Tclarke Share Discussion Threads

[solarno lopez] 29/9/2010 13:06

JAB I always find this type of company to assess so I must leave it to the experts

[jab118] 29/9/2010 13:00

pif, are you a holder, I have done a lot of extensive research in to CTO, time to buy ihmo:-)

[pifedayo] 29/9/2010 12:10

Sp a bit of a see-saw this morning.

[jab118] 29/9/2010 10:53

Almen, sorry if you think an old thread can't be rekindled, just thought the TITLE was appropriate, regarding the share price.;-)

lopez, in your opinion how much % of contracts need to be lost, due to a recession ?

Their order book is overflowing so I personally believe they can take a few hits on the order book, going forward..;-)

[solarno lopez] 29/9/2010 10:41

How will the company be affected from potential reduction in building and refurbishment contracts after the Governmnet cut backs yet to be announced?

[aleman] 29/9/2010 10:05

You generally do get silence if you post on old threads.

[jab118] 27/9/2010 16:02

Well we are gaining ground, in forum silence just how i like it.

So far so good ;-)

[jab118] 25/9/2010 19:43

so we hit 117p last week so was that it....??????//

[cockneyrebel] 25/9/2010 18:09

Perhaps jab but the divi is still a large perportion of earnings so I think it could get reduced still but who knows, I'm only guessing based on it's proportion of earnings.

I can't buy a chart like that tho - nothing to say it has bottomed imo and the rally over the past few days is on low volume too.

It has hit 104p twice in the last two years as major support - I'd be interested in buying if it hit that again and held. If it does hit that and I'm not looking in here then give me a shout and I might join you.

Looks reasonably safe here and reckon 104p is the worst it's likely to go but hope you're right and it turns out spot on for you.
Good luck.

CR

[jab118] 25/9/2010 12:26

Okay CR.

That's a very good point your have raised there the little worry of maintaining the current dividend, but it has already been reduced, only a few years ago they were paying 30p a share. They have now bought out a few smaller companies,so the worry of not cash left to maintain the divi, however, in time will be a benefit to their future profits, surely ? So why would anyone think to why they should slash the existing divi price. Surely, with an order book over flowing at present it could just be scare mongering ?

I'm rather confident that CTO has hit a temporary trading bottom and it's up from this point. OK, yes there is better shares about at the moment and there's no reason why this company can't rally 20% from here in a very short term, I believe it's well over sold, plus a longer term safe-ish risk, with the possibility of a bleak winter in-front of us. Isable as well ;-)

[cockneyrebel] 25/9/2010 11:01

Hmm, dunno about CTO yet, the chart doesn't say buy does it?

Chart doesn't look positive still imo.

How long can they keep paying out the divi at this size? I think they have to reduce it at some point and when the do the shares take a hit then - don;t think I want to be holding if that happens.

Easier money to be made elsewhere imo.

CR

[jab118] 25/9/2010 10:10

Hello Mr Rebel.

I would appreciate your opinion on CTO< putting our preveious banter behind us, not measioning "Bob the builder" ;-)

I would think that this is worth a punt now. due to a few issues not being noticed with this little smart company.

Wouldn't you not agree ?

Best of love

jab xxx

[jab118] 24/9/2010 08:31

I'm going to stick my neck out here, I am calling this the bottom.

Anyone else agree or disagree ?

how about you glory, you ok ?

[jab118] 23/9/2010 08:17

glory,

I'm sorry to hear you took a heavy loss, "Don't catch a falling knife" the old investment saying goes, but in doing so I've lost an ear and one nipple, been very close to losing my man hood once or twice, but it hasn't stop me from doing it.

Hope you soon recover your loses, me old mucker.

[raggedglory] 22/9/2010 19:28

hvs, not sure I follow your drift.

[hvs] 22/9/2010 18:36

Its not FD its Bean Conter too big for their boots.

THE CITY Calls them FD but is only BEAN COUNTERS who are not upto to it.

[raggedglory] 22/9/2010 18:35

Baled out today, the chart says it all. Should have been a lot more alert to the FD leaving so abruptly earlier in the year - it's always a worry when that happens. Anyway, bit the bullet and took a 25% loss. Serves me right for letting my greed for the dividend blind me to where this company is in the commercial building cycle. Really hope it rallies, though, for all you still in. Good luck.

[jab118] 22/9/2010 17:35

We've just had the Mid Autumn Festival in my part of the world and last night was a full moon. This was a good time to do a tea leaf reading, so last night I conducted one for my T Clarke shares.

The tea leaf pattern results told me that today would be the end of a brief retrace and that the price would climb to at least 1.20 before close. Definitely getting a positive BUY indication. It also indicated that news would come soon and lastly the leaf residue at the 5 o'clock position went half way up the cup indicating that I will probably be a millionaire within 2 years.

To ensure a premium quality reading I used PG Tips.

[jab118] 22/9/2010 12:38

fair comment Cool.

I've bought 9k so far and looking to sell a few others to buy more in here;-)

[effortless cool] 22/9/2010 12:34

No spare cash, so it's more a question of what's my exit level on other stuff.

[jab118] 22/9/2010 12:30

what's your entry level ?

This company has been around for a long time, didn't they invent the light bulb, or something ?

[effortless cool] 22/9/2010 12:23

Yes it could - I'm still keeping an eye on it.

[jab118] 22/9/2010 12:09

Cool

Thanks for that, but their order book for the future is very strong, could be worth a decent punt at these levels.

[effortless cool] 22/9/2010 12:01

jab118,

Their ability to keep paying that dividend is the issue, especially with the cash pile being so diminished through acquisitions.

I exited after the interims, FWIW.