The continued decrease in Thai exports doesn’t come as surprise for the following reasons: Soft commodity prices have declined (remember rice and rubber?) As a result of the 2011 floods, several manufacturers took their insurance payouts and shut down business Thailand’s major electronics export was Hard Disk Drives – Well we’re all one smart phones/tables/computer […]

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CHOW CHOW says it is in the middle of talks with a new partner to expand into alternative energy business. Its solar farm in Japan has started operations and it expects to start booking revenue in 4Q14. (Thun Hoon, 17/11/14) CK CK reported 3Q14 net profit of Bt1.2bn after booking gains from sale of BMCL […]

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Last week, foreign investors continued net buying in the Thai stock market for a 3rd day by +Bt73mn but returned to net selling bonds by -Bt707mn and continued net shorts in Index Futures for a 2nd day by 1,911 contracts. Today we major factor is the Thai 3Q14 GDP result, which  Bloomberg consensus expects the […]

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Earlier in the month we posted that WHA and HEMRAJ was the deal that never happened, now things have taking a new turn… What’s happened? Over the weekend there was news that WHA would purchase the stakes of the majority shareholders of Hemraj (15% of HEMRAJ’s outstanding shares) @ a price range of THB 4.60-THB […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 77mn N/A Sell(s) THB 422 mn BLAND – With the REIT finally listed plus the fact that they don’t have any other sizeable assets to sell, there isn’t any new catalyst for BLAND to move. BROOK – Brook, one of the oddest companies on the market that no one really trusts. EE- The […]

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