25th Anniversary.

End of April 30 2024, Thaistocks.com marks its 27th anniversary.  And the end of what it was, all along, since inception

From the very beginning, April 30 1997, the core individual-favorable investor case here has been first and foremost around this same theme:

“Low shares’ trading liquidity”, so often mentioned by institutions and brokers is very much dependent, by definition, on how large of an investor one is!  Its rather obvious that a mouse eats allot less wheat than a horse, only due to its size.  Similarly, an individual investor of say a 1 mill. Baht has far less concern about liquidity then an institution investing millions of US$, per stock.

So it’s yet another "false news" to assert that all investors should astutely be aware on liquidity in the same way as institutions are, or day traders. Regarding trading liquidity lets be clear:   Share trading Liquidity is always relevant depending on the size of the investor in question. Besides, liquidity almost always soars when a stock price wakes-up.

The other reality on that is when a stock awakens and moves-up liquidity almost always soars! Take the example of PPM just recently trading barely a few million shares a day. Then it woke-up and moved up. Shares traded exploded 20-40 fold compared to its previous daily averages!   This is almost always what happens....liquidity is just about never a problem to sell when a stock rocks up.  If a stock drops and one wants/needs to cut-loss one can dribble out over time.  PPM stock price increased nearly 50% in value since the Ukraine/Russia war started. 

Now its true, various smaller companies may not have the same high standard “corporate governance” large institutional stocks/companies’ have.  Also, there is often less information on smaller companies  and they are more difficult to find/identify -and properly check due diligence wise.   But to counter this I would say: many large companies are too often overvalued only due being over-owned by institutions. Hence, pay far less in dividend-yield and due to their size often throw their weight around.  Also there is the concept of "moral majority" where many smaller "real people" are hard working and honest vs. often the abusive "big guys".  Over the years we have seen too often brokers just advocate big cap stocks which then go nowhere and are a bore.  The Thai SET has many examples of these. I could easily make a list here.   

This is what is meant with a “crowded trade”.  Because of this, it’s very difficult to find “market pricing inefficiencies”, meaning investor-bargains among such. The opposite is often true with mid & smaller companies’, where mispricing’s often occur to take advantage of.

As I state at my front page:  Further, things can be a bit off in the Thai stock market and Thai brokers are overall just average -as are their stock recommendations which can have a conflict of interest.  Realize that in stock-markets this abnormality can be a real advantage as it often means mispricings for individuals to take advantage of!  In US markets this is far more difficult as there are many good brokers besides plenty smart investors & analysts there....and so it’s very difficult to beat these.  Far less so in Thailand.  

Further:  Quantitative assessment, from afar in their high office towers, on companies will not work in all markets.  In Thailand as one example, its much more important to have a qualitative assessment/view/understanding.  As there are many "wall flowers" here and other type of listed stocks which look good "on paper", but which long on-location experts would never invest in.   Sometimes, some stocks look cheap for a good reason! Bad past reputation is just one.  Exactly the reason a rational investor may want to avoid them.  Qualitative vs. Quantitative can make all the difference in markets like Thailand.   

Some have told me over the years: “well you have the advantage because you have long professional training and experience in this and so its your forte, but we don’t have this advantage”. Well, through this web site and my long standing/reputation individuals can be empowered through watching/following/reading what I here regularly share, with no biases besides a long track record.   Mr. Enzo Ferrari reportedly once said about his cars:  “I know nothing about engines, for that I have my engineers”  So do you through my full time web site viewpoints/ideas/articles sharing’s, ever since 1997.

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Head of Research and Equity Analyst at that time at
Macquarie Securities Thailand (formerly ING Asia).

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-Emanuel Balarie, VP Investments - Euro Pacific Capital

Paul Renaud brings to bear his experience as an investment professional on the two continents of Europe and North America to analyze stocks in Thailand. He helps expose tricks of Bangkok insiders and market manipulators who turn out to be not very exotic after all, since their methods are as old as stock trading. But it helps to have a man on the spot to watch their behavior and help you trade intelligently. Paul fills the bill with articulateness and honesty.
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- from Morgan Stanley, USA - to over 30 years on location analyzing the Thai Stock Market.
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