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Re: [sharechat] Walker Wireless ( wireless tech ' )


From: Barney <cafe@enternet.co.nz>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 15:08:28 +1300


Indranet Technologies are listed on the second board. They are a company
down in Christchurch researching wireless and seem to be confident that
their technology is ahead of everyone else agian. Their data etc makes for
interesting reading.

http://www.indranet-technologies.com

Barney

> From: "John Stockley" <HOMEWARE@xtra.co.nz>
> Reply-To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 14:41:02 +1300
> To: <sharechat@sharechat.co.nz>
> Subject: Re: [sharechat] Walker Wireless
> 
> A little bit of research today shows there are quite a few players in the
> Wireless Game.
> 
> Safety net
> Walker Wireless
> Ihug
> Telecom / HP
> Telstra
> Formus Communications
> Clear
> Wireless Internet
> Lloyd Group
> Wireless Data Communications
> 
> to name a few.
> 
> Considering the capital costs would be quite low (leased
> equipment?),compared to wired forms, then I would think the "winners" will
> be the companies that  have the frequency spectrum tied up. ( please correct
> me if I'm wrong), and therefore can expand their client base, on this
> increased available frequency.
> 
> I  also note that LMDS  type services are not always reliable and can be
> affected by bad weather, atmospheric conditions  etc.
> 
> Maybe  all of us can put our collective research together and find out just
> what companies( listed ) are involved with wireless technology and pick the
> winner.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Wedde, John <john.wedde@cit.ac.nz>
> To: <sharechat@sharechat.co.nz>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 9:36 AM
> Subject: RE: [sharechat] Walker Wireless
> 
> 
>> Good article on wireless in this morning's Herald. Mention of Wilson
> Neill,
>> Savoy [both with recent wireless investments] and Walker with a "possible"
>> float coming up.
>> I hold Savoy shares.
>> 
>> John Wedde BCA, MA, Senior Lecturer, Business Communication
>> Programme Leader, NZ Diploma in Business
>> Central Institute of Technology
>> Box 40 740 Upper Hutt, New Zealand
>> EMail: John.Wedde@cit.ac.nz <mailto:John.Wedde@cit.ac.nz>
>> Phone: 5276397 EXT. 6747 Mobile 025843729
>> 
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>> \\\ ///
>> (O O)
>> ---ooO-(_)-Ooo---
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Benjamin Reader [mailto:breader@clear.net.nz]
>> Sent: Monday, 13 March 2000 18:51
>> To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
>> Subject: [sharechat] Walker Wireless
>> 
>> What is the website to Walker Wireless John?
>> 
>> Ben
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Wedde, John <john.wedde@cit.ac.nz>
>> To: <sharechat@sharechat.co.nz>
>> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 11:52 AM
>> Subject: RE: [sharechat] Selecting Good Recovery Stocks on
>> the NZSE
>> 
>> 
>>> Enjoyed your posting Hugh.
>>> I did much the same exercise myself over the weekend and
>> interestingly
>> came
>>> up with many of the same conclusions as you.
>>> To your list of possibly overlooked shares however I'd
>> perhaps add a few
>>> more that, IMHO, are worth looking at:
>>> In the Agricultural sector, which seems to be recovering,
>> Reid Farmers
>> have
>>> great fundamentals [P/E  8.6;  Div Yield 6.6]
>>> 
>>> The property sector has been hammered but the yields are
>> pretty good on
>> some
>>> of them - echo your sentiments on Capital Properties.
>> Southern Capital are
>>> also interesting with some very lateral  rural "lifestyle"
>> real estate
>>> developments, plus investments and connections with mussel
>> farming in
>>> Clifford Bay [the proposed new South Island ferry terminal
>> site], and a
>>> holding in, soon to be main board listed, Estar On Line.
>> Can Trans Tasman
>>> go any lower?
>>> 
>>> Back to the agrarian sector, horticulture company Cedenco
