Research on Thai Markets in general and the SET Index
For SET50 – Market capitalisation is Bt10 trillion or 65% of the SET’s total market cap as at end-May 2017 Additions: BJC, BPP, EA, MTLS, RATCH, SCCC, TISCO Deletions: BA, BCP, CENTEL, CK, PTG, THAI, WHA Reserve list: BCP, CENTEL, CK, SAWAD, WHA For SET100 – Market capitalisation is Bt12 trillion or 75% of the […]
Read More →Thai economy not going to grow rapidly. ASEAN +3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said the Thai economy is not going to grow rapidly since private investment has not recovered. Household debt and SME NPLs continue to rise, pressuring GDP growth down. (Thai Post, 13/6/17) Package to promote SEZ to be proposed to cabinet on June […]
Read More →Boom. Importers rejoice, exporters are getting nervous. I’m no specialist when it comes to currencies but I’ve always thought that the countries affected by the ’97 crisis would eventually see their currencies return to those previous levels, plus with the previous arguments regarding the nature of the monarchy and the what if question gone, what […]
Read More →I do like checking this every once in a while for a few reasons To see how investor appetites are throughout the region To put things into perspective whenever reading headlines from Bloomberg that xyz market is booming or crashing How certain markets could still have a long way to go i.e. India is only […]
Read More →And the zig zagness of the market continues, I normally like this period between mid May and mid August because its 3 month’s of zero corporate earnings and it’s a good time to recheck holdings and to see if new ideas are worth adding into a portfolio.
Read More →Income from government infrastructure to be taxed. The Ministry of Finance plans to tax income from parties who generate income from government infrastructure projects. It will open discussion before proposing this to cabinet. Those with revenue higher than Bt50mn are expected to pay this tax. (Thai Post, 2/6/17) BoT eases up on forex regulations. The […]
Read More →The reversal from last year on a sector basis is still comfortably under way. Interesting to see that the automotive sector has somewhat recovered from its doldrums from the post-yingluck government first car buyer scheme. But we are still seeing tonnes of inventory sitting around the world/region/country that has worried for this sector.
Read More →Interest rates to stay at ‘extraordinary’ low levels, says Draghi. Interest rates have to stay at record low levels despite the resurgence in the eurozone economy because the upturn may not be sustainable, Mario Draghi told MEPs. “Despite a firmer recovery, and looking through the volatile readings in HICP inflation over recent months, underlying inflation […]
Read More →The SET has delivered +1.7% for the year and the change in sector is still the same, i.e healthcare leading the decline and industrials keeping the market up.
Read More →4 Questions There has been a lot of noise regarding the PM’s four questions last week post the bombing at the Phramongkutklao hospital where the military typically visits. The first question asked whether people think the next elected government will ensure good governance. The second question asked what should be done if there is no […]
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