Positives: US Oct Payrolls increase a net 171k (est 125k), 184k (est 123k) of which in the private sector which is the most since Feb helped by an unexpected increase in mfr’g hiring. Thai consumer confidence increases Passenger traffic through Thailand’s 6 major airports hit another all time high Thai Apple fanboys rejoice at the […]

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You always learn something by reading his thoughts…here he covers the US election,  resource prices, thoughts on the market and the shift in demographics globally and the impact it has on his thoughts of investing @ the moment. Enjoy! How do you see the global economy today?  I’ve been obsessing about the shift in resource […]

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We’ve touched on this topic here before, now despite what I hear from a lot of of the public saying that increasing minimum wage is a bad thing, I completely digress. Yes I understand some business margins will drop, yes I understand some companies will make less money, yes i understand that there will be […]

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Not much to comment on this, it still doesn’t quite help to explain why the BOT flip flopped on its interest decision at the end of last month, but ok here are the quick points: Food and drink prices went up 3.35 per cent on year in October Non-food inflation rose 3.28 per cent – […]

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