Economy

Investing in Thailand 2012

Investing in Thailand is still attractive, despite the political malaise the Thai economy is developing at a record pace. Yingluck is Prime Minister and Abhisit Vejjajiva has formed an active and vocal opposition, and this is developing in to a healthy democracy. The Global rise in food prices, high demand for Agricultural output such as [...]

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ASEAN Property Attractive for US and Europe Buyers

According to a recent report by DTZ Research, the attractiveness of Southeast Asia’s property markets is driven by six socio-economic trends. These are demographics, rising income levels, infrastructural developments, urbanisation, tourism and economic restructuring. To find out more about investing in ASEAN Real Estate, Click Here The large population base in ASEAN economies, except for [...]

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The QE3 Tool Box

The US Fed’s Tool Box Update Tuesday the US Federal Reserve board released minutes from the August 9th meeting. The details of the meeting told us that the nation’s bankers are divided as to how to move the slowed US economy forward. The notes said that the leaders of the World’s largest central bank have [...]

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Thai Stocks Preview, Kim Eng, PTTEP

Kim Eng and PTTEP stand out as great buying in Bangkok today according to Shayne Heffernan. Kim Eng Securities (Thailand) PCL BAK:KEST has been upgraded to a strong buy with a 2012 price target of 30 Baht issued today by Shayne Heffernan. This year, Kim Eng achieved first-quarter revenue of 780 million, up by 43% [...]

Russia Posts $62b Surplus

Russia’s budget surplus in 1-H exceeds US$62-B Russia’s budget surplus for 1-H of Y 2011 exceeded 1.74-T Rubles (over US$62-B), the Russian statistics agency Rosstat said Tuesday. This is a 6.4-time growth compared with the same period of Y 2010, said Rosstat. According to Moscow’s Vedomosti business daily, the revenue growth happened largely due to [...]

Brazil raises primary surplus target

Brazil raises primary surplus target Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega said Monday that the government will raise the primary surplus target for Y 2011 to minimize the effects of the Global financial crisis. The surplus will be raised from 117.8 to 127.8-B Reais (US$73.6 to 79.9-B), representing some 3.3% of the nation’s GDP. In the [...]

IMF See Dangerous New Phase of Global Economy

Concerted action Key in this phase of the Global recovery Global leaders Saturday called for joint efforts to shore up the sagging economic recovery, as the World economic growth has entered a critical and erratic phase. Downside risks to the Global economy are rising, and developments this summer have indicated that the Global economy is [...]

Emerging Markets, Building Your Asia Portfolio

Asia is one of the best places in the world to be invested given the sovereign debt issues and political crisis in the Western World. Heffernan Capital Management www.heffcap.com, established experts in the field of Asian Equities, has suggested gaining defensive exposure in Asia is important for all portfolio’s. While ETF’s are an attractive and [...]

China News Lifts Global Outlook

Most markets extended gains after the Chinese flash PMI from HSBC, designed to preview China’s factory output before official data, which showed the index edging up to 49.8 in August from July’s final reading of 49.3. That left the index just below the 50-point mark that separates expansion from contraction, but HSBC itself believes a [...]

Korea Investment Corp is Buying Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC)

South Korea’s KIC bought US$78-M of BofA shares so far South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund, Korea Investment Corp., aka KIC, has purchased US$78-M in Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) shares this year, saying that the US banking giant’s shares are undervalued. KIC bought the shares beginning January with part of the US$145-M in dividends it [...]

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Private Equity Takes a Hit in Q1 2012

Most private-equity and hedge funds typically take 20 percent of investment gains as carried interest, on top of 2 percent of assets as a management fee to …