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Cheryl Jones has almost 5m shares. The last buy at 7p was 2,000,000 shares = £140,000.

Yes, noticed it. Auspicious. Since I didn't make as many gains on IPEL as I would have liked (partly due to owning Carlisle Group and CSG before the merger at a much higher price), I'm thinking more and more that I should grab some more Dods while I can.

If Cheryl Jones can buy almost 4m shares (=£280,000), then it must be a good sign. Remember, she bought a load of IPEL shares at 26p.

No sign of the bond villain about him in real life. He likes people to think he's the next Blofeld, but in fact he's a businessman first and foremost.

Yes, things are certainly happening there. I always thought Lord A had neglected the company a bit. BTW, see interesting recent interview with Lord A (in two parts): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L01W93DVq5o

No, not me! BTW, didn't really understand your DODS question, but my eye is on the share...

Nice words, mystic.

Lord Ashcroft's birthday today - he is 69. Think he could be active in business for at least another decade. Remember, he has pledged to leave most of his money to charity, and IPEL is the nest egg for his children (via the Lombard Trust). So on this basis, he will have to liquidate his many other interests, which include, first, BCB and then WIHL (or parts of it in succession). A reason to hang on and invest.

It's easy with hindsight. Who could have known that 26p would have been the low for this company as it had already dropped from around 190p around the time of the merger with Corporate Services Group. Then when the price got back to, say, 200p, who could have known that it would have marched on rather than fallen back again. As long as you make *some* money then you should be happy. Who knows, we could see Dods at 50p one day. My money is one BCB being worth 100p. BTW, see my recent comments on the BCB forum about Caye Chapel.

I don't have any IPEL myself, but no one can get it right all the time.

Awesome!

Digging around on the same website, it turns out that Belize Bank has finally sold Caye Chapel island for US23m. So the amount of cash that the bank will have in reserve from the sale (£15m) is greater than the market cap of the entire company (£10m), So the Belize Bank is thrown in for free: http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=30944&frmsrch=1

http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=31524

The outstanding litigation with the Belize govt would be a dampener on any imminent plans to sell the Bank. In addition, I don't think Lord A would want to create waves (either positive or negative) before the election. If the Tories do well in May, a sale of the Bank would be an extra surge on the same wave.

Yes, slightly. For my part, I only have a very small holding, but I might consider topping up as it could be the new Impellam or Restore. I think BCB will be a sell-off while Dods will be a gradual rise.

Plus two more trades shortly afterwards. Quite a top up!

86,340 shares! If that was you, you don't hold back!

Nice. Think I might do the same.

The upward movement will be all in one go, as I believe Lord A is preparing to sell the bank. He likes the SP to be nice and low so that the upward markup (when it comes) is even more dramatic...

Just the way his lordship likes it. Nice and cheap, I say. Buy in now!!