I commented earlier this week that I have an unnatural fear for the month of September as because its the month which I always travel overseas and there has always been a negative event in September since 2007 that rocks the markets badly. Given that the SET has just fallen some 2% over the past […]
Read More →Despite the floods at the end of last year, foreign direct investment in Thailand was up at whopping 62% in the first seven months of this year. This can only bode well for several industries here, industrial estates, transport (airport), and banking. The main statistic I found interesting was the Singaporean investors were ranked second […]
Read More →S&P (rating agencies who believes them today?!) revised Thailand’s banking system upwards mid-week, but regardless it does finally demonstrate that Thailand has in fact improved a lot in the past 10 years despite the on going political rubbish. We revised our industry risk score for Thailand (foreign currency BBB+/Stable/A-2, local currency A-/Stable/A-2, axAA/axA-1) because, in […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s): BGH – The President is back to buying more shares in his co, another THB 100 mn BJC – Massive buying here by the family, THB 600 mn Sell(s): No one specific company sticks out but there were several sellers, if management/directors/owners are thinking its time to take some slight profit shouldn’t […]
Read More →Given the relative lack of news macro wise the Thai market continued to move upwards on the back of telco’s paying dividends + the 3G auction *likely* to happen in October this year. Going forward its the usual….slow econ growth out of Europe, China trying to balance out a slower growth path and the US […]
Read More →I’ve been following this company for the past few years waiting for Tata Group to somehow improve its operational efficiency and yet it hasn’t been a success because of its horibble investment in a mini blast furnance that has dragged on its earnings for the past 3 years. Should the company simply be able to […]
Read More →The National Economics and Social Development Board (NESDB) reported that the Thai 2Q12 GDP expanded +4.2YoY%, improving from the +0.4% YoY in 1Q12 and on a quarterly basis expanded +3.3% QoQ. Chart 1: Thailand quarterly & Annual GDP Growth YoY% Chart 2: Thailand’s Quarterly GDP Growth YoY% Key drivers appear to be: Consumption +5.9% Investments: […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s): BLA – The Chairman of Bangkok Life Assurance buys THB 20 mn worth of shares BLAND – K. Anant continues to accumulate shares, watch this one closely Sell(s): PJW – A director offloads THB 100 mn baht worth of shares, but post sale the price still goes up 20% hmm. Other: BLS […]
Read More →With the lack of global central bank news to sway markets over the past week, the SET continued its rise upwards this year. The Industrials sector have been performing well this month on the back of continued improvement post the floods 4Q11 last year. Going forward with the European summer holidays over expect to begin […]
Read More →Positive(s): Thai Car exports in July were at a record high with 94,838 units Continuing the Draghi put rally, the Spanish IBEX trades higher each day this week and closes at 4 month high. It takes the Italian MIB index with it. Excluding commodities SET listed companies reported YoY Net profit growth of 32% Negative(s): […]
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