Market had a strong overall performance last month will only financials being slight hurrt on the back of profit taking. Good to note that the MAI index performed well as the MAI index on general had strong earnings when compared to the SET for the 2Q12. Going forward, not sure what to expect other than […]
Read More →Notable Transactions: Buy(s): BLANDÂ – K. Anant buys another 66mil shares in his company. Sell(s): SPCG – A director offloads Thb 55mn worth of shares. Well if you company was trading at 5x pbv and 300x pe then one shouldn’t be too surprised.
Read More →Established in May 1976 and listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand since 1995, Nawarat Patanakarn Plc (NWR) is one of Thailand’s largest construction and engineering companies, with registered capital of 2.21 billion baht (1.55 billion paid up). With more than 30 years of experience in Thailand and other countries, NWR has a wide range […]
Read More →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: […]
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