lender system very damaging. The Credit Card Business Association said that the BoT’s policies to curb credit cards and personal loans will […]
Read More →Bill Gross: Flat Yield Curves
A potential sudden increase in bond yields have been on my mind for a long time, and if you’ve been reading Bill Gross’s monthly commentary’s for the past few years it’s been the only topic on his mind as well. I can quite easily picture a scenario where yields in the US go up higher […]
Read More →Byron Wein: Liquidity and Productivity
His August 2017 Commentary focuses on two key issues, productivity and liquidity. I’ve always thought that following capital flow is just as important if not more so than good old fashion company analysis because the majority of one’s returns are determined by the asset class/market/sector etc that one’s investment holding is in. Here’s my favourite […]
Read More →William Pesek: Why Thailand risks a lost economic decade- Nikkei Asian Review
If you want a good summary highlighting every issue that Thailand is facing at the moment then you could do far worse than this one, here’s a snippet and a link to the rest of the article. Raising Thailand’s global skills game is not easy when you are on your 20th education minister in 17 […]
Read More →Market update 24/07 – 27/07
There’s a lot of sectors in the red…and unless the government pulls a magical rabbit out of the hat, I have my doubts that the market will remain positive by year end. Consumer spending may still be weak, infrastructure spending isn’t exactly setting things alight and won’t really impact the economy until 2019 at the […]
Read More →WHTW Top 10: 24/07 – 28/07
Minister of Transportation to propose Purple Line to cabinet this week. The contract for the Thai-Chinese railways will not be finished this month. (Thai Post, 24/7/17) Finance seeks cabinet nod for B40bn in handouts. The Finance Ministry will seek cabinet approval in the next week or two for a 40-billion-baht budget to assist people who […]
Read More →Market Update 17/07 – 21/07
And so the bank earnings came out with a general disappointing trend across the board. The next 3 weeks will be fun as every other company will be releasing their 2Q #’s by mid August. Is there anything else interesting? The THB has continued its recent strengthening trend and finally the electronic manufacturing names are […]
Read More →WHTW Top 10: 17/07 – 21/07
Bt15bn to be injected into communities. THE National Village Fund plans to inject Bt15billion into the grassroots economy next month in a bid to shore up consumption in rural areas amid declining prices for farm products and rising household debt. (The Nation, 18/7/2017 FTI: Car exports to disappoint for 2nd year. Vehicle exports are likely […]
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