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BUSINESS
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION (THAILAND)
SECURES CO-OPERATION TO
REDUCE MARINE PLASTIC
POLLUTION
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SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION (THAILAND) SECURES
CO-OPERATION TO REDUCE MARINE
PLASTIC POLLUTION
Pollution of the sea is a hot
topic these days, supported
by powerful images of divers
in pristine waters surrounded
by colorful natural reef habitats,
but alas with these totally
spoiled by huge quantities
of floating plastic waste.
A staggering eight million
tons of plastic waste is
dumped into the ocean either
directly or indirectly every
year. One alarming statistic
is that there will be more
plastic than fish in the world’s
oceans by just 2050.
The Solid Waste Management
Association (Thailand)
– SWAT has been set
up to reduce plastic waste
reaching the oceans and in
keeping with its mandate is
launching its Plastic Footprint
Reduction Project within the
framework of the United Nations
Environment Program’s
SEA circular project. This in
turn was initiated by the Coordinating
Body on the Seas
of East Asia (COBSEA) and
backed by the Government of
Sweden.
A Memorandum of Cooperation
was signed recently between
SWAT and participants
in the food and beverage industry,
the hotel industry, the
manufacturing sector and the
education sector.
The President of SWAT,
Prof. Dr. Orathai Chavalparit,
was quoted as saying,
“This is an important project
for the environment and sustainability
in Thailand and I
am pleased to see the formal
launch of the Plastic Footprint
Reduction Project today
as we have been working on
this project since last year
right through the Covid 19
pandemic.”
Amongst the companies
and organizations already
involved are Sukosol Hotel,
S&P Syndicate Public Company
Limited, Cosmos Brewery
(Thailand) Co., Ltd., Six
Senses Hotels Resorts Spas,
Mae Fah Luang University, SI-
TEX Industry Corporation Co.,
Ltd., Doi Kham Food Products
Co., Ltd., Wieng Theong Municipality,
TPBI Public Company
Limited, Wat Soi Thong
School, SAPPE Public Company
Limited and Mater Dei
School.
The Chair of the Plastic
Footprint Reduction Project
and Vice President of SWAT,
Dr. Chindarat Taylor, was
quoted as saying, “Marine
plastic pollution is a major
global issue, and we need to
take action urgently. We hope
that these pioneering companies
and organizations will go
on to be ‘catalysts’ for further
transformation in Thailand for
years to come.”
SWAT works with many
partners in Thailand to assist
with assessing their plastic
footprint in a similar way that
urgent assessment of carbon
footprints is occurring across
the world with regard to global
warming. Yet in this instance
the aim is to markedly reduce
plastic waste in the Kingdom
by promoting a circular approach,
namely the reduction,
recycling and re-use of plastic
products.
Project Manager for the
Plastic Footprint Reduction
Project, Patarapol Tularak,
was quoted as saying,
“Shared learning and the exchange
of ideas are important
aspects of this project
and we will organize future
events such as roundtable discussions
and sharing of best
practice sessions when we are
further down the track with this
project.”
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gadget. Opening
the box, pulling it
out, slowly peeling
off the protective
stickers… it’s
always a thrilling
moment for any tech
fan, so I’ve gathered
a few gadgets
here to help get you
through the Covid
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An odour-fighting T-shirt made
of recycled crab. Yes, you read
that right. This unassuming T-shirt
is made of chitosan, a material obtained
from the exoskeletons of
shellfish.
It’s one of the most abundant ingredients
on the planet, so its creators,
Allbirds, decided to use it to
make some of its clothing line. According
to Allbirds, this special blend
also has odour-fighting properties
(it presumably has a surface that’s
hard for smelly bacteria to colonise),
which hopefully means you have to
wash it less, and it’ll last longer.
Dyson Purifier Hot+Cool
Formaldehyde
While many of us know air pollution
harms our health, we may have
overlooked what’s happening inside
our homes. It turns out that cooking
and cleaning are filling our homes with
pollutants at higher concentrations than
those outside. Even our furniture is
off-gassing formaldehyde – a chemical
used in its production.
