RESULTS DUE NEXT WEEK NEWSFLOW IS GOOD
ANY BACKERS - IDEAS HOW PRICE WILL MOVE.

Its a bad day all round Fred but must admit weve had two rotten days with this one. Think its a case of just being patient, certainly not giving up the ghost yet, theres some mighty fine stock getting hammered this morning and the Dow futures are well down.

cheers GF.

These go Ex divi wednesday so thats 2p off the price first thing. Hold on in there. Things will get better and the NAZ was up after hours in the US tonight so things in the technology sector may be far better off than you expect.

cheers GF.

Dont sell off, the markets getting a shock taste of reality. There will be a bounce in the US.

cheers GF.

Dont sell off, the markets getting a shock taste of reality. There will be a bounce in the US.

cheers GF.

Just out from Killik brokers....................

Sentiment in the near term appears to have turned with active profit taking in the second liners after a terrific run to the start of the year. How far things will come back is the obvious key question but so far, it does not appear as if too much stock is coming out and this feels more like a healthy correction rather than something more significant.

cheers GF.

Waiting for a bid

Who from??????????????????.

cheers GF

I am almost tempted too get into these shares now but even though i have
confidence in Amstrad ,i cannot say the same about the markets.
DB66

We'l recover. The sell volumes in the last two days have been very light and should only have knocked about 4 to 5% of portfolios, and if investors /traders have taken advantage of the opportunity over the last month, they should have gained about 30% so we are still looking at a rolling gain of 25%. It all depends now on the Yanks, fingers crossed they end up well this evening.

cheers GF.

I decided to dip my toes in the water and am now the proud owner of 283 Amstrad shares.
DB66

Good for you DB66. I hope it all goes well for you.

LOL

MS

Thanks Mickey, Rome wasn`t built in a day.
DB66

added again at 172p

cheers GF.

What we all need on this thread is for GF to dig into his loose change and buy 500K of shares in one block. Same goes for BPRG.




8-)

LOL, Fred I might just do that.

cheers GF.

From IC this AM. SHould give little upturn.


"
AMSTRAD (AMT)

Accelerated shipments to key customer Sky meant that revenues at Amstrad more than doubled in the first half. A large order from Sky Italia was brought forward by a month, and the satellite giant's UK operation squeezed much of its full-year order of personal video recorder (PVR) set-top boxes into the first half. "This year has been particularly seasonal," said Amstrad's finance director Martin Bland, noting that although there could be some upside from additional orders in the second half, full-year expectations are largely unchanged. High volumes have actually put average selling prices under pressure, with gross margins falling from 34.8 per cent a year ago to 28.6 per cent. Mr Bland says that the effects would have been far worse had the company not been successful in renegotiating component costs.

Sales of the recently launched E3 videophone have been disappointing, affected by wider weakness in the consumer electronics market over the Christmas period. The company also blamed product glitches, which it says have now been ironed out. But even though momentum has faltered, the Amserve division remained marginally profitable. House broker Evolution Securities has marginally upgraded its full-year EPS forecast to 15.8p.


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A little smile from GF

Ill use that fred on another board.

cheers GF.

Apologies wrong thread

What is going on. Good results. Goodish yield. Reasonable prospective EPS growth. SP drops on small volumes. Why??? what am I missing?

Amstrad PLC
23 March 2005





Amstrad plc


Amstrad E3 e-mailer sales promotion


Amstrad plc announced today that the retail price of its E3 e-mailer is being
significantly reduced in most retail outlets from around 99 to around 49.

This planned price reduction, which will commence over the Easter weekend in
Argos, Dixons Stores Group, Comet and certain other retailers, is aimed at
encouraging customers to buy the units in pairs thereby facilitating the use of
the phone's video call technology. New software has also been downloaded to the
existing base of E3 e-mailers which allows users to connect a digital camera and
view photos on the e-mailer screen which can then be sent out to friends and
family by e-mail.

Amstrad's Commercial Director Simon Sugar said today:

'The new software and lower retail price makes the E3 e-mailer a compelling
proposition as an all-round communication device. The fact that you can now buy
two E3 e-mailers for around 100 should significantly increase the use of video
phone telephony in the home'.


23 March 2005

Further information:

Andrew Bloch/Graham Goodkind -Frank PR
Phone: 020 7693 6999
E-mail:
Andrew@frankpr.it