So earnings season is done, Trump is in. What’s left to spook or support the markets? We have the Fed coming up and European elections, potential rebalancing by the Funds in their holdings, but in reality I think the market will be relatively quiet until the end of year. Now currencies on the other hand […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 163 mn TT – This company seems to be a “holding company” or an “investment company” with stakes in some 4 subs that they may be listing. Why else would the owner bother buying shares? Sell(s) THB 7.7 bn BEAUTY – The huge block sale to institutions MCS – That’s quite a […]
Read More →Digital Currency I’ve been curious as to what the next change in central banking will be..we’ve had the gold standard, the removal of the gold standard leading to the fiat system being more prominent and thereby to the US dollar effectively becoming the world’s currency, the establishment of the IMF etc etc so what’s next? Sweden […]
Read More →Amata Vn PCL (SET:AMATAV) Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Somhatai Panichewa discusses the company’s strategy and outlook in The Executive Talk (TET) by ShareInvestor.com. TET: Please explain the history and business of AMATAV. Amata in Thailand was established 40 years ago and 20 years later, we started to explore more opportunities for expansion into […]
Read More →Government approved EEC projects. 48 EEC development projects with total value of Bt7bn were approved. (Siam Rath, 18/11/16) Bangkok – Huahin high speed train to be proposed to PPP within this year. The project is 211 km long with total value of Bt94.6bn. Recently, 193.5km Bangkok – Rayong route with total value of Bt152bn was […]
Read More →AS AS expects 2016 revenue to remain at 2015 level. It expects profit in 2017 after restructuring its business and plans to write off retained loss of Bt1.03bn. (Kao Hoon, 18/11/16) Comment: Well I’m not entirely convinced their “new business model” is going to be successful. BGT BGT plans to open a branch in Vietnam […]
Read More →AKR AKR targets 2017 revenue growth of 40% to Bt2.3bn on the back of transfers. It plans to expand abroad. It expects projects in the Philippines and Indonesia to contribute revenue this year. It targets 10% growth in sales from ASEAN in 2016. (Thun Hoon, 17/11/16) ARROW ARROW targets 2017 revenue growth of 10-15% to […]
Read More →AJD AJD reported 3Q16 net profit of Bt104.17mn, which brought 9M16 earnings to Bt309.8mn on higher sales of its top up machines (AJ Term Sabuy), which it targets to reach 50,000 this year. (Kao Hoon, 16/11/16) Comment: These are the fellows apparently working closely with Alibaba, if you believe in it somehow working (I still […]
Read More →ACAP ACAP targets 2016 loans of Bt4bn after reaching Bt3.8bn in 10M16. It expects 2016 performance to turn around, after a 9M16 net profit of Bt94.26mn. It plans to approve property loans of Bt100-300mn. It plans to issue debentures to broaden its business base. (Thun Hoon, 15/11/16) AOT AOT is confident 2016 earnings will be […]
Read More →Effective at the close of 30 November 2016 these are the changes for Thailand MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES: Â (+2) BJC, KCE // delete – none MSCI GLOBAL SMALL CAP INDEXES: (+4) COM7, MALEE, TKN, TFG // (-8) ASP, BJCHI, CBG, COL, CGD DNA, KCE, ROJNA
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