Category: Alternative Energy

Now it’s no news to anyone who has followed us on our little journey that we’ve a penchant for a highly speculative buy. Add a green energy aspect to the mix and it’s like a waving a pizza, at mid-70′s Elvis (too soon?). So, when PV Crystalox Solar plunged to below 10 pence a share [...]

The 30th December 2010 marked a sad day for Investor Trader. Following the sale of our entire holding of PV Crystalox Solar (PVCS.L) it was the first time since we began our little project in April 2009, that our portfolio held no wind or solar energy shares. Over the journey at different stages a large [...]

Another day, another sale. What can I say, we’re trading the Hades out of our little portfolio recently in the hopes of finding some short term gains in sectors new. This time it’s our holding of Ceramic Fuel Cells (CFU.L) that’s been given the chop. We sold off 5,546 shares at 10.50 pence a share [...]

Late last week, following our sad farewell to Renesola, we sold off our final cache of another Investor Trader stalwart, Clipper Windpower. The once proud Clipper Windpower whose price previously stormed its way toward ten quid recently became a takeover target for UTC and not for the first time if memory serves me correct. Anyway, [...]

With last rites being performed on Renesola’s AIM listing before shifting their focus solely to their New York Stock Exchange listing, last Thursday 4th November we sold off our final tranche of 500 shares of our portfolio stalwart for 4.0150 pence a share and a total return of £2,007.50 before dealer costs. We were averaged [...]


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