Earlier this month, a meeting of the natural rubber policy committees has approved stimulus package of two billion baht to support the industry cooperatives’ effort to stockpiling through the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC).

Beside from a plan of five billion baht which aim to support the industry cooperatives’ effort, another 1 billion baht plan is aiming to lift benchmark purchase price at the local government warehouses.

Tris’s managing director Santi Keeranant said the collaboration will support both the agencies’ businesses through a joint research and development projects, as well as their human resource development programs.

The move will also benefit both investors and the markets in the region and the world which will gain insight market information through their services, he said.

Industry minister Dr. Wannarat Channukul said tax exemption will cover all completely built vehicles, parts and machines and give to automakers located in the declared disaster areas. The exemption period will cover from October 25, 2011 to June 30, 2012.

“Those factories which import completely built vehicles, its suppliers and part makers which supply chain was disrupted during the flooding are eligible to receive this tax exemption privilege,” he said.

However, the minister said plants that are eligible to receive tax exemption must be part or auto makers that make an identical vehicle or parts currently marketing in Thailand.

Dr. Wannarat added that the government may revoke this privilege at anytime; given it deemed that the automakers are recovered faster than expected.

He said S&P’s sees Thai government’s sovereign debt remain at low level and is able to weather off any downward factors caused by the country currently flooding while its fiscal position has little impact from political unstable environment.

The rating agency expected Thai’s foreign exchange reserve would reach at $173 billion by the yearend, which seen as a buffer level to any unexpected pressures on its economy and its financial sector. while the country sovereign debt for 2010 would stay at bellow 20 percent of GDP.

Moreover, Thailand’s sovereign debt ratio is seen as at appropriate level of 7.5 percent of the government’s revenue, which, despite, expected at 22 percent of the country’s GDP this year. The number is at the lower range level among the countries with BBB rating.

PTT Global Chemical said the acquisition is however still needed to reach a deal with Perstorp Holding France’s employees inconsistent with France’s corporate law.

Perstorp Holding France manufactures and owns Isocyanate technology know-how in Europe and Asia which is used to produce Toluene diisocyanate (TDI), Hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) and Derivatives as materials for Polyurethane(PU) resin.

The freighter said Soleado has invested in SERI, the first mining company to operate in Philippines’ Sabu province, indirectly since 2009. SERI is in the process of obtaining necessary operation licenses in its plan to ramp up its yearly production. The investment would increase Soleado’s voting rights in SERI up to 40 percent from previously 24.31 percent.

The company said currently SERI has a capacity of 10,000 tons per month of coal production and would be increased as double by the beginning of 2012. SERI also plans to mine another two of its acquired resources over the next two years.

The Philippines mining company said it secured yearly revenue is by selling most of its products to Glenncore, the world’s biggest producer and consumer of coal.

TTA’s managing director Chantrachutha Chantrarapat said coal mining business has highly potential growth, because only the Philippines has imported a large amount of coal annually. SERI has very huge room to supply its product domestically.

How to invest?

1. The first step: Understanding equity products

It is a mandate to understand equity products which are trading on the stock market in order to start with. Products which are traded on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) include:

1. Ordinary Shares
Known as “common stock”, ordinary shares are not preferred shares and do not have any predetermined dividend amounts.

Excerpt from Investopedia: An ordinary share represents equity ownership in a company and entitles the owner to a vote in matters put before shareholders in proportion to their percentage ownership in the company.

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2. Preferred shares
Preferred shares or preferred stock has both equity and debt instruments properties. Preferreds has higher ranking than common stock but lower than bond in terms of claims or rights, meaning preferred dividends do not carry the same guarantees as interest payments from bonds.

3. Debenture
Debentures are unsecured debt and are backed only by reputation of the borrower or issuer.

4. Convertible Debenture
Convertible Debentures are debenture which can be converted into stock at a specified date in the future which set by the issuer. Because it has the ability to convert into stock, under certain circumstances, the issuer or borrower is able to borrow at a lower cost.

5. Unit Trusts
Unit trust is unmanageable, fixed portfolio. It is considered as low-risk, low-return and tax-free investment. However, unit trusts often have entrance/exit fees.

Unit trusts usually manage by Asset Management Company.

6. Warrants
Warrants have lower risk/return and tend to be longer date and less frequency traded equity. Warrants can be attracted to investors with the potential benefits of capital growth as well as entitlement to dividends.