December 2018
Vietnam’s economy ended 2018 on a positive slew of superlatives. 2018 GDP growth reached 7.08%, the highest in 11 years and exceeding the government’s target. PMI in Dec as well as the average PMI of 2018 was 53.8, the highest…
Monthly Reviews
November 2018
By end Nov, VN Index has lost -23% from its peak in April, while PYN Elite has declined -16%. Bank Sector has lost on average -35% from its peak. The underperformance was mainly due to the credit growth had been…
October 2018
In October, the global stock markets continued to face with turbulence and strong sell-offs in the Chinese and US exchanges. Vietnam’s stock market was not immune to volatility, VNIndex lost 10.1% MoM, a bit less than its sharp drop of…
September 2018
In September, PYN Elite Fund advanced 4.2%, outperforming VNIndex which was up 2.8%. The fund was supported by MWG and our midcap stocks. It seems investors are increasing interested in small and midcap stocks where valuations are the most attractive.…
August 2018
In August, PYN Elite gained 5.4% primarily supported by VND, HBC and HDB. VN Index advanced 3.5% on energy name GAS and banks. Trading volume remained subdued at $230m/day in August, cf. $350m/day in 1H2018. After all 720 Vietnamese companies…
April 2018
VNIndex hit its all-time high early in April but unfortunately, could not maintain the momentum as the month went and tumbled 10.6% following big sell-offs in large caps and the lack of foreign net inflows. If subtracting put-through transaction of…
March 2018
In March, PYN Elite fund decreased by -0.8% due to a dip in MWG, CII and a stronger Euro while VN Index advanced +4.7% to a new high. While this is the 7th month in a row that PYN Elite…