Toyota Thailand just published its latest industry findings in Thailand and boom! Car sales up a whopping 108 % YoY. Which listed co’s here benefit from this? SAT, STANLY, AH to name a few. May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Units 115,943 87,788 110,928 90,461 42,873 54,575 Y/Y pct +107.6 +30.5 +19.3 +17.2 +11.5 -41.4 […]
Read More →In the news this morning the Thai newspaper Kao Hoon reported on rumours that Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) is in talks with the Ministry of Finance (MOF) to buy its 26% stake in TMB through a share swap ratio of one SCB share to 60 TMB shares. The key issue with this transaction lies with […]
Read More →Market decided to rally strongly last week on the expectations of a positive Greece election outcome, going forward we expect to hear the following in the headlines: “Potential government forming in Greece”, “QE3 in the US”, and “Additional bailout funds for the Eurozone”
Read More →Notable Transactions: Buys: NMG – Several of the directors purchase stakes in the company SIRI – We’ve stated here many times already, he’s looking for his stock price to go up up b/c of cost slashing (hint hint: less siphoning) Sells: AQUA – I have no idea what this company does, can’t find out but […]
Read More →This could either be something fantastic if executed correctly or a playing ground for punters… A stock trading board for smaller companies and startups is currently being considered, says Vorapol Sokatiyanurak, secretary-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). High-yield bonds are also being researched as another possible funding option for small and medium-sized enterprises […]
Read More →Needless to say its been a very interesting couple of weeks with Thai politics with yellow shirts, red shirts, taiwanese style parliamentary sessions with members slapping one another. Today the government is structured as so… Just as a quick review see below for a brief timeline of recent events… The key points that the PT […]
Read More →Last week was relatively quiet in terms of management trades. The only company worth noting (other than BLAND yet again appearing here!) is KCE, management expects that they will recover from the floods last year, expand capacity this year by 20%, and improve its forex hedging strategies.
Read More →Â Last week the market had a slight gain as optimism over a potential Spanish bank bailout was rumoured in the markets (later proven to be true over the weekend). Interesting to see how the sectors have performed YTD, the service and agri sectors are still rocking and rolling whilst the resources and industrials continue to […]
Read More →Again a lot of transactions last week! Notable Buys: BLAND – I’ve been saying this whenever K. Anant’s name pops up in the management trades, if its below 0.70 he buys, above it he sells Grammy – K. Paiboon enjoying the fact that only he has the rights to showcase the Euros in Thailand SIRI […]
Read More →The SET Continued to be bludgeoned the past week with continuing worries over the Euro debt crisis, China slow down, US slow down etc…etc…Now for the coming week expect to hear more of the same with the exception that there may be more news of a bailout given Greece’s upcoming election and Spain looking to sell more […]
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