Commentary on special events in Thailand and the SET Index.
FTSE raised Thai weighting by 0.01% to 0.59%, effective Friday June 18. FTSE All World: Adds: OR and SCGP; Increase in weighting: CBG; Cuts: BBL-R, PTT, SCC, CPALL, AOT, SCB, KBANK/F. FTSE Small Cap: Adds: KEX. FTSE Micro: Adds: JR, NEX, NRF, RT, SA, SO. No deletions.
Read More →And here you go: SET earnings +130% YoY, +47% QoQ MAI +351% YoY, +49% QoQ Quick comments: I could be an idiot and value the SET and MAI on a PEG basis, but let’s leave that to the sell-side analysts. Look at Energy & utilities + petro 38% of the SET’s earnings, turned around from […]
Read More →During the first lockdown in Bangkok, after the initial recovery in the markets, and several hours of sitting alone in an office building, I had an epiphany, why not make a book? I’m an average writer at best and then realised I had over a decade’s worth of interviews somewhere on the internet, old computers […]
Read More →MSCI Global Standard Indexes Additions: Carabao Group Public Company Limited (CBG) SCG Packaging Public Company Limited (SCGP) Deletion: KBANK-F shares Total Access Communication Public Company Limited (DTAC) MSCI Global Small Cap Indexes Additions: Absolute Clean Energy Public Company Limited (ACE) Precious Shipping Public Company Limited (PSL) Regional Container Lines Public Company Limited (RCL) Siam City […]
Read More →God damn it! I was and remain of the viewpoint that AirAsia is going to rock and roll coming out of this period and I was looking forward to participating in an equity recap of AAV and ride the recovery trade in 2H21 and throughout 2022. But the clever folks there decided to keep the […]
Read More →I’ll start with a question, what is the the largest total addressable market today? Scroll down to see that rabbit hole…. Disclaimer: I love the military, don’t put me in jail :p WuFlu and Vaccines Thailand’s going through another amusing period….right before another long holiday period, right before protests were picking up again….of covid-19 cases. […]
Read More →So the 4Q20 #’s were finished a few weeks ago, there’s an excel file link below (only available for a week from posting date) Here are some quick #’s: SET 4Q profit was -31% YoY, +23.7% QoQ, 9M was -50% 3/27 sectors grew YoY & QoQ 119/814 companies (SET & MAI) grew their profits & […]
Read More →Is it me or did Buffet’s annual letter didn’t get as much play in the media as it used to? Or am I just in a different social media bubble that I don’t see the using fawning over what he wrote? Same thoughts apply to Marks latest Memo, normally I would see this all over […]
Read More →“Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi and other top leaders have been detained in an early-morning raid in an apparent “coup,” her party’s spokesperson Myo Nyunt said, a move that came after the country’s military disputed its landslide win in a November election.” Source: Bloomberg Why should those on the Thai equity markets care? You have […]
Read More →No, it’s not a new law firm, each of these renowned investors have put out new thoughts/predictions in the past week. The wonderful aspect of markets is that there can be wildly differing viewpoints but that several strategies/approaches can do well. So be prepared to sit down and spend hours on them. Byron Wein – […]
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