>> is one I am
>>> kicking myself for not taking a stake in some months back.
>> Profits
>> improve,
>>> P/E is only 6.6; Div Yield 6.3 and price/nta only .62
>>> 
>>> On the second board I like Wgtn Drive Technologies but
>> don't have any
>> "hard"
>>> fundamentals on them.
>>> 
>>> I'm interested in rumours that Walker Wireless may list. I
>> was impressed
>>> with a visit to their web site last week.
>>> 
>>> John Wedde BCA, MA, Senior Lecturer, Business
>> Communication
>>> Programme Leader, NZ Diploma in Business
>>> Central Institute of Technology
>>> Box 40 740 Upper Hutt, New Zealand
>>> EMail: John.Wedde@cit.ac.nz <mailto:John.Wedde@cit.ac.nz>
>>> Phone: 5276397 EXT. 6747 Mobile 025843729
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> \\\ ///
>>> (O O)
>>> ---ooO-(_)-Ooo---
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: hugh webber [mailto:hugh.webber@clear.net.nz]
>>> Sent: Saturday, 11 March 2000 09:18
>>> To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz
>>> Subject: [sharechat] Selecting Good Recovery Stocks
>>> on the NZSE
>>> 
>>> well folks I thought I'd make time to do something I
>> haven't
>>> 
>>> previously got around to, an across the board look at NZSE
>>> stocks. Unfortunately Sharechat seems to spend 99% of its
>>> time discussing 5% of the stocks (is that too generous?)
>> and
>>> some of it is in terms of scuttlebutt - which I admit is
>>> interesting
>>> and sometimes useful when its correct but I'd hate to make
>>> decisions
>>> on the basis of that alone unsupported by facts. The vast
>>> majority
>>> of the NZSE stocks never get discussed at all. Sad but
>> true.
>>> 
>>> Looking at the sharetable in The Press today I picked the
>> 40
>>> shares
>>> that are at or near their lows over the last year. I left
>>> out one or two
>>> complete losers, one or two which are essentially overseas
>>> stocks
>>> but I left in those about which I know nothing in the hope
>>> that others
>>> could supply comment. There are 148 shares in the table
>> and
>>> I would
>>> point out that I've left out the Unlisted Market (lack of
>>> quick easy data)
>>> and I think there are quite a few companies which don't
>>> operate even
>>> on the Unlisted Market but which you can buy by writing to
>>> the company
>>> secretary like Summerfruit Orchards. (no, I'm not
>> advocating
>>> Summerfruit
>>> its just an example).
>>> 
>>> Air NZ A. Having a cash issue which Kiwis hate. Ansett I
>>> think is in strike
>>> problems. Buffett analyses airlines as commodity sellers
>>> (output only
>>> differentiated by price, no or low barriers to entry) and
>>> won't touch them.
>>> Air continues to get outmuscled by Qantas and Singapore
>> etc.
>>> Any cut
>>> price operator large or small can force big drops in
>> ticket
>>> prices. I
>>> wouldn't
>>> touch them these days.
>>> 
>>> Arthur Barnett. Dunedin mostly, and Chch, just completing
>>> big building &
>>> revitalisation initiatives. Is down because of this work
>> in
>>> progress. Could
>>> be
>>> an interesting little flutter as it claws up again.
>>> 
>>> BIL. Nuff said already I think. Until it gets rid of
>> Thistle
>>> Hotels (UK),
>>> Air NZ and
>>> Molokai Ranch any initiative it makes is totally lost in
>> the
>>> huge
>>> unproductive
>>> overhang of non performing assets. I prefer to be marked
>> by
>>> the markets on
>>> this one
>>> and yesterday the market said they were worth 36 cents
>>> compared to their yr
>>> low
>>> of 35 cents.
>>> 
>>> Capital Properties. Best yield on the market I think. Due
>>> for a 57 cents
>>> call on 30
>>> June which is depressing the price. Good quality
>> government
>>> properties 99%
>>> tenanted in Wgtn. Recently took over Shortland Properties
>> in
>>> Auckland 90%
>>> tenanted. If you want yield/income that is probably
>>> sustainable this is it.
>>> (sorry,
>>> I'm bisassed, I've bought heaps incl chunks at 32/33
>> cents).
>>> 
>>> CDL Hotels NZ. If they are still hotels then they have the
