Industry, Economic, General SET

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Does a bell ring at the bottom?

Thai stock market now probably at a major bottom!  Here are some of my reasons why.

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Testing below 700 likely today, but I am staying invested.

The US stock market was supposed to come out of its 6 year bear market and break out, but this was not meant to be.  I for one am not surprised and over the past years here often expressed  my bearish view on US stocks.

Yet the US market remains...

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Are the big blue chip blues getting you down?

The reality is that big blue chip global stocks have been overall mediocre performers for years. Not long ago it was wise and reasonable to talk how important it is to have some of these in ones portfolio, today its just short of an embarasement.

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Politics now likely to induce market volatility.

Regardless of yesterday's impressive showing on the SET, I am as of today turning more cautious.

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My view is to hold on to winning selections. Will Thailand follow Korea?

As an old wise Meditation Master once said:  Dont" just do something, sit there.

And...

In Korea there now is an outright boom among the middle class investing in the local stock market. Can the same thing happen in Thailand?

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Analysts should report what companies tell them!

Analysts, here as everywhere, too often think they understand all businesses better and so are in a position to give the company free advise, or guide them what they think is possible.

Some are CFA" s others got some experience in "Management Consulting", and so they think they understand it...

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Complete Year 2005 Thai IPO performance/table.

Complete year 2005 Thai IPO listings -and their performance since listing.

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Master Tables of Thai REIT’s.

Here is our master table of Thai listed REIT's.

My aim is to help the income oriented investor/member in comparing the various different listed REIT funds -and so draw their own conclusions. Make sure to read the footnotes.

REIT's are now popular in SE Asia as well. I think...

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Thai stocks hugely outperform US markets.

The reality is that over the past half-decade Thai stocks in general have at times, by a wide margin, outperformed US and other developed stock markets.

While Western Guru" s regularly show-up in Bangkok, in exepensive seminars lecturing us here how to rationally invest in stocks; yet they come from...

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