Other Perspectives

On Friday 29th May, 2009 the Bangkok Post produced a Property Focus supplement. One of the items featured was an overview of the Mass Transit System compared with that of other major cities, as well as a listing of planned lines and lines under study.
Typically, it was just a listing of data with little analysis. [...]

A Story of Football Clubs, Jets, Islands and Petty Cash
So the latest news is that Thaksin Shinawatra will buy an island off Montenegro for 1 billion baht. It is in the Adriatic Sea, a sub-division of the Mediterranean Sea.
Hardly in the balmy tropics and it can get chilly in winter, but warm enough for many [...]

When the opposition won the state elections in Perak, it was another milestone on the road to a full democracy in Malaysia.
Whilst the Barisan Nasional coalition still has control of the Federal government, the inroads made by the opposition in taking over several states is heartening for those who believe that a vigorous opposition is [...]

I believe it was the late James Goldsmith who said “If you can see the bandwagon, you are too late”.
Investors world-wide are determined to be the bandwagon, not see it, if the recent surge in stock markets is any indication.
April job losses in the US were only  539,000 which is supposedly good news (or at least grounds for [...]

On Monday 4th May, 2009 Asian Markets surged, supposedly on indications that things are looking up for the Global economy.
On 5th May a securities researcher noted that buyers who invested on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) in mid-March would have made a 50% return on their investments by now.
Well, I did not and this [...]