The latest trend/headline that is popping up more and more often is that Vietnam is the place to be as a manufacturing base for the region because of its younger/cheaper population. And its a story I believe, Thailand, in my viewpoint is still relatively safe for the next 10 years but after that, I wouldn’t […]
Read More →Thailand Cabinet acknowledges improvements in industrial sector – The Cabinet has been informed by the Ministry of Industry of more positive trends in various industrial figures over recent months. Industry Minister Chakramon Phasukvanich also disclosed the MPI of February 2015, saying it increased 3.55 points, reaching a 23-month high. Despite a slight drop in industrial […]
Read More →Amata looks beyond industrial estates What is Amata’s business model? Amata Corporation Plc is the largest listed company in the industrial estate sector of the Stock Exchange of Thailand. Viboon Kromadit, director and chief marketing officer, discusses the company’s strategy and outlook. Amata plans to launch a REIT and list a Vietnamese affiliate, Mr Viboon […]
Read More →AOT AOT expects revenue growth in 2015 to exceed 15% after stronger-than-expected traffic. The cancellation of charter flights to and from Japan and South Korea has not adversely affected it. The firm plans to go ahead with Phase II of Suvarnabhumi airport. (Khao Hoon, 09/04/15) Comment: Regardless of these cancellations, in the end AOT will […]
Read More →CHOW CHOW expects strong earnings in 2015 backed by full-year contribution from power plant business and rising steel price. Shareholders have approved listing its subsidiary on mai. (Khao Hoon, 08/04/15) Comment: The steel business is nothing for CHOW nor its value, everything here is fully related to its power plant. CSS CSS expects strong 1Q15 […]
Read More →Basically the beginning of April has allowed the SET to regain some of its return for the year but this was primarily on the back of recent Trigger Funds that were launched and a whole lot of prop trading inflows, with such anemic volumes and a continuing deterioration in earnings growth for this year I […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 50 mn N/a Sell(s) THB 244 mn PSL – Woah, a big sell by one of the directors and related family members to the CEO for THB 203 mn, given the daily volume this must’ve been a block sale.
Read More →AUCT AUCT revealed that it is studying the business potential abroad. If it is feasible it will begin the business by early 2016 and expects this could contribute 10% to its revenue. Management expects 1Q15 performance TO be strong with revenue growth of 20-40% YoY in 2015. (Thun Hoon, 07/04/15) Comment: Still my biggest regret […]
Read More →On the coup I just don’t understand this western media, why are they portraying us as barbarians and dictators, this is ridiculous, can’t they see that the previous governments were just a bunch of corrupt inept nincompoops that were running this country into the ground with their incessant infighting, corruption, populist policies, Thailand is a […]
Read More →I love his memo’s and his latest one is as much of a gem as all his previous ones, Howard Marks has always been able to describe investing, the markets in such a simple and easy to understand manner. Source: Oaktree I’ll just add personal thought on liquidity that is mentioned in brief in the […]
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