Despite the fact that Dr. Doom hasn’t been the most accurate predictor of the equity market rallies, one still always has to look at the markets from both a bull and a bear perspective. Consider, first, that the previous QE rounds came at times of much lower equity valuations and earnings Moreover, fiscal support is […]
Read More →Fairly quiet week in terms of transactions, with only a big sell (THB 37mn) from a director of Preuksa Real Estate (PS)
Read More →Bank earnings are out and the sector had profit taking in the past week, same goes for telco’s post the 3G auction its been a sell on fact for most market participants. Combine all this with continued rubbish economic news out of Europe (its going to go on and on and on and on for […]
Read More →Just to give some perspective on whats happened…
Read More →Other than the simple reason that Thai banks corporate income tax rate is dropping from 30% last to 23% this year to 20% next year which has been a boon to their bottom line (remember the thai banking sector is really the only sector on the market paying full corporate income tax rates) the two […]
Read More →Positives: Thai banks earnings continue to do well up on avg 20% thanks to more expansion in consumer banking Fed sits quietly this time US Q3 GDP grows 2% vs est of 1.8%, helped out by .6% contribution from defense spending. Consumption up by 2%. German consumer confidence rises to highest level since Oct ’07. […]
Read More →Khonburi Sugar Plc (KBS) was established in 1965 by Tawil Tawintermsup under the name Nong Yai Industry Co Ltd in Chon Buri’s Nong Yai district, with a cane crushing capacity of 1,500 tonnes a day. Listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in May 2011, today KBS crushes more than 20,000 tonnes of cane daily […]
Read More →Normally one would only read about negative news regarding Thailand on CNN, how far things have come, with AIS being ranked amongst the top five stocks in Asia. Advanced Info Services: AIS is the largest telecom company in Thailand. Singapore Telecom, the region’s largest carrier, has a 23% stake in AIS. But I like AIS […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s): BLAND – K. Anant is still accumulating shares! This run up is nowhere near finished. Sell(s): ERW – Hmmm ERW is a stock/company I’ve liked for a while and to see one of the founding family members sell off a portion is a slightly disconcerting (especially after analysts began writing about it […]
Read More →The agriculture sector has made a good comeback this month, reason why? CPF mainly, it was oversold over the past 2 months b/c of commodity price issues (which have proven to be temp) and I’m hoping for it to continue 🙂 As for the market as a whole, flattish month but still up 0.7%, earnings […]
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