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SET's ignored dividend horses.

The Thai stock exchange offers some of the highest so called "yield-gap" stocks -anywhere in the world! All the while with US mkt. strong offsetting-correlations.  Together, a very desirably global portfolio enhancer and risk reducer!

With some of the highest dividend yielding stocks anywhere, at 6-9%, vs. very low interest paid on Thai bank savings accounts (around 0.3%).   This means ultra-high quality "yield cap." shares can be owned (including for foreigners) to experienced stock pickers here.  I believe this "yield-gap" is among the World's largest, anywhere!  

Why is this:  1) retail investors have shunned local stocks for some years due to a bearish mkt., and not least because,  2) brokers indirectly nurture endless "trading galore",  among the just very few -way overvalued- big cap stocks, like example DELTA (p/e 131, dividend yield 0.22%).   Thereby all but ignoring the impressive/established high dividend "yield horses".   A most interesting investor case can be made around these...and I know how to pick them! 

Further, and most interestingly:  they have just about zero or even negative correlation, to the US bubbly stock mkt.  In finance & investment we can show how offsetting-correlations are a very desirably portfolio enhancer(!) and risk reducers.  Especially during times of US stock market excesses.  All notably on top of 0% Thai inflation and along its strong currency!

Paul A. Renaud.
www.thaistocks.com
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Beyond Thaistocks.com More real reforms need to take place.

Thaistocks.com has always been about rational & value investing -since its inception in 1997.   For 3 years, I here stated to be overall Thai stocks' bearish -due to the Thai economy slowing, lack of  SET/Broker real reforms & excess mkt. speculation -not least uninspiring politics. 
I here identify stock picks to members on quality companies with very high dividends, often 7%.   With my life-long multicultural background and 40+ years of professional investor experience I at this site since 1997, make regular added added value unbiased comments.   (See latest articles below).    

I've been analyzing Thai stocks, full time, for over 3 decades... here have the highest so called "yield gap" anywhere along with a very firm currency.  Meaning, inflation is 0% (the world's lowest) while Thai banks barely pay 0.3% interest on their savings accounts.  Yet, if you get beyond institutional obsession with liquidity one can find -even growing Thai listed quality companies- which yield 6-8% in tax favored dividends.

But you would never know about this reading conventional biz news.  All along, the Thai Baht currency is among the world's strongest -on par with the ultra-strong Swiss Frank over the past fiscal year.   November 3rd 2025. 

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