🌐 Emerging Market Stock Picks (First Half July 2026)

Marc Faber bullish on Thai stocks + Unilever Indonesia, Bank Rakyat, DBS, OCBC, UOB, Singapore Airlines, Delta Electronics, Raffles Medical, Dubai Islamic Bank, Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, etc.

Jul 19, 2026

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We covered this among other Thailand related research (Thailand to invest US$1.99 billion in next-wave high-tech 🗃️ / Thailand’s stimulus package) on Monday, but Marc Faber’s latest Gloom, Doom & Boom report noted that he is bullish on Thailand (where he mostly resides) and he mentioned several Thai stocks in particular (see 🇹🇭 Thailand (131) section of our Southeast Asia Stock Index for more Thai stock ideas):

🇹🇭 The Greatest Global Investment Mania in modern History (Gloom, Doom & Boom)

My first recommendation, therefore, is to avoid the currently most popular sectors of the equity markets which include technology, social media and semiconductors.
More recently, with the improvement in the bond market, I also observed an improvement in interest rate sensitive stocks around the world including financials, home builders, real estate developers, utilities and REITs. I am still holding a large portfolio of Hong Kong and Singapore property stocks and REITs, and I am accumulating Thai property and related stocks such as Land and Houses PCL (SET: LH / LH-R / FRA: NVAH.F / LHOG.F), Supalai PCL (BKK: SPALI / SPALI-F / FRA: NYVL / OTCMKTS: SUPCF), Home Product Center PCL (BKK: HMPRO / HMPRO-F / OTCMKTS: HPCRF), etc.
As I repeatedly explained over the last year, I have also a large exposure to Thai banks including Bangkok Bank PCL (BKK: BBL / BBL-R / OTCMKTS: BKKLY / BKKPF), SCB X PCL (BKK: SCB / SCB-F / FRA: OU80 / OU8) or Siam Commercial Bank, Kasikornbank PCL (BKK: KBANK / SGX: TKKD / FRA: TFBF / OTCMKTS: KPCPY / KPCPF), Krung Thai Bank PCL (BKK: KTB / FRA: KTB1 / OTCMKTS: KGTFF / KTHAF / KGTFY) or KTB, etc. Even failed states can enter bull markets once foreign fund managers have liquidated their positions. The Thai stock market is up year-to-date 18% in US dollar terms. I continue to believe that a bull market is underway, which could lift stocks by another 50% over the next two years

In one of the latest longer form Marc Faber interviews from late June, he did bring up Thailand around the 38:41 (Where Money Goes If America Falls) minute mark along with other topics/points of view probably not allowed on CNBC/Bloomberg (Faber himself is actually not allowed on mainstream corporate business media for being “racist”):

🎥 Marc Faber: We're Approaching a Major Market Top & It Ends in Disaster (Wealthion) 48:03 Minutes (June 2026)

Chapters:
00:00 — Marc Faber's Stark Warning: "We're Approaching a Major Top"
01:20 — Why This AI Boom Could End Badly: "Most Participants Will Fail"
08:18 — "I Think It Will Be a Complete Disaster"
10:58 — The U.S. Is Heading Toward a Fiscal Crisis
13:07 — Inflation Is Much Worse Than You Think
17:00 — The Real Inflation Driver Nobody Is Talking About
20:28 — America Is Trapped: Why the Fed Can't Fight Inflation
24:56 — 15 Years of Asset Inflation: Stocks, Crypto & the Everything Bubble
29:58 — Are AI Stocks Dangerously Overvalued?
32:41 — Gold, Silver & Safe Havens: What Faber Owns Right Now
35:10 — Why Interest Rates Are Headed Higher
36:53 — The Consumer Is Breaking: Record Debt & Leverage
38:41 — Where Money Goes If America Falls
40:24 — Why the U.S. Has No Choice But to Print Money
41:42 — The Biggest Risk Investors Face Today
45:05 — The Wealth Illusion: Why Rising Markets Fool Investors
46:43 — The Big Disappointment Coming: Stocks & Housing Could Both Fall

