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Looks to be a bumpy ride again on the SET today. S&P 500 down 3.02% with VIX (CBOE volatility index or fear index) hitting its highest point since Dec 18. As a point of interest a US options trader at the beginning of January took out a USD $4 million futures contract on a volatility spike which...

It is certainly a tug of war on the currency at the moment with the upper echelons wanting to keep the baht strong for ease of servicing offshore borrowings whilst the tourist and export related industries would benefit from a weaker Baht. There was a push several years ago to attract people into bu...

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Buksi, current volatility does bring to mind another memorable quote from Hunter S Thompson; "Buy the ticket, take the ride."

Looking back over previous virus outbreaks markets have generally recovered fairly quickly. Whilst past events are indicative there is no guarantee that this will be the outcome in this instance. Screen Shot 2020-02-24 at 7.32.09 PM.png There was a flight to safety in the Australian Bourse today (AS...

Coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine days away from animal testing, Queensland researchers believe By Baz Ruddick Posted Sat at 1:27pm Researchers at the University of Queensland (UQ) have said they are just days away from testing a new vaccine for coronavirus, or COVID-19, on animals. Paul Young, head of t...

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Baht keeps strength despite coronavirus outbreak, economic decline The Thai economy in 2020 would expand at a much lower rate than previous forecast and way below its full potential, mainly due to the combined impact from the coronavirus outbreak, delay to enactment of the Annual Budget Expenditure...

Look! there's the other end of the tapeworm!

Exactly, without some unfettered international bandwidth in the bag 5G will be all but useless to anyone not wanting to stream Thai TV or play Facebook all day. For the Government it will like gold. It will enable Artificial Intelligence technology which is currently available to be married up with...

This could have an effect on the baht in the future. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-economy-minutes/thai-gdp-growth-seen-much-lower-than-forecast-this-year-central-bank-minutes-idUSKBN20D0AP?il=0&utm_source=reddit.com Interesting times ahead, wonder if the current situation has aga...

The Epson has refillable tanks. As has been said, if not used then the nozzles can become blocked. The epson has software that will clean the heads or even flush the nozzles, which has proven effective. I would avoid the ones that work from an ink cartridge. Agree with yours and Nereus's comments r...

If you know anyone coming from Oz I have found this product quite effective here.

Probably the only seedlings I have come across here in punnets are ornamentals and annuals such as petunias. Haven't come across any suppliers around Hua Hin Cha am that deal in seedlings for veggies during our travels. If you do decide to bring some seeds from Oz would suggest that you consider var...

Screen Shot 2020-02-13 at 7.43.33 AM.png May be of interest small mom and pop business we hired a vehicle off them some 5 years ago and they were quite good then and quite reasonable to deal with. They are located on Soi 102. Only managed to speak with one of the staff this morning (spoke english) ...