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Regional Equity Strategy 4Q 2009<br />

Country Assessment<br />

Thailand<br />

Liquidity driven rally<br />

There could be a consolidation in <strong>the</strong> near term following<br />

<strong>the</strong> SET Index’s 85% surge from its trough and 58% rise<br />

YTD (up to 17 Sep). But <strong>the</strong> magnitude should be limited<br />

due to an improving economic outlook and ample<br />

liquidity. We tracked <strong>the</strong> market back to 1982, and<br />

found that SET rallies post-economic crisis always ended<br />

close to <strong>the</strong> first interest rate hike of each cycle, implying<br />

possible fur<strong>the</strong>r market appreciation until 2Q10. For<br />

4Q09, we recommend increasing exposure in Banks,<br />

Property, upstream Energy and Construction Materials.<br />

We believe <strong>the</strong> macro conditions are quite favorable for <strong>the</strong> Thai equity market.<br />

While <strong>the</strong> economy has bottomed out, benign inflationary pressure should keep<br />

interest rates low for ano<strong>the</strong>r two to three quarters at least. We recommend<br />

investors increase exposure in Banks. Our top picks are KASIKORNBANK (KBANK<br />

TB) and Bangkok Bank (BBL TB).<br />

We maintain our Overweight positions on Property, where our top picks include<br />

Preuksa Real Estate (PS TB), Quality Houses (QH TB), Supalai (SPALI TB) and Asian<br />

Property (AP TB). We also remain Overweight on upstream Energy stocks, with<br />

PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP) and PTT (PTT) as our top picks.<br />

We upgrade Construction Material to Overweight with Siam Cement (SCC TB)<br />

and Tata Steel Thailand (TSTH TB) as our top picks for <strong>the</strong> sector.<br />

Chirasit Vuttigrai +662 657 7836 chirasitv@th.dbsvickers.com<br />

Page 110<br />

www.dbsvickers.com<br />

Refer to important disclosures at <strong>the</strong> end of this report<br />

ed-SGC / sa-TW

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