So what can you do? Well, you
could just reject society and retreat to
the woods (we’ve considered it a few
times this year), but if that’s not an option,
you may want to consider an air
purifier.
The latest version of Dyson’s Purifier
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tackle the particles invading our home’s
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what’s generating the most pollution
(cooking, in our case, made the air
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Fancy yourself as a drone pilot?
DJI’s new drone beams the view
from its camera straight to a headset
back on terra firma. You see what the
drone sees.
It’s a user-friendly version of
what drone-racing pilots use in competitions.
The drone itself
can move at a max
speed of 140km/h
(87mph) and can
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It has a max range
of 10km (6 miles),
but you’ll need a
spotter who can
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for people or obstructions
below
while you fly.
The tech is
pretty power hungry,
so you’ll get
a maximum of 25
minutes out of a
flight, but it will be
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Sony FX3
Sony’s FX3 is the smallest, cheapest
cinema camera the company has
ever made. It’s built for filmmakers,
rather than photographers, so it can
handle recording ultra HD video at
120fps for long periods.
It comes bundled with a handle
that’s ideal for shooting from low angles
and it adds extra sockets for plugging
in different audio inputs. There’s
also in-body image stabilisation for
when you’re “running and gunning”.
The camera will also play nice
with Sony’s yet-to-be-released Airpeak
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fit in your pocket, but it’s light enough
and small enough to take wherever you
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less funding, financing is many
cases our only option to purchase
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Most financial outlets in
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format to what we are used to
in our own countries, however
foreigners in many cases are
generally unable to finance
through these same institutions
although in recent times
a relaxation in these rules have
been instigated however these
are still a rare occurrence.
Personal Circumstances
If you have a Thai spouse,
a mortgage application with a
bank is an easier process and
provides you with a higher success
rate of a positive outcome,
if your spouse has an income or
not will sometimes depend on
the amount you are able to borrow
loan to value from the bank,
however, many banks stipulate
that loans on mortgages can
not be held once the borrower
reaches 60 years of age.
Private Loans.
If you are not eligible for bank
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BUSINESS SUPPLEMENT
FOREIGN CURRENCY UPDATE
The U.S. Dollar
Recent U.S. Dollar strength
was short-lived and has quickly
reversed as the Greenback
notched up steady losses. Interest
rates on the 10-year note
leveled off from recent highs of
1.74 per cent back down to 1.59
per cent, yet this may be a temporary
move. The DXY Dollar
index, the index that measures
the U.S. Dollar’s value against a
basket of major currencies, fell
relentlessly from 93.31 to 90.07,
a move of more than three per
cent. Against the Thai Baht, the
U.S. Dollar rose from 30.69 and
has been largely range bound
between 31.16 and 31.57. Typically
if the U.S. Dollar weakens
then one U.S. Dollar should buy
less baht, not more. The move
in the USDTHB exchange rate
indicates that the Thai Baht is
weakening even faster than the
U.S. Dollar.
The British Pound
The British Pound pierced the
1.40 mark against the U.S. Dollar
and traded above 1.4245, a
three-year high, before retreating
slightly to 1.4191. Thus
there is notable resistance at
this level and the low volatility
of recent action could portend
a sharp move either way in the
future. Against the Thai Baht,
the Pound rose from 42.75
to 44.56, in keeping with the
weaker local currency.
The Japanese Yen
The Japanese Yen strengthened
against the U.S. Dollar from
110.86 to 107.72 before rebounding
back to 109.76. When the
USDJPY rate falls, this indicates
a rise in the value of the Yen since
a dollar buys less Yen than it did
previously. U.S. Dollar weakness
is most likely to be behind the
move, but the Yen has weakened
also, just not to the same extent.
With stock markets still notching
up new highs there has been no
flight to safety to the Yen in this
respect, however if there is a selloff
in equities then the Yen could
strengthen further. Against the
Thai Baht, the Yen rose slightly
from 0.2798 to 0.2811
The Russian Ruble
The Russian Ruble moved from
77.61 to 73.11 against the U.S.
Dollar. The large move is in
keeping with that of the U.S.
