Ducat Ventures Share Discussion Threads

[mitzis] 20/10/2004 20:34

Yes Gurp I'm glad I never got back into this one now.its like throwing good money after bad.All the hype when Stainforth got on board and his promises of them becoming a major fund manager have come to nothing in the end despite the continual re-organisation.I remember someone at the time he was appointed saying his reputation came before him and they were right...

[quraishim] 20/10/2004 18:58

How many times they have had their begging bowl out?????Just cannot imagine just recently they collected £10 million approx from the investors and now the capitalisation is only £13 million approx.....If they have any ethics they should return all that money back to the investors.

[quraishim] 20/10/2004 18:43

dmhzx......I agree with u....they are extremely good of what they are doing....incompetent is too good word to describe them. They are retail investors turning in their grave who bought these shares over £10...during the dotcom bubble.

[quraishim] 20/10/2004 18:36

Their Old habits die hard......retail investor must have learnt the hard way.

[gurp] 20/10/2004 17:46

mitz - gotcha, remember the old days bouncing around 3p and a few certain of going much higher - wonder where all those bods went or have they simply changed names?
post from jan 04:
'15.12.03 :+3.5, (131) at the AGM Chief Executive Christopher Stainforth said: "The radical restructuring of Durlacher is now largely completed. We now operate principally in the UK equity markets and I am pleased to report that we have made a positive start to the new financial year.

There has been a notable improvement in market sentiment and a general upturn in trading and corporate activity. '

suppose the qu is when does restructing finish? and (re todays rns) why are mangement paid to oversee a company where needless costs are being incurred.
don't hold these days but best of luck to those that do. but if they can't be successful in these markets when others have been................

[mitzis] 20/10/2004 17:24

This could fall as low as 40p.....what a decline from the £40 plus just a few years ago..

[tony14] 20/10/2004 17:08

Ah well, that explains the recent downtrend then. ;-))

[troutisout] 20/10/2004 16:44

Well we knew the new broom would start to sweep clean and redundancy costs are going to tell.
What I would love to know is when this company can stop restructuring and get on with the business in hand.
Revenue in last six months was £4.1m and £1.9m six months previous, so we could still see a higher 12 month figure than recently.It just remains to see whether exceptional items for the proposed review and getting rid of Stainforth would be anywhere near the £1.5m charged as exceptionals in the last half year.

Trout.

[mautstwo] 20/10/2004 16:39

he just lies on iii too gravy, he is a sad, sad , shadow of the big time liar he was tho`- even the rather slow people on iii take the pi55 now- took them long enough!

[mautstwo] 20/10/2004 16:33

maut too - 13 Oct'04 - 08:01 - 210 of 212
lol ... at you dreamer ... twice in recent days you have come on here to talk shorting - both times you lost badly - the market seems to move almost as you talk :-))
I still hold my shares - a small punt on the future - I think this publicity and shake up has been good and expect the big shareholders to take even greater interest
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[brain smiley] 20/10/2004 16:26

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[partner] 14/10/2004 23:27

Would be nice to think Landsbanki, Iceland's oldest bank rumoured to have approached Numis and been rejected decided to look in this direction instead.One day !!.

[maut too] 13/10/2004 08:01

lol ... at you dreamer ... twice in recent days you have come on here to talk shorting - both times you lost badly - the market seems to move almost as you talk :-))



I still hold my shares - a small punt on the future - I think this publicity and shake up has been good and expect the big shareholders to take even greater interest

[day_dreamer] 12/10/2004 15:44

Anybody that followed maut too's advice will have lost almost
half their invesment, please be warned this is the kdc/ainsoph
poster that has a unbeaten record for picking out stocks about
to crash, he also will post misleading info to suit his needs.

Everybody should be warned about maut too, either avoid or filter
his posts, it will save you money.

Gravy

[tony14] 12/10/2004 09:19

The downtrend continues, comments and opinions please. ;-))

[dmhzx] 11/10/2004 22:21

Even now the market cap is more than twice the entire turnover.
Good to see the salaries posted here.
I wonder if Charlie Caplin get £76 k for all the other directorships he holds. I think he has about thirteen altogether, £76K for 1 day every three working weeks. - Nice work if you can get it.

[day_dreamer] 11/10/2004 17:04

day_dreamer - 5 Oct'04 - 09:48 - 172 of 205 edit


michaeld :

as for Duc i would wait for the
downtrend to resume and short it with IG.

[mautstwo] 10/10/2004 20:53

maut too - 6 Oct'04 - 08:20 - 192 of 204
Difficult to judge whether they are overpaid or not yet ... clearly this isn't like a Building Society but if they do what they say they can do and are capable of doing we could see a very big return .Look ar EvG for instance .. it is a punt however - high risks and very high rewards - I think we have seen the bottom

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PRICE THEN 78P

ROFLMFACBH&TO@ mauTToo the losers tipster in chief, take the easy road Keefie,
the rope is the answer- have a bridge party

[michaeld] 10/10/2004 20:29

No, thats not fair Maestro; some of us want to hold until it recovers to £10/share or so!