Anyone who’s dropped by Investor Trader more than once over the journey would know of my penchant for Chinese investments. I have no defense. In the short time we’ve been online we’ve held Renesola, West China Cement, China Biodiesel and Asian Citrus. Hell, even Synergy Health had a Chinese interest. That’s a fair slice of China in our investment pie. China may be a juggern...

And trust me, it is a tender offer. After purchasing our initial tranche of 1,960 China Biodiesel shares back in July 2009 for 6.6 pence a share and topping up a short week later at 10.06 pence (yep that’s a 50% rise in that short week), we were averaged into CBI.L at 9.29 pence a share. And whilst the share price did go on to test 20 pence in August 2009, since then there’s been a lot...

It’s with a heavy heart that today I write about my sale of West China Cement. Our brief love affair – this time around, for we have loved before – began in July 2009 when I picked up 153 of these little grey beauties at £1.70. Watching our love take flight, two short weeks later I added another 221 shares at an already soaring £2.57. My 374 shares were averaged in at £2.21, f...

There’s no doubting anyone holding any sort of UK based portfolio over the past week or two has felt the pinch of what’s been happening in Greece. I, like many, are hoping it’s no more than a blip – albeit a pretty big blip for those on the ground – and with solutions being touted as I type, the markets will rebound in the coming days and weeks. Now hindsight is a won...

Eros International wasn’t the only holding to get a trim following our decision to add OPG Power Ventures to the Investor Trader Radar. For those of you that have followed Investor Trader over the journey you’ll know that we often buy and sell a little Renesola on the dips and peaks. And although we believe Rensola’s current surge toward £2 still has a ways to travel, we sold 29...

Early last week West China Cement caught my eye after finishing the day up 34 pence at 490 pence, a rise of a little over 7% on the day. At that point after a little positive pondering, I postulated that if WCC could breach the 5 quid mark that week and remain there – remaining there’s a biggy – then it could be onward and upward for West China Cement in the coming weeks and mon...

First off allow me to apologise for the infrequency of my posting of late. Rather than braving the European chill, for the last month I’ve been avoiding things that slither and sting down under. I’ve swapped my laptop for a beach towel and the only stock that’s piqued my interest has been the stock of beer in the esky. I’ve attempted to keep an eye on things financial whils...

It’s been a hair-raising start to 2010 for Renseola – our manufacturer of solar wafers and solar power products – but no-one said investing in China-based alternative energy AIM shares was gonna be easy! January started with an optimistic bang sending SOLA.L skyrocketing from it’s Christmas break price of 145 pence up to 190 pence in the space of a week. That’s a 23.6...

Earlier today ReneSola announced its third quarter results (for the period ending 30th September 2009) and the future is looking pretty rosy for our vertically integrated Chinese manufacturer of solar power products. Highlights included: Third quarter net revenues exceeded guidance coming in at US$140.9 million, an increase of 70.6% over second quarter net revenue figures of US$82.6 million. Tota...

So I’ve been talking about it for long enough but last Friday I put my money where my mouth was and topped up on some Renesola, adding another 692 shares to our holding at £1.23488 a share for a total consideration of £854.54. Renesola has been on our radar again since it visited the 150 pence mark in late September where it traded within a range for a fortnight or so before continuing its...