Latest thoughts from Ploy ! As we are in the last week of the year 2011, there is no joy to the world of investment. The SET hit the cycle resistance during Christmas and fell back down, as the Baht is weakened against the Dollar. From the chart, the Baht/Dollar exchange rate may head up […]

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Latest thoughts from Ploy! The SET is now sluggish but upside is still seen. I still maintain my opinion that the SET, and other equity markets may continue the rally until Christmas, as shown in the charts for the past 2 weeks. Unless the SET breaches above the barrier at 1,075-1,078 before/around Christmas, it may […]

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Comments: We decided to expand this weekly update to include the relative valuations of each industry sector as it will help to highlight why certain industries are more attractive. The SET continued to gain very strongly in the first week of December buoyed by silly news in Europe that the crisis will magically come to […]

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Comments: So all the returns for the market this year happened in November 2011, its incredible how if you were heavy on cash during that period that you would’ve completely missed out. There was a broadbased recovery in the Agro & Food industry, financials and resources as fears over the euro crisis subsided. We noted what […]

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Interesting read in yesterday’s Bangkok Post about the government revising Thailand’s renewable energy targets for the next 10 years. It is something that is absolutely necessary for Thailand as the country is a net importer of oil. http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/268692/renewable-energy-goal-revved-up Key point(s): 1. Government approved a revised plan to up renewable energy to 25% from 20% of […]

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Given the flooding situation its no surprise that the Thailand’s econ figures for October were weak and we expect that November would be even weaker. See below for some quick highlights. Consumption, investment, government spending and exports were all weak in October. Manufacturing (36% drop in MPI) got hit far larger than agriculture sector (+7% […]

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