Dollar’s weakness, but is still
considered low volatility for the
Russian unit. As well, since this
was Dollar driven, the price action
of the Ruble itself could be
seen as only slight appreciation
in real terms. Against the Thai
Baht the Ruble moved from
0.411 to 0.425.
The Euro
The Euro moved up almost in a
straight line from 1.1729 against
the U.S. Dollar to hit 1.2249 before
retreating slightly to 1.2189. Whilst
ECB and Federal Reserve heads
both remain dovish, inflation numbers
on both sides of the Atlantic
are being closely watched. Against
the Thai Baht, the Euro rallied from
36.62 to 37.89.
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MRT PLUS / MANGMOOM Cards – Adult
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- Mangmoom: The minimum value for the first issue is
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- Can be added value at least 100 THB at ticket Vendor.
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● MRT PLUS - Adult
- MRT Plus: The minimum value for the first
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- Can be added value at least 100 THB at ticket Vendor.
MRT PLUS / MANGMOOM Cards – Student
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MRT PLUS / MANGMOOM Cards – Senior
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- MRT Plus: The minimum value for the first issue is 180
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issuing fee).
- Can be added value at least 100 THB at ticket Vendor.
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- Can be issued at Purple Line ticket offices.
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- Each top-up must be at least 100 baht and the total value
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MARKETING -
IT'S PERSONAL
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There are over 1 billion websites
on the world wide web today,
the majority of your competitors
have websites, most
have social media accounts too.
So, how do you convince your
potential customers that you are
the best in the business before
you have even spoken to them?
I have always put a lot of
emphasis into creating a truly
personal online experience and
really making your potential clients
understand that you are
real people doing a real job and
not just a website that may be
here today and gone tomorrow,
this is more important to most
consumers than you think. Trust
is one of the biggest factors in
online marketing and I’ve written
a few tips on how you can
use the tools available to develop
trust within your target market.
Create a professional and
most importantly unique online
experience, look at what your
competitors are doing but also
at what they are not doing and
how you can present your product
and services better than
they do.
Does your website answer
the questions which users are
asking? When someone arrives
at your website primarily they
want to know three things - ‘Do
they do what I’m looking for?’ ,
‘Can I afford it?’ & ‘Can I trust
them?’ Make sure that you present
your content clearly and it is
obvious to users how they can
take the next step - a website
which doesn’t turn visitors into
business is useless and a drain
on your resources instead of an
additional source of income.
Ensure that everything works
correctly, your website usability
is the first impression of your
company’s customer service
levels. A broken website shows
that you are not paying attention
to your clients needs.
Make your online space personal
includes using real images
of your team and your business,
not stock images.
Get testimonials from your
customers, with photos and videos
is best if possible. You can
even sign up to a site like Tripadvisor
or Trust Pilot which are
independent review sites and
can carry a lot of weight when
people are preparing to make a
purchase online.
Introduce live chat into your
site and helping your website
visitors to move down the sales
funnel by answering their questions
and alleviating their concerns.
Show personalised content
to your users based on their
previous visits to your website,
location, device and much more.
As online marketers we are
no longer selling products or
services, we are selling a customer
experience. During these
difficult economic times when
less and less business is available
we need to look at more
ways to enrich the customer experience.
Your potential customers
could be comparing you to your
competitors at any time and the
worst thing is that you don’t
even know it.
By creating a professional
and personalised website you
can move one step ahead of
the competition and keep more
of the market share in your industry.
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and simple numbers are hardly
capable of providing the defining
answer to many economic,
social and political questions,
they are certainly a good way of
obtaining a general overview of
any particular subject.
Each month the Business
Supplement will look into a
brace of statistical information
and provide readers with what
we consider to be the central elements
of these figures.
CAR SALES IN
THAILAND
RECOVERING
Domestic car sales within Thailand
in March 2021 surged 25.47 per
cent year on year, to reach 74,295
vehicles. The rise was partly due to a
dip the previous year.
In the prior months of this year,
the domestic car industry saw weak
trading conditions. In February 2021
only 58,960 cars were sold, a drop of
13.64 per cent on the previous year,
and in January 2021 sales plunged
21.3 per cent year-on-year to 55,208
units.