>>> hotel disease
>>> same as
>>> Thistle in the UK. Probably due to commodisation - any
>>> improvement and
>>> someone
>>> puts up new hotels and/or converts office blocks to
>> hotels.
>>> Things like
>>> Americas Cup
>>> only last small part of the yr even though they're high
>>> profile.
>>> 
>>> CDL Investments. Don't know them, any comment?
>>> 
>>> Designer Textiles. A sad case, I thought they were being
>>> taken over or
>>> going under but
>>> I haven't kept up with the play. Any comment?
>>> 
>>> Evergreen Forests. Forests unfortunately are commodities
>>> altho they're on
>>> some sort
>>> of recovery at the mo. Evergreen has a tie up with one or
>>> two larger US
>>> investment outfits
>>> who have put money into it and it has been expanding over
>>> recent years
>>> quite strongly.
>>> Anyone know when they start cutting in a big way? could be
>>> interesting with
>>> a perfectly
>>> timed entry and exit.
>>> 
>>> FCL Building. I suppose they are dragged down by the
>>> uncertainty of when
>>> the letter stocks
>>> will be untied. They have been recommended a lot at rather
>>> higher levels as
>>> a good bet to go
>>> with the NZ economy recovery.
>>> 
>>> FCL Forests. Some comments from Evergreen and FCL Building
>>> apply. Anyone
>>> know when
>>> they start cutting in a big way? There was the comment
>> that
>>> they were
>>> actually the easiest
>>> of the letter stocks to extricate and we did have the
>> debate
>>> over debt
>>> levels which turned out to
>>> be reasonable. Interesting technology tie in with Genesis
>>> and smal
>>> investment in Genesis.
>>> 
>>> Goodman Fielder. Essentially overseas now. Makes trendy
>>> comments about
>>> getting into Asia,
>>> management reorganisation, growth, but the data always
>> sadly
>>> lags the talk.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Guinnees Peat. One of the few that has been discussed a
>> bit.
>>> Its not just
>>> Sir Ron Brierley but
>>> he has some other bright cookies on board such as Dr Gary
>>> Weiss
>>> (Disclosure: I used to play
>>> soccer with him at Uni.) 1% debt, net conservative asset
>>> values of over
>>> $2.00 a share vs market
>>> price of $1.40. Talk about throwing pearls before
>>> swine....esp given its
>>> track record and the increasing
>>> number of plays its in and succeeding at. Only the E-tech
>>> tulip mania could
>>> do this to it....
>>> 
>>> Hallenstein Glasson. Good management, expanding soundly
>> into
>>> Australia via
>>> a successful beachhead
>>> in Melbourne. Sorted out its buying problems. Is
>>> occasionally recommended.
>>> Good track record of
>>> continuing steady growth and paying decent dividends. Good
>>> yield/income
>>> stock for the 20% of investors
>>> who usually get trampled on in sharechat.
>>> 
>>> Hellaby. Has done some good things and is soundly
>>> managed,Tur Borren &.
>>> Probably suffers from being a conglomerate
>>> when sharp integrated focus is now the thing.
>> Unfortunately
>>> recalls Westmex
>>> and Russell Goward the hero
>>> from IEL who plunged into shoes in the Uk and sank without
>>> trace. I think
>>> people may be more excited when
>>> it exits Hannahs and finds some more trendy investments.
>>> Although boring
>>> investments which make lots of
>>> money are preferable.
>>> 
>>> Infratil. I have a small holding but I must admit I
>> haven't
>>> kept up with
>>> the play and why they sank from $1.48 to
>>> $1.13 this year. Maybe something to do with Labour and its
>>> regulation
>>> plans? Very good management and track
>>> record. I'd be interested to hear what, if anything has
>> gone
>>> wrong or is it
>>> just missing the E and .dot. Maybe Infratil@tech would do
>>> the trick?
>>> 
>>> Well, there's probably a limit on how much one posting
>> will
>>> take so I'm off
>>> with the dog and will do some more later.
>>> Wonder if there's any good investments in dogfood...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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