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Investors finding their sweet spot

Business, Piyasak Manason, Published on 23/11/2019

» For global investors, the sun has been shining for the last two months. Stock indices have gained between 1% and 8%, with developed markets rising the most, and many equity markets are closing in on all-time highs.

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Is this the turning point?

Business, Piyasak Manason, Published on 25/07/2020

» In our last column we warned about the great uncertainties surrounding the divergence of the economic and investment worlds, and how they may converge due to the rise of those uncertainties. It is possible that we may begin to see a turning point this month.

BUSINESS

Be careful of the turning tide

Business, Piyasak Manason, Published on 09/09/2020

» As we expected, the global and Thai economies have reached low points not seen in decades and have begun to recover gradually in recent weeks. But in terms of investing, we are beginning to see a significant shift in the theme.

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Light at the end of the tunnel could be a train

Business, Piyasak Manason, Published on 28/11/2020

» After nearly a year of unexpected global economic and investment derailment, we are beginning to see a glimpse of hope from a new and stable US president and the approaching availability of one or more vaccines that will put an end to the pandemic.

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Vaccines + stimulus = overheating + inflation?

Business, Piyasak Manason, Published on 27/02/2021

» Global economic indicators announced recently for the final quarter of last year have confirmed our view that economic recovery is still gaining momentum. Fourth-quarter GDP, compared to the previous year, in China, Japan, the United States, Thailand and even the euro zone continued to recover from the strongest contraction in decades in the second quarter.

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Three headwinds for the global economy

Business, Piyasak Manason, Published on 23/10/2021

» In the past few months or so, several headwinds have emerged in the world economic arena. We have seen a sharp increase in commodity prices, including natural gas, crude oil, and coal, which has reached US$240 a tonne from about $70 last year. The result has been an electricity generation deficit in the biggest emerging economies such as China and India.

BUSINESS

The end of The Great Moderation

Business, Piyasak Manason, Published on 28/07/2022

» It could be said that the era of economic normalcy is over. For about two decades before the 2008-09 global financial crisis, we witnessed what economists came to call "The Great Moderation" -- an era of moderate economic growth, low inflation, low interest rates and improved fiscal discipline. The US dollar was relatively weak while other currencies such as the yen, euro, yuan and even the baht appreciated.