The calendar year of 2020 was
a year of recovery as car sales rose
from low levels at the start of the pandemic
to finish on a high note topping
104,000 units in December, an 11.3
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per cent rise year-on-year.
Yet, the early part of 2020 saw
a slump due to the commencement
of the Covid19 pandemic, with just
30,109 units sold in April 2020 and
40,418 units sold in May.
A steady increase did start to occur
thereafter with 58,013 units sold
in June, 59,335 units sold in July and
68,883 cars sold in August.
September, October and November
of last year saw sales of 77,433,
74,114 and 79,177 vehicles respectively.
The last time that more than
100,000 cars were sold in a single
month was in March 2019 when
103,164 units were sold, an increase
of 9.1 per cent year-on-year.
THAILAND’S
INFLATION
RATE STILL
NEGATIVE
Thailand’s consumer prices
dropped 0.08 per cent year-on-year in
March 2021 compared to an expectation
of a rise of 0.1per cent.
It was the thirteenth month in a
row of deflation, but also the shallowest
number during the same period.
In the previous month the number
showed a more pronounced 1.17 per
cent fall.
On a monthly basis, consumer
prices rose modestly to the tune of
0.23 per cent compared to the prior
month, following a monthly fall of 0.91
per cent a month earlier.
Prior to this most recent 13-month
period of deflation, inflation rates were
range bound between 0.2 per cent
and 1.8 percent for the four-year period
between April 2016 and March
2020.
There have only been three other
periods of time in the last 30 years that
Thailand has experienced deflation
and these were during the aftermath
of the Asian financial crisis in 1998,
during the aftermath of the global financial
crisis in 2009, and for a 16
month period in 2015.
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THAI AIRASIA’S
MAIN SHAREHOLDER
TO GET 3.15 BILLION
BAHT LOAN
Thai AirAsia’s (TAA’s) largest
shareholder, Asia Aviation
(AAV), has agreed to a 3.15
billion baht loan from a new
investor after its attempts to
secure funding in the form of
soft loans from the government
have so far been unsuccessful.
Executive chairman of AAV,
Tassapon Bijleveld, was quoted
as saying, "We cannot wait
for the government to allocate
soft loans airlines requested
a year ago. We hope the
agreement with a new investor
will help the airline preserve
liquidity and maintain flight
operations as usual when
the aviation industry bounces
back early next year.”
AAV will commence a restructuring
of its business and
is also expected to launch an
IPO for TAA as part of this process.
TAA will be listed on the
Stock Exchange of Thailand
and will replace the holding
company AAV. A direct listing
of TAA will benefit the airline
if it needs to raise more funds.
The loan from the new investor
is interest free and
comes in the form of convertible
bonds or a convertible
loan agreement.
Mr. Tassapon was also
quoted as saying, "Our new
local investor has never been
involved in the aviation industry,"
adding, "After restructuring,
we'll have a new representative
on the company's
board, but I assure you it won't
impact the operations of TAA."
FACTORY OUTPUT
RISES FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN 23 MONTHS
Thailand’s manufacturing
production index in March
rose 4.12% year-on-year, its
first rise in nearly 2 years. The
Industry Ministry also
expects increases in the following
months, even though a
third wave of Covid-19 has occurred
in the last month or so.
The director-general of the
Office of Industrial Economics,
Thongchai Chawalitpichaet,
was quoted as saying, "Production
is going as usual. The
global economy is also improving
with exports sharply
rising.”
Capacity utilization in the
same month rose from the previous
month’s level of 65.06%
to hit 69.59%.
RICE EXPORT TAXES TO
BE REDUCED
The Commerce Ministry’s
plan to slash the export taxes
on rice shipments to the EU
and UK under agreed quotas
has been approved in principle
by the Cabinet.
It comes at a time when
Thailand’s rice export market
faces stiff competition from
other rice producing countries
such as Vietnam and India.
The surcharges for shipments
to the UK have been
reduced from 2,500 baht per
tonne to just 1,200 baht per
tonne. Shipments to the EU
had their surcharges cut from
2,500 baht per tonne to 1,500
baht per tonne.
