Castelnau Share Discussion Threads

[rikreschem] 26/3/2009 13:29

Gary,
It appeared on today's Citywire website

[gary1966] 26/3/2009 11:57

rikreschem - is that a recent recommendation or a longstanding one?

Looking on thisismoney.co.uk the whole sector looks quite popular. All the big players have an overweight rating.

[liquidkid] 26/3/2009 11:42

Anything to say on the rights where to from here?

[rikreschem] 26/3/2009 11:33

Yes, I'm here.
Just noticed that Goldman Sachs has a buy recommendation on Catlin with a target price of 495p. Optimistic me thinks!

[gary1966] 25/3/2009 17:21

Anybody out there?

[gary1966] 16/3/2009 17:18

Deadly,

What I meant is no further income tax. Yes you have to put up with the 10% tax credit but that is it.

[deadly] 16/3/2009 09:03

Don't know what you mean by "..yield tax free". The tax on the divi is paid in advance and you don't get it back.

[gary1966] 13/3/2009 10:05

Just put nearly £2K worth in my ISA. Nearly 9% safe yield tax free. Where else are you going to get a safe return like that? Insurance markets becoming more favourable as well. Low base from which investment returns will take off over the next few years. Sinking £. Long termers tuck them away and enjoy the income.

[deadly] 17/2/2009 20:12

Pity there is little interest here. XD for 18p tomorrow so will probably drop, but recent results were solid and the tie-up with W. Brown & Associates sounds promising for the long term. What's more this is an excellent trading share thanks to no Stamp Duty.

[a77] 11/2/2009 21:36

200M RIGHTS ISSUE

[rikreschem] 05/2/2009 07:38

Is anyone out there watching this or have any views? A very under-followed share.

[chris79] 13/1/2009 10:53

Downgrade by Credit Suisse, but for me the dip looks overdone.

[irenekent] 13/1/2009 10:38

why the sudden plunge? Down 7% today.

[joan of arc] 28/10/2008 21:06

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See below :-




www.killthespread.com



October 2008 (2)

Dear Supporter,

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Change we need.....so what's next?

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[e-mail]

Please email us at [e-mail] - if you want to know more about Campaign - all question & comments are most welcome!

Recent News:


The London Stock Exchange is facing a High Court claim of anti-competitive behaviour from Plus Markets




Great Article by Tom Bulford





another mention from Dominic Frisby
(mention is at the end of this article)

[miamisteve] 17/10/2008 11:48

Insurance will be the first sector to recover. They will be experiencing rising profits through the recession as premiums recover. Was forced out of this early because of a margin call. Bought back in.

Lets say they lose another 3% in investments from the October stock market crash they will still be trading at 60% of book value.

[ursus] 17/10/2008 08:49

the announcemnet that came out three days after the price first dropped to today's post announcement level

[joan of arc] 14/10/2008 20:15

Sorry Ursus, what announcement?

[ursus] 14/10/2008 15:28

so what's all this price drop today about? ike losses? investment losses? pretty poor to have the 15% drop and then the announcement. but twas ever thus....

[miamisteve] 19/9/2008 08:25

This was obviously being heavily shorted and is benefiting from the ban, although didn't know that it was on the list.

Should be interesting to see the effects when US opens. Prevously from my observations it had been pm sensitive suggesting that it was in play with US hedge funds.

[joan of arc] 29/7/2008 10:38

They have a large exposure to bonds which have made big losses I believe. So it could be related to that.

[liquidkid] 29/7/2008 08:50

Its got the lowest ROI in the sector and possibly something is being decimated in their investment portfolio

[joan of arc] 28/7/2008 23:20

Hasn't anyone got a clue why this tanked today?

[eddiespotter] 18/7/2008 15:43

Support does seem to be there @ 3.30
Lost on this one now all the way down from 3.90
Wary now to go back in until I see a trend moving up.

[tole] 18/7/2008 15:24

Seems to have found some intermediate support at 330p and now moving upwards. Any thoughts on this one ?