Research on Thai Markets in general and the SET Index
Bill Gates Annual Letter for 2018, there’s a lot to take in here, and I found something interesting in the responses to each question. Hopefully you will to. Why don’t you give more in the United States? What do you have to show for the billions you’ve spent on U.S. education? Why don’t you give […]
Read More →You probably reading it everywhere now that Bangkok is covered in smog for the past 2 weeks. This visual from Bloomberg demonstrates it best and despite the perception that HK and Beijing have the worst levels of pollution it is startling to see Bangkok exceeding those two locations. Now investment wise news, a few brokers, […]
Read More →1. Thai banks’ loans may rise 6-8 pct this year -c. bank. Thai commercial banks’ loans may increase 6-8 percent this year after rising 4.4 percent in 2017, reflecting the improving economy, a senior central bank official said on Monday. Non-performing loans (NPLs) likely peaked in the final quarter of last year and might fall […]
Read More →I love Visual Capitalist for the information that they churn out on a weekly basis in fantastic graphical formats. The latest one was in regards to freedom and how it is in decline throughout the world. A quick email to a friend led to me adding Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Laos […]
Read More →It’s interesting how the perception is changing within the markets in just 1 week. Perhaps it could be just the people I associate with or the articles I read but that’s the feeling I’m having for now. My viewpoint is that until the new Fed Chairman speaks on March 21-22 things could remain choppy. And […]
Read More →Under the constitution, post-election Thailand would have a military-appointed senate and elected lower house. A prime ministerial candidate must achieve a majority in a joint vote of both chambers, making it challenging for Pheu Thai to emerge with the leader even if it takes control of the lower house. “Before this, three years ago, these people […]
Read More →The Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIP) concerns on baht deprecation will affect competitiveness of Thai businesses. It says Thai Baht has appreciated by 4% in January and it forecasts the baht at 32 per US dollar on average for 2018. It also says BOT should be stringent on currency speculation and […]
Read More →As requested. Here’s the USDTHB vs the 10 year thai gov bond yield over the past 7-8 years. A quick regression showed: High correlation between 2011-3Q14, 2H16 – now. What reason(s) could there be for 3Q14-3Q15 breaking the trend? US Fed rate hike cycle beginning – granted in 2013 they begun talking about it leading […]
Read More →As of writing, things are looking red throughout the region for equities. So to everyone that has said “I’ll buy the dip!” Are you going to?
Read More →The yields have been on my mind for the past few months and it’s been rather confusing. The 10 yr Thai gov is @ 2.5% vs the US 10 yr gov bond @ 2.8% The yield on the SET is now at 2.59% So: Is the Thai market safer? Less risky? More attractive for capital […]
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