The export surcharges
commenced in 1997, with the
money being used to support
the International Trade Promotion
Fund. The cuts are expected
to lead to a reduction
of 31 million baht per year in
proceeds to the fund.
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CHINESE BUYERS
FIXATED BY ‘BLIND BOX’
TOY MANIA
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AROUND THE ASIAN REGION
A new craze is sweeping across
China and that is the ‘Blind Box’ toy
phenomenon. Popular with young
Chinese buyers, the mystery provides
a good deal of excitement and the fact
that some of the blind boxes contain
rare or collectable items has fuelled
demand of late.
Those that happen to come
across rare toys are turning to the
collector’s market to resell them for a
tidy profit. Even the numerous duplicate
toys that people happen to come
across have fuelled a bustling second
hand market online.
Toys are typically just a few inches
in size and can be pop art, film characters
or even rare mini-archaeological
pieces. Many of the individual toys
are parts of ranges, and a complete
range could be worth a lot of money
even if the individual elements are not
so rare.
18-year-old music student Wang
Zhaoxue who has a collection of mystery
toys that numbers into the hundreds,
was quoted as saying, "It was
something quite novel, which got my
attention," adding that the mystery element
made it quite fun, "if you shake
it, and then feel the box, you can
sometimes deduce what's inside.”
The new craze has allowed some
toy makers to make big profits at a
time when toy sales may otherwise
be flat.
Steffi Noel, a consumer analyst
at Daxue Consulting, was quoted as
saying, "One of the reasons behind
the success of blind boxes is that they
divide their products into different categories
of rarity," adding, "They set a
barrier, expressing the idea that not
everyone can get the most special
boxes. It generates a sense of competition."
The blind box market is expected
to be worth up to 30 billion Yuan by
2024, up from 7.4 billion Yuan in 2019.
JAPAN’S SONY REVEALS
BIGGEST EVER PROFIT
Tokyo-based consumer electronics
company, Sony, announced record
profits for its latest financial year, citing
the popularity of its gaming consoles
as a driver of growth during the
pandemic.
Net profit surged more than 100
per cent year-on-year to 1.17 trillion
yen (US$10.7 billion), on revenue of
8.99 trillion yen.
Hideki Yasuda, an analyst at Ace
Research Institute, was quoted as
saying, "The impact of lockdown demand
on its game sector was sizable
though the pandemic hit revenue from
movie theatres hard," adding, "Sony
experienced both positive and negative
aspects of the coronavirus, but
overall, the pandemic benefited Sony
a lot.”
As it announced its record results
the company forecasted lower profits
for the next financial year as the potential
for gaming console demand
may potentially wane going forward.
LAOS BASED POWER
COMPANY SEEKS
REGIONAL ALLIANCES
EDL-Generation Plc., (EDL-Gen),
a majority Lao state-owned power
generation company is looking to secure
private partnerships with companies
in the region to increase its
power generating capacity. It plans
to add 25 per cent to its current 1,949
megawatts power generation ability
by 2029.
Hydroelectric plants using both
reservoirs and river run-offs will play
an important role in the expansion,
with up to 15 plants in the planning
stage.
EDL-Gen currently commands
17 per cent of the power generating
market in the country. Within the next
20 years, Laos plans to produce up to
30,000 mega watts of power, exporting
much of it to neighboring countries
such as Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia
and Singapore.
Managing director of EDL-Gen,
Duangsy Pharanhok, was quoted
as saying, "Our target will not only
strengthen energy security in Asean
but also follow the global trend of
green energy development.”
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FITNESS & YOU
- THE KEY TO A BETTER LIFE -
WEIGHTS
AND
AEROBICS
TOGETHER
A few years ago a group of fitness
researchers in both Canada
and Sweden conducted a series of
experiments involving combined
weight training and aerobic exercise,
and what they found basically
overturned previous accepted theories
about doing weights and aerobics
at the same time.
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For years the general theory
among those involved in the
fitness industry was that training
should be separated, that is,
weights should be done on one
day and aerobic exercise should
be done on a different day.