The Thai Baht, baring COVID and political controversies, has traded within a reasonable range to the USD over the past decade - it has always felt like its around the THB30+ level when I have visited (Note: A huge spike in 2008 throws off a longer term chart):

Specific stocks covered in this post (with a focus on some countries or stocks that are hopefully more accessible to retail investors via Interactive Brokers or via a foreign listing - see our first posts - Mid-March 2025, Early April 2025, April 2025, May 2025, June 2025, July 2025, August 2025, September 2025, October 2025, November 2025, December 2025, January 2026, February 2026, 🌏 SE Asia (March 2026), 🌐 March 2026, 🌏 SE Asia (April-May 2026), 🌐 April-May 2026, H1 June 2026 & H2 June 2026) plus a further DeepSeek summary/analysis of this post:

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Readers can decide whether these DeepSeek insights or summary about these stocks are accurate (note that some research piece titles are not particularly descriptive):

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🇮🇩 Indonesia

Indonesia Macro Updates

🔬 Indonesia Macro Update - Barbell Positioning: Balancing Resilience and Growth (KB Valbury Sekuritas) 09 July 2026 ⚠️

🔬 Indonesia Macro Update - The Ripple From Hormuz (KB Valbury Sekuritas) 01 July 2026 ⚠️

🔬 Indonesia Macro Update - INF 01 Jul 2026 - Inflation Picks Up on Fuel Price Hike and Weaker Food Supply (KB Valbury Sekuritas) 01 July 2026 ⚠️

Aspirasi Hidup Indonesia Tbk PT

🔬 ACES: BUY (Maintained) TP at IDR 430 – Market Outperformance to Persist (Samuel Sekuritas Indonesia) Jul 15, 2026 ⚠️

🇮🇩 Aspirasi Hidup Indonesia Tbk PT (IDX: ACES / FRA: 4AH1 / OTCMKTS: ACEHF) - Formerly Ace Hardware Indonesia. Leading retail company for home improvement & lifestyle products. 🏷️
Price/Book (Current): 0.89
Forward P/E: 9.17 / Forward Annual Dividend Yield: 9.25% (Yahoo! Finance)

Unilever Indonesia

🔬 Unilever Indonesia - The latest investment analysis on Unilever Indonesia (DBS Treasures) 15 Jul 2026 ⚠️

🇮🇩 Unilever Indonesia Tbk PT (IDX: UNVR / FRA: UTG / OTCMKTS: UNLRF) - FMCG. More than 40 brands & nine factories. 🏷️
Price/Book (Current): 9.76
Forward P/E: 13.72 / Forward Annual Dividend Yield: 13.53% (Yahoo! Finance)

Pertamina Geothermal Energy PT Tbk

🔬 Pertamina Geothermal Energy - The latest investment analysis on Pertamina Geothermal Energy (DBS Treasures) 15 Jul 2026 ⚠️

🇮🇩👼🏻 Pertamina Geothermal Energy PT Tbk (IDX: PGEO / FRA: NJ9 / OTCMKTS: PGTHF) - Geothermal energy. 🏷️
Price/Book (Current): 1.12
Forward P/E: 14.01 / Forward Annual Dividend Yield: 4.92% (Yahoo! Finance)

PT Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison Tbk

🔬 ISAT - Improving Monetization, Strengthening Profitability (KB Valbury Sekuritas) 14 July 2026 ⚠️

🇮🇩 PT Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison Tbk (IDX: ISAT / FRA: IDO1 / OTCMKTS: PTITF) - Wireless services for mobile phones + broadband internet lines for homes. 🇼 🏷️
Price/Book (Current): 1.61
Forward P/E: 9.50 / Forward Annual Dividend Yield: 5.89% (Yahoo! Finance)

Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk PT

🔬 MDKA - ASP Tailwinds Spark Earnings Turnaround (KB Valbury Sekuritas) 13 July 2026 ⚠️

🇮🇩 Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk PT (IDX: MDKA / FRA: B0C / OTCMKTS: PMCGF) - Explores, extracts & produces gold, silver, copper other & minerals. 🏷️
Price/Book (Current): 4.23
Forward P/E: 18.52 / Forward Annual Dividend Yield: 0.46% (Yahoo! Finance)

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