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Introduction/The end of an era.

Thaistocks.com has been about rational & value investing, since 1997.  April 30 '2024 marks its 27th anniversary:  At which time I will end my running this site and resign....and so offering this best-name & long lasting site/URL  for sale.   

We are not investment nor financial advisors/nor fund managers  -just publishers of unbiased, experienced & long professional viewpoints with 30+years of  experience.   As from the start, always, I here only publish my own unbiased view points". Sans plus.       "Integrity has always been my competitive advantage".   

March 14th 2024:  Investing is not the same as trading which is most often the same as speculating. One reason why the Thai SET is hovering around 30-year lows, as is Thai retail investing participation. Its in good part because brokers directly and indirectly promote trading/speculating which in time so often creates losses -and so fleeing retail investors.            

January 26th '24:   Regarding the BKK Post article on "SET president optimistic for 2024":  The following lettter was published under my name in BKK-PostBag:
What is really needed are some long overdue SET/SEC besides broker reforms!  As is now far too few Thai and expat retail investors see the SET as a meaningful savings/investment vehicle, mainly due to lack of confidence and in part lacking stricter regulations; yes with fines/jail...

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Speculating on overvalued stocks is the "kiss of death", in a bear market.

A paramount reason for the SET and its industry failing is not just languished Thai economic growth but their behavior, in my view.  As here warned/outlined for some time over the past years. To no avail.

Over many years in the now past I often encouraged brokers & management here to...

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PPM, at last comes through.

PPM (2.78) just now reports very strong 4Q earnings of over 65 mill. vs. 36 mill compared to previous 4 Q.  Up + 91% up!  Wow, so mgt. was right/credible to predict all along things would turn around!  They sure have. "2,128.73% from the year earlier".   PPM was alway here viewed...

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On the ill-discrimination to Expats here, on getting their free warrants. NVDR Holders.

I complained/mentioned this new contentious issue to a couple of brokers here -and the SET (see below) regarding this new trend emerging on excluding NVDR holders to get their entidelt free warrants, if/when a company has such an offering.  As was the case lately with DEMCO, BRR and RML, from what I know...

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TOG reports full financials, -on Valentines Day.

TOG (12.10) just after 5 PM yesterday reported its yearly financial statements to the SET.  (Feb. 14th 2023)

Its a good to great report but needs more to say/analyze then first meets the eye.  So here I do it, for us:  Net profit for all of...

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Start accumulate China select ETF's stock funds.

This is the first time I write about China investment as new value-stock investment idea, here.  (Not a Thai stock article).

I now think China stocks generally so are likely in a major bottoming process... No need to here review all the dire graphs showing the tremendous sell-off in...

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