The theory was that doing
weights and aerobics on the same
day would lead to some kind of
muscle confusion and therefore an
‘antagonism’ between them. So,
anyone who went for a five-kilometre
run in the morning shouldn’t
then come back and start pushing
iron, or vice versa. This is not because
doing both would do any
damage as such, but because the
benefits of doing them separately
would be better than doing them
combined.
In fact, there was very little evidence
for this theory, so the Swedish
and Canadian studies were of
great use in actually debunking
this long-held theory.
Without going into the specifics
of the testing by the research
scientists, the bottom line was that
neither study saw any evidence of
the expected muscle ‘confusion’
from combining a weight and aerobic
protocol.
The Karolinska Institute in
Sweden stated, ‘It appears concurrent
aerobic and resistance
exercise may enhance the skeletal
muscle anabolic environment.’
They concluded that resistance
training and aerobic activity ‘can
successfully be scheduled on the
same day without compromising
performance…’
The Canadians, at McMaster
University, suggested ‘that concurrent
training is as effective as
either isolated mode in stimulating
acute myofibrillar and mitochondrial
protein synthesis rates…’
In plainer English, endurance
is built on mitochondria pathways
while strength is generated by myofibrils.
So the Canadians were
saying both strength and endurance
gains were not hampered in
any way by doing both activities
concurrently. If you happen to be
training at home with some Powerblocks
and then finish off by getting
aboard the stationery bike for
five, 10, 20 minutes or whatever,
then your body will not be ‘confused’
by this in any way.
Indeed, the Swedish and Canadian
researchers suggested doing
both might even lead to a better
long-term result that doing just one
or the other on a specific day.
The bottom line is that if you
happen to be in the mood or in a
position to spend, say, 15 minutes
going for a three-kilometre run and
then you feel fresh enough to do
another 15-20 minutes of weights,
then go for it.
If you’d still prefer to do just
one or the other on different days,
then that’s fine as well.
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UNDERSTANDING THE STOCK
MARKETS – EARNINGS SEASON
In our previous introduction
to understanding the world’s
stock markets we looked at
the value of companies and
touched on some of the things
that make share prices move.
Unsurprisingly, when a
company reports its earnings
and other business particulars
including forward outlook,
share prices can move quite
violently.
Major public U.S. companies
are required to report
quarterly, hence in the U.S.
there are four ‘earnings seasons’
in a given year.
RESULTS VS.
ANALYSTS’
EXPECTATIONS
On the run up to each earnings
season, stock market analysts
are polled by leading
polling companies as to
what they expect each
company to have
achieved during
the last financial
period.
A company could have a
bad quarter but if they surpass
the analysts’ expectations
their share price could still
rise. Conversely if a company
misses the expectations of the
analysts, then their stock price
could fall dramatically, even if
they achieved stellar results.
In this topsy-turvy world
it is important to note what
the expectations are. In the
U.S., leading polling companies
such as Refinitiv collate
a large number of analysts’
notes and come up with an
all-encompassing number for
revenue and profit expectations.
You can often find their
results within news posts on financial
websites such as cnbc.
com
ADDITIONAL FAC-
TORS FOR HIGH-
GROWTH STOCKS
Companies that
are growing typically
have a higher
premium built into
their stock price than
those that have a
relative ly static
income. In the
U.S., companies
that are
growing explosively
such
as Amazon,
Tesla, Google
and Facebook
command a
huge premium
because their
growth rate is high
and/or may be accelerating.
As soon as the growth rate falters
then the premium may be
seen as excessive and stocks
can easily sell off. At the current
time it is mainly high-tech
stocks that command very high
premiums as these are seen to
have exceptional growth prospects.
Stock analysts are not only
looking at profits and revenue.
For companies that rely on a
large user base they are also
giving their opinion on how
many new users should be
added each quarter in order to
maintain stellar growth.
Take for example the wellknown
movie streaming company,
Netflix. It recently reported
earnings per share of
US$3.75, significantly ahead
of analyst’s expectations of
just US$2.97 (an almost 25
per cent beat), and exceeded
the bar for revenue, achieving
US$7.16 billion vs. US$7.13
billion expected. It also added
3.98 million new subscribers,
but this wasn’t enough because
expectations were for
6.2 million additions. The company’s
shares plunged more
than eleven per cent on the
news even though it beat on
revenue and earnings. Arguably
the share price already
had the good news baked
in and the potentially lower
growth was unwelcome.
