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China the Global Growth Powerhouse

China set to be the biggest engine of Global growth China is poised to become the biggest engine of Global economic growth in the next few years, said Zheng Xinli, Permanent Vice Chairman of China Center for International Economic Exchanges, Sunday. Zheng made the remarks at the ongoing Second Global Think Tank Summit, organized by [...]

Thailand Economic Report with Teera Phutrakul

Chutinush Taksinapinunt: Exclusive interview with Khun Teera Phutrakul, the founder of JT Financial Planners, has been the leading force in the investment management industry in Thailand for over 25 years. He was Executive Chairman of Finansa Asset Management from 2005 to 2010 and prior to that President & CEO of SCB Asset Management and Managing [...]

Cathay Pacific Airways HKG:0293 Undervalued

Cathay Pacific Airways HKG:0293 is undervalued according to a note to traders from Shayne Heffernan today. Shayne Heffernan upgraded Cathay Pacific Airways HKG:0293 from Hold to Buy and issued a 2012 price target of $28HKD. Cathay Pacific Airways Limited announced that it has recommended the payment of a final dividend of HKD0.78 per share for [...]

Jakarta Stocks Preview, Prasidha Aneka, Mayora Indah

The Indonesian economy grew 6.5 percent in the first quarter from the year-earlier period, having expanded 6.89 percent in the previous quarter. Shayne Heffernan best buys are in the coffee industry, Prasidha Aneka, Mayora Indah Exporters shipped 23,247.05 tonnes of Sumatran robusta coffee in April, a 90.75 percent surge from 12,187 tonnes in the same [...]

Thai Stocks: Real Estate Undervalued, Apex, Supalai, Sansiri

Thailand listed real estate firms are extremely undervalued at the moment Sansiri, Supalai, Asian Property, Apex Developments are quality companies with strong balance sheets and a very positive outlook. Real estate and construction businesses reported revenue for 2010 with income over 3 trillion baht and a total profit of 35 billion baht. Italian-Thai Development PCL [...]

Managing Investments in 2011

Cash is no longer king and the value of the USD is being eroded which means everyone must rethink their investment strategy and adjust their portfolio holdings. While many think that if they live in the USA and earn in USD nothing will change, I can assure you that those days are over, growing world [...]

What’s Golden GBGI, CGFIA, ABX, VGCP

Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) NYSE:ABX, Gold Bag Inc OTC:GBGI, Colorado Goldfields Inc PINK:CGFIA, Arizona Gold and Onyx Mining Co PINK:VGCP The price of gold has hit a new high of nearly $1447 an ounce in the global market amid speculation that it could hit $2,000 in international market in next decade. With the US Dollar [...]

Mining News BESV, VGCP, CNQ, HL

Blast Energy Services Inc PINK:BESV, Arizona Gold and Onyx Mining Co PINK:VGCP, Canadian Natural Resource Ltd (USA) NYSE:CNQ, Hecla Mining Company, NYSE:HL Blast Energy Services Inc PINK:BESV Blast Energy Services, Inc. (”Blast”)(OTC Bulletin Board: BESV) announced today that drilling at the Solimar Energy 76-3 well in the Guijarral Hills Field Area located in Fresno County, [...]

Singapore Growth at 14.5%

The Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry released final figures yesterday showing that the economy expanded 14.5 per cent last year, reversing a 0.8 per cent decline in 2009. The manufacturing sector expanded 25.5 per cent year on year in the fourth quarter. It rounded up the year with a 29.7 per cent rebound from [...]

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TMB a Strong Buy as ING Make Offer

TMB is one of Thailand’s major Bank’s and rates a very strong buy in the current market. Financial ratios are improving and ING is attempting to buy a 26% stake in the bank from the Thai Government. Boontuck Wungcharoen, TMB’s chief executive, said the bank’s capital adequacy ratio now stood at 16%, almost double the [...]

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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 …