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 →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 →CK CK gets a project worth Bt275mn. CK got the Srirat outer ring expressway project worth Bt275mn. This puts its backlog at Bt97.7bn. (Khao Hoon, 3/8/17) MACO MACO plans M&A deals both abroad and in Thailand. This is expected to be more clear in 4Q17. It plans to invest Bt150mn to change 30 LED boards. […]
Read More →BEAUTY BEAUTY believes 2017 revenue growth would be more than 20%. It plans to continue expanding business abroad and in Thailand. (Khao Hoon, 2/8/17) Comment: The growth would now be determined on their ability to expand overseas, domestically its seems to have reached “peak beauty” ha…ha…ha…. BIG BIG to go into the photo printing business. […]
Read More →On Bloomberg last week they put up a quick article on AOT. It’s a well-known fact that tourism is one of the few bright spots for Thailand for the past …. forever. And there is only one pure play for it and that is AOT. The problem however is that it is the most expensive […]
Read More →EARTH KTB to send legal officers to investigate EARTH after it filed for bankruptcy with the Central Bankruptcy Court with total debt of Bt47.5bn, higher than its assets of Bt31.8bn (Bangkok Biz, 1/8/17) Comment: “Where did our money go krub?” Â Â FTE FTE signals brighter 2H17 earnings, driven by private and public projects with total […]
Read More →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 →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 →ADVANC ADVANC is paying a dividend of Bt3.51/share, XD on August 7. 1H17 earnings fell 16% due to depreciation and higher expense. 2Q17 net profit decreased 6.2% to Bt7.2bn. (Khao Hoon, 31/7/17) AOT AOT expects FY2017 (Oct 2016-Sep 2017) tourist arrival growth of 8-10%, driven by government measures to boost the tourism industry. (Thun Hoon, […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 19.4 mn n/a Sell(s) THB 2.4 bn BAT-3K – A sale to new shareholders in BAT-3k
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