Of course if growth stays on
pace, or even accelerates at a
higher pace then stock prices
can rally strongly too. A substantially
higher rate of profitability
may also have a positive
effect. Google (Alphabet)
shares rose 4.8 per cent as the
company announced earnings
per share (EPS) of US$26.29
on revenues of US$55.31 billion
against analysts’ expectations
of just US$15.82 of
EPS on revenues of US$51.7
billion. The premium was thus
preserved with the stellar numbers.
For long-term investors,
earnings seasons can be a
time when they can reflect on
their holdings or other positions
in the market and make
adjustments even if it is after
some volatile moves.
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SUDOKU
These Sudoku puzzles are pitched at a middle level: not too easy,
and not too frustratingly hard, for the average person.
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We will publish the solutions in next month’s issue.
ACROSS
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8/ Seed (3)
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TRIVIA Quiz
1. In which country would you find Mount Sinai?
2. How many countries and principalities share a border with France.
3. Which sign of the zodiac would you be if your birthday was on the 18th
October?
4. Which European country had three kings named Leopold who reigned
for the majority of the years between 1831 and 1951?
5. Of what is semiotics the study?
1 2 3 4
5 6
7
6
6. In a standard UK Monopoly game, the green set consists of Bond Street,
Regent Street and which other?
7. Which birthstone is associated with the month of May?
8. Which country has the internet domain extension .hu?
9. What does UNESCO stand for?
10. Which measurement of speed is equivalent to one nautical mile
per hour?
8
9
11
12
9
10 11
1. Egypt 2. 8 (Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and
Spain) 3. Libra 4. Belgium 5. Signs and symbols 6. Oxford Street 7. Emerald 8. Hungary 9.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation 10. Knot
Answers:
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DOWN 1/ Gemini 2/ Intel 3/ Rat 4/ Tedium 6/ Elm 7/ Sailors 10 EMS 11 tye
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THB 800,000
(VAT Included)
THB 800,000
(VAT Included)
THB 6500,000
(VAT Included)
THB 1,000,000
(VAT Included)
Additional
Family member
(*Immediate Family)
None
None
THB 800,000
(VAT Included/Each)
THB 300,000
(VAT Included/Each)
THB 700,000
(VAT Included/Each)
None
None
Membership Transfer
Tranfer Fee
Annual Fee
Age
1 Time
20%
of Prevailing Rate
THB 20,000
(VAT Excluded)
Not less then 20 years
Only to immidiate Family
1 Time
20%
of Prevailing Rate
THB 10,000
(VAT Included)
None None None
None
None
None None None None None
None None None
None
None
Any Any Any Any Any Any
Visa
5 Years - Renewable
5 Years - Renewable
5 Years - Renewable
5 Years 5 Years - Renewable 5 Years 5 Years - Renewable
Airport Service/EPA
Airport Lounge
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Short Haul Transfer Service
(50 or 80 Km) (International Flight Only)
Unlimited
Unlimited
18 Times/Calendar Year
Individual/
Group Usage Deduction
4 Times/Calendar Year
Individual/Group
Usage Deduction
None
24 Times/
Calendar Year
None
Long Haul Transfer Service
(275 km) International Flight Only)
None None None
6 Times/Calendar Year
Individual/Group
Usage Deduction
None
None
None
Golf
Spa
Annual Health Check
Discount
Member Contact Center
Government Concierges
**90 Days Report
24 Times/Calendar Year
24 Times/Calendar Year
1 Times/Calendar Year
10 Times/
Calendar Year
10 Times/
Calendar Year
None
None None None None None
None
1Times/Person
Calendar Year
None None None None
None None None None
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Upgrade
None None None None
None
THB 1,500,000
(VAT Included)
None
For more information about Thailand Elite Residency Program, feel free to contact us:
Email : 99services@live.com
99 Services: 038-713-713-5 (Ref,: Thailand Business Supplement)