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Repatriation of Capital.

A former members writes me as follows:  my investment strategy has changed....Also, I am not convinced that Thailand is conducive to free capital movement a) generally and b) with a government that can change the rules at a whim.  I shan't be investing directly in Thailand,  so I will not renew my subscription.
Here is how I answered:   Thanks for the mail.  I know I can help create new wealth here over time with my viewpoints and have been at it for over 25 years.  Yet, not sure where you get the capital outward movement handicap worry, pense?  As for as long as I have been at it here, even before, there has never been any problem regarding outward capital repatriation.  Nor anybody doing it correctly reported to us they had a problems.  As long as one can show the original capital was brought to Thailand to begin with, there are never any issues remitting back and this Thai tax free to individuals.
We heard this for already too long.  Who talks such nonsense..Swiss or German bankers?  This will not happen:  as if so, would instantly flash the international biz.  news and then no new foreign capital (institutional or individual) would ever flow into...
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Shift back to Asia

BREXIT and its resulting disarray in Europe will now likely speed the shift of global economic activity back (even more) towards the Asia region. We already notice this when the Thai SET index barely changed after the global market jolt since June 24th.   As this graph shows, vast inequality has emerged in the developed West over the past 2 decades -and at the same time China and SE Asia lifted more people out of poverty than any country ever before in World history.

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Not all can be below or above average.

Surveys show that most people believe they drive better than the averages, even while we know this can't be.  Too many financial advisors recommend individuals should invest only in ETF index funds because surveys show average investors can't beat the stock index.  If we wrongly assume we are all better than average drivers, we also wrongly assume we are all likely worse than average investors.  Further, as is rarely pointed out by these pros',  individual investors command select key advantages over large liquidity obsesses institutions; these have mandates not to consider smaller companies -which nevertheless combined often make-up the majority of a country's economy.  Not least, many smaller firms are growing faster than the averages and pay higher dividend yields.  While ignored by the institutions, these are to be pruned and picked by us, the empowered individual investor.
 

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