Research on Thai Markets in general and the SET Index
Bitcoin Is it possible that bitcoin has replaced gold as the go to safety currency during times of volatility and political turmoil? As ridiculous as this may first sound it may very well be the case when you look at these charts. We’ve seen the dollar go on a massive run in the past few […]
Read More →Minister of Finance expected GDP growth of 4% due to mid-year budget of Bt190bn and better exports growth. (Thai Post, 30/1/17) BoT expects mortgage loan growth to slow down as a result of slowing demand and high household debt rather than banks’ tightening policy. (Bangkok Biz, 30/1/17) FPO raises growth forecast for GDP. The Fiscal […]
Read More →So its the year of the rooster and CLSA has come out with their usual As the Year of the Rooster dawns, casino shares may be your best bet in Hong Kong… Gambling and transport stocks will kick off the new lunar year on a stellar note, according to CLSA Ltd., an offshore unit of […]
Read More →It’s earnings season and banks have come out with marginally better than expected #’s across the board, you could argue that they are being playful with their provisions/npl’s but #’s are #’s.
Read More →There’s quite a bit to digest in this latest quarterly letter from GMO, I’ve put in some snippets below but there’s far more thoughts and analysis in the paper itself. The overwhelming driver of the spike in productivity in that decade was the extraordinary growth in production of IT equipment, which grew at 10% real […]
Read More →Exports see marginal rise in 2016. Thailand’s exports rose for a second straight month in December, enabling the performance in 2016 to eke out a marginal growth of 0.45% in 2016, ending three years of contraction. (Bangkok Post, 25/1/17) Big-ticket infrastructure projects get PPP go-ahead. Seven big-ticket infrastructure projects worth 712 billion baht under the […]
Read More →Mark Mobius @ Franklin Templeton is out with his 4Q review, and here’s his thoughts on Thailand and the link to the article for his thoughts on the rest of the Emerging Markets Thailand could see some weakness in economic activity due to the one-year period of mourning following the passing of its king in […]
Read More →When you see that every sector has been positive for the last 12 months, alarm bells may be ringing, or if you look at everything in context, over 2 years the market is up ~4%. Resources are still recovering (oil is still some 50% below its peak), telco’s have been dogs, banks haven’t done much. […]
Read More →Thailand Future Fund Thailand’s future fund is still ongoing developments have been slow in the past 12 months but the government seems to be picking up steam as we have the potential IPO of the Thailand Future Fund coming in April ’17 What projects could it initially injected? Apparently the MoF is targeting to have 2 […]
Read More →U.S. retail sales boosted by auto demand; producer prices climb. U.S. retail sales rose in December amid strong demand for automobiles and furniture, providing further evidence that the economy ended the fourth quarter with momentum and is poised for stronger growth this year. The Commerce Department reported that retail sales increased 0.6 percent last month […]
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