We have done several studies on individual investors in the Vietnamese stock markets. In order to do so we have interviewed more than 200 individual investors investing in the Vietnamese stock markets. We will show some of the interesting results in our blog over time. Let us start today with the ability of individual investors to clearly understand and being able to define the concept of being a shareholder. This seems obvious but results can be surprising sometimes. When th

Why is it so interesting to invest in Vietnamese stocks? One of the reasons is the country's economic potential. Vietnam's growth is simply of the highest in the World. Another reason is dividends. Most Vietnamese stocks pay dividends, and for many of them we are talking about consequent numbers. It is indeed not difficult to find stocks from strong companies which will pay you 5% or more in dividends per year! Contact us at info@anhthomas.com for more information. #investinV

Odean (Odean, T. (1999), (“Do Investors Trade too Much?" American Economic Review) analyzed the trading records of 10,000 investors over a period of 6 years and found that individual investors with discount brokerage accounts tend to under-perform notably because they trade too much, they struggle to evaluate securities, they have a strong tendency to overreact to financial news and finally have a reluctance to sell short. All these statements are even more true in emerging m

Some employees of our company are permanently based in Vietnam. From time to time, we send them visiting companies and asking management questions. There is no doubt that financial statements are an important tool to find great buy opportunity but solely basing your judgment on financials could turn out to be a big mistake. #BuyVietnamshares #investinVietnam #Vietnamstocks

When you invest in a country it is important to understand as much as you can about it. When it comes to Vietnam, one important topic to be aware of is the relationship between Vietnam and its powerful Chinese neighbour. This relationship is not straightforward to understand and keeps evolving with time. Vietnam has an important role to play since it is a key country for both the United States of America and China. Vietnam is a future economic power, according to PWC, it wil

After a really strong month of September, October has been much more mixed for the Vietnamese stock markets. This month witnessed a strong performance divergence between the two main Vietnamese indexes which is quite unusual. On the economic side, Inflation eased in October while the YTD CPI increase to 2.25% and annual growth soared to 7.5% in Q3 (Q2: 6.3% year-on-year) despite a protracted downturn in mining and oil output. Finally, rising inflows of FDI amid concerted effo

Foreign direct investment (FDI) registered in Viet Nam reached a record US$25.48 billion in the first nine months of this year, up 34.3 per cent year-on-year. Of the sum, $14.56 billion came from 1,844 new projects, up 30.4 per cent year-on-year, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency. Another $6.75 billion was added to 878 existing projects, 28.3 per cent higher than the same period last year. The remainder of

The main benefit of being a shareholder is that you can make money on the stock market sometimes at huge rates of growth. You can also “determine your own risk strategy to suit your profile, which will enable you to cover your losses as well as determine how to manage your profits,” says Joubert. When you own shares in a company, you own a part of that company. This means, you’ll also have the chance to share in the capital growth of the company by receiving dividends. A key

Why invest in Vietnam? A thousand years ago, the economic centre of the world was in Asia. Today, it seems clear that the world’s economic centre of gravity is shifting back to Asia. Vietnam is ideally located. It has a long coastline with many ports and shares a border with southern China, and is thus close to large metropolitan and economic hubs such as Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. The country's geographic position is one of its many assets and has encouraged firms to