?Your Investment Guide to Thailand? was released in Thailand in January 2010, and then later in the USA, Australia and elsewhere.

Since then the Guide has become one of the best?selling titles for respected Chiang Mai-based publisher, Silkworm Books. The recently changed outlook for the Thai economy prompted the decision to release a revised and updated version of the Guide in June.

The Guide provides a step-by-step guide to help expats establish themselves in Thailand, in a personal financial sense.

The changes in the 2011 version include a re-write of the chapter on the Thai economy, and the updating of charts and tables throughout as well as the revision of related discussion within the body of the book. One of the findings was the rapid changes that had occurred in the average returns offered by different Thai asset classes.

It contains a detailed briefing in relation to each of the main Thai investment options, namely: Stocks (shares), mutual funds (managed funds), gold, bonds and bank accounts, real estate, and investing in a business.

The Guide also features an in-depth discussion concerning Thailand?s current and future potential as a venue for personal investment.

Finally the Guide provides common-sense guideline pointers in relation to developing a Thai investment strategy which will dovetail with each investor?s own personal financial plan.

The Guide was written by Australian expat, Bruce Bickerstaff, and features a foreword by Thai Finance Minister H. E. Korn Chatikavanij as well as a contribution from respected financial market commentator Dr Marc Faber.