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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Thought this would be interesting for some readers here. Thailand’s equities are very open for individual foreign investors because they are treated the same as individual thai investors in terms of taxes with zero percent capital gains tax and 10% tax on dividends. Thai taxes applicable to investors in listed companies are as outlined below:

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