Unrelated to Thailand but something I couldn’t avoid posting, Obama could potentially be sued by the US Congress, it’s amazing, I wonder when the US Military will decide to kick out their own politicians… “They’re going to sue me for taking executive actions to help people. So they’re mad I’m doing my job,” Obama said […]
Read More →Been a bit quiet here because I’ve had multiple co visits in this week and I’ll share some quick n dirty thoughts on the aforementioned names GMM They swap the pay TV company to CTH in exchange for shares in CTH, the reasons for this are: PayTV was losing them 200 mil baht a month Digital […]
Read More →AMATA AMATA reports that it is negotiating to sell 700-800 rai of land to Chinese, European and American investors. It expects the deal to be concluded soon. It also said 2Q14 earnings will be better than 1Q14 due to an increase in booking land transferred. (Kao Hoon, 31/07/14) Comment: Still a safe simple recovery play. […]
Read More →AJP AJP to maintain core business, provision and production of television satellite programs. It said politics did not impact 2Q14 earnings. (Kao Hoon, 30/07/14) APCO APCO accesses Chinese market after China approved three cosmetic products. The company and partnership will focus on China, Taiwan, Macao, and Hong Kong and book revenue from these markets in […]
Read More →With all 2Q14 earnings due by the 15th August for listed companies in Thailand, opportunity days, hosted by the SET/MAI, are starting on the beginning of August. I’ve always found that these are the best times to see companies that are normally not covered by brokers/analysts and to hear what the CEO’s have to say […]
Read More →AAV TAA trims growth targets — Thai AirAsia (TAA) has scaled down its expansion this year, cutting targets for fleet growth and passenger volume to reflect sluggish demand triggered by the political unrest in much of the first half. The country’s largest low-cost carrier will take delivery of five Airbus 320 jets instead of eight […]
Read More →Thai Banks don’t have the necessary balance sheet to compete with China’s, but given that Thai companies are already involved in Myanmar, they need financing, and it would be silly if Thailand’s bank can’t capitalise on at least following their customers overseas. Now should they be able to get licenses in Myanmar by the end […]
Read More →There’s a lot happening this week, we have constant releases of 2Q14 earnings, economic data coming out for Thailand, specifically export #’s and tomorrow the NCPO is tabling the the infrastructure plan. Fun times ahead, oh and have a look @ the MAI Index, EA has been driving it this year with the index up […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 19.4 mn N/a Sell(s) THB 57mn PS – A director sells off some THB 28.4 mn, with the stock price up nearly 100% this year, I’d say well done.
Read More →BTS BTS confirms a joint ticketing system cost of Bt399mn. Thailand Transport Portal will negotiate to increase quality instead. It expects no problem after it explains the structure to the group protesting. (Kao Hoon, 28/07/14) CHOW CHOW sees bright outlook for 3Q14 as steel price continues to recover, supported by more demand. Its power plant […]
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