There was an insightful op-ed in the BKK Post during the week comparing Thailand’s political drama to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, its quite the read and rather spot on, see below for some snippets and a link to the full article Our politics over the past 10 years has been one huge Shakespearean tragedy. A bitter feud […]
Read More →ACD It is starting its project acquisition strategy by buying a condominium project worth Bt700mn. It plans to buy Bt350mn in property in Phuket. Management says it will wipe out retained loss of Bt300mn. It plans to invest in alternative energy next year. (Thun Hoon, 04/06/15) Comment: Another hybrid of property and alternative energy, am […]
Read More →AMATA AMATA holds roadshow for AMATA Summit Growth REIT. It says local and foreign investors are interested in AMATA Summit Growth REIT due to its high dividend yield of 8.7%. It is expected to trade in June. (Thun Hoon, 03/06/15) Comment: And thus AMATA should be able to book a decent profit in 2Q15 AUCT AUCT opens […]
Read More →FSMART FSMART expects revenue in 2Q15 will be robust, supported by the addition of top-up machines to bring its total to 50,000. It will also book revenue from selling advertising. It is confident that total revenue in 2015 will grow 40% from Bt1.16mn in 2014. (Kao Hoon, 2/6/15) Comment: Still an amazing cash flow generating […]
Read More →The market has wobbled back down for the year, what do technicians call this chart pattern? A triceratops? Sorry triple top, I’m not going to be surprised if we begin to see a lot of negative chartists out there. Anything interesting happening this coming week? Well we have Greece (hasn’t changed for the past […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 282 BA – The owner continues to buy back shares in his beloved BA, this time to the tune of THB 183 mn Sell(s) THB 16 N/a
Read More →Byron Wien of Blackstone, just released his latest monthly paper and its a heck of a read. He covers his thoughts on how all the government spending may have influenced the equity markets in the US, Europe and Japan, its quite the read, enjoy the snippets below and a link to the rest of the […]
Read More →There was a lot happening this past week, of interest to me is the Thai government looking to sell some stakes off in public and private enterprises. Thailand MPI drops 5.3% in Songkran month of April – The Manufacturing Production Index in April plunged 5.3 per cent from March as some manufacturers took more days off […]
Read More →AH AH is dealing to buy firms in India, Malaysia and Japan, expected to be finalized by 2015. The company cut sales target to 5-10% due to a slowdown in the auto industry but it expects revenue to grow to Bt30bn in 2020. (Thun Hoon, 29/05/15) Comment: AH hasn’t been an attractive investment since 2006 […]
Read More →AEC AEC targets 2015 market share of 4% from 2014’s 2% aided by customer base expansion. It is confident 2015 performance will show a net profit despite the loss in 1Q15 as the capital market recovered. It has seven investment banking deals that will raise revenue. (Thun Hoon, 28/05/15) Comment: It is a tough environment […]
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