ThaiCapitalist – general posts.
Just look at this growth in ridership over the past 10 years, its incredible, not just for BTS, but just the impact that it has upon people’s lives in terms of commuting, the impact upon businesses that pop up around the BTS stations (whether they be commerce, property etc etc), its just incredible. Source: BTS […]
Read More →Predictions for 2014 by the major investment banks have started floating around, local houses should be releasing them shortly too, so here are my intelligent thoughts: We will still have a silly amount of liquidity flowing around the world, tapering isn’t tightening, Japan is unleashing a massive amount, Europe may even use negative rates, so […]
Read More →With the continued political noise, holidays coming around and the market not being as buoyant as it was in the beginning of the year, a lot of the bigger ipo’s and IFF’s and property funds have been put off to next year, and of course politics doesn’t have an impact on the smaller names, it’s […]
Read More →Thailand Consumer confidence dips yet again – Consumer confidence hit a 22-month low in November due largely to political tensions and anti-government protests that held back spending. (Bangkok Post, 04/12/13) Rice: Corruption, yes, but not enough evidence — The NACC says there isn’t enough evidence to file corruption charges against all parties in the G2G […]
Read More →This week’s latest memo from Howard Mark’s of Oaktree Capital is a must read, as opposed to most articles which are about “Bubble! Bubble!” or “This is 2007!”, there is a far more nuance and thought in his analysis and I’ll show this short quote below, and highly recommend you read the rest of his […]
Read More →Sorry for the disappearance, basically woke up Thursday AM feeling absolutely rubbish and have only really gotten out of bed today. Every once in a while your body says its time to take a break and you have no choice but to listen!
Read More →Notable Transactions: Buy(s) THB 208mn GFM – Continued switch in family ownership KKP – Two directors bought THB 22mn worth of shares each NBC – A director buys a huge stake @ THB 77mn Sell(s) THB 38 mn GFM – See above
Read More →Well its been a another difficult week and essentially we think the market is worried about the upcoming political noise next month with the amnesty bill (i.e. Thaksin trying to come back to Thailand) looking to be discussed by the House on 7th August as well as the “People’s Army” threatening to hold rallies on […]
Read More →The SET-listed Jubilee Enterprise Plc (JUBILE), a leading retailer of diamond jewellery in Thailand with nearly 100 outlets, has delivered average net profit growth of 40% per year from 2009-12, and it continued to impress shareholders with 30% year-on-year growth in this year’s first quarter. Chief financial officer Unyarat Pornprakit discusses the strategies behind the […]
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