Thailand is only down -3% this year….urgh…(or -10% in USD terms) But #’s are coming out…and for several industries…i.e. telco’s…services…argi…petrochem’s…they’re actually looking good and that’s ..60%+ of the market cap? Could we finally see a surprise to the upside?

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Just looking at the 12M’s performance makes me go WOW. Throw in the currency falling by some -22% over the past 2 years. Just WOW. But YTD there are greenshoooooooooots, agri – construction services, tourism, healthcare, happy hunting…Also it’s earnings season and hmmm..bottom line growth for the banks were great (hello obvs NIM) but the […]

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Week 22/04 – 26/04 Corporate ctr.vn, fpt.vn, msn.vn, nvl.vn, vic.vn CTR VN: plans to pay cash dividends at a rate of 27.2% (VND311 bn); Development investment fund VND100 bn, bonus and welfare fund VND125 bn. Comment: Finally…….and this name is well positioned given the telco investments/capex. FPT VN: announced cooperation with Nvidia to promote AI […]

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As of writing the Thai Baht just went past USDTHB 37… Well – a decade of military idiots running the country followed by the US jacking up rates = this magical scenario facing Thailand. Friends are now starting to whisper USDTHB 40…let’s see…anyways this means that in USD terms the SET is -13% for the […]

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It’s songkran holiday week & people are already gone on holidays…but…the market has a lot going on for it. (note i’m posting this on the 11th April), governments announcing the budget, digital wallets, and property stimulus – same game different decade….

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