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Global Market Trends Taking a Beating or Getting Knocked Out?
Tuesday June 14th, 2011
Updated: Bangkok
While just today Nouriel Roubini, perhaps the world’s most respected, yet bearish economist was quoted in a Bloomberg report and by the Financial Times in an editorial that there are 4 definite hot spots, or perfect storms brewing of economic chaos risk, with a better than 30% chance of a 2012-2013 global recession, or major double dip already beginning...
Short Term Gains, …. or Long Term Pains Ahead?
Saturday, June 12th, 2010
Bangkok
Asian/ Global Market Trends
…. Both. While Friday Asian stocks rose for a fourth day on optimism that the world economic recovery was on track despite Europe’s debt woes, and the euro was steady after a rally the previous day, the euro rose for the third straight trading day against the U. S. dollar, at $1.21 in New York up from US$1.197 on Wednesday....
Other Stuff,… Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Thai Farmers and Climate, Please, Keep It Down…
…Or The Quiet Bangkok Group May Have to Move to Singapore… (Shhhhh..)
Sometimes a little off beat or simply more other humanly– interesting stories help to keep things lighter and provide flair…
In the latest of mostly true stories and comments on what’s going on in Bangkok (like the Red Shirts,… WE KNOW, …. ) and around the world, two very dissimilar protest movements have...
Can a Day Make a Wonderful Difference?
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
Red Shirts’ Rajaprasong Protest, Bangkok
Young little 'Red Shirt' warrior fighting for a democratic Thailand...
8 p.m. As LifeBangkok toured the area Saturday evening where the protesters have turned what is essentially Thailand’s Times Square into their own personal vendetta against the perceived unjust indifference of the wealthy Bangkok elite, we...
Thai and Asian Stock Index Trade
Thai and Asian Stock Index Trade For Tuesday/ Wednesday March 30 – 31st
Bangkok
Yesterday and today’s juggernaut Thai SET Index is continuing to defy gravity after the previous three lackluster sessions in the last week ending on Monday.
Regionally on Tuesday, Malaysia was flat, despite political promises of economic reforms by the Malaysian prime minister, Singapore just barely edged...
Thai and Asian Market Activity
March 17th, 2010
Bangkok Stocks On a Bull Run
The Stock Exchange of Thailand is running counter intuitively to problems with domestic politics as foreign investors continue to pile in to Thai shares undeterred by potential unrest posed by street protests. The SET hit just above the 760 mark, up 8 gaining 1% by 10:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday on the back of Tuesday’s big gains, up 14.43, ...
