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Apr. 2--NAMES ARE PART OF THE SET GAME: For neophyte investors on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, it can take some time getting used to dealing with market gossip, let alone the colourful terms applied to individual shares. Reader S.C. was intrigued by the variety of terms, some of them based on companies' trading symbols, and sent along a few examples.
SPL (Siam Panich Leasing) is Sud Pla Lad or monster as in Japanese cartoons. "No particular hidden meaning here. It just stands for the first letters of each word, probably to make it easy to remember," says another investor.
"It has another nickname, Sub Pa Roer, or undertaker, used only when the stock ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Bangkok Post, Thailand, Insider Column.