With an abundance of cash – well, for me anyway – sitting in our trading account following sales of West China Cement and Renesola, I thought it time to set some of it free. Put it to work. Following a nudge from an Investor Trader reader a few months back now, we’ve been keeping an eye on Entertainment One (ETO.L). After Small Company Sharewatch (our absolute fave small cap tip ...

After keeping a sneaky eye on OPG Power Ventures for the past few months, I’ve decided to to take the plunge and add it to the Investor Trader Radar. OPG was set up in 2008 to develop, own and manage power generation facilities in India based on a prevailing and an expected electricity demand and supply imbalance in the country over the coming years. To that end OPG have slowly but surely be...

On the advice of a very reputable source and after doing a little of our own homework, we’re added Synergy Health to the Investor Trader Radar. To quote from the tin, Synergy Health has achieved market leading positions in the following areas: Hospital decontamination services for reusable medical and surgical equipment Sterilisation services for single use medical devices and other produ...

Ready for some good old-fashioned penny stock speculation? This one’s got the lot! After floating on AIM in June ’06 at an initial price of 85 pence, China Biodiesel traded in a range just above and below a quid for roughly 12 months before plummeting to a low touching on 2 pence in February 2009. Yep, 2 pence. Why? Well any number of factors really. The market’s reluctance to ta...

We’ve gone and added another Chinese AIM company to the Investor Trader Radar, West China Cement. To be honest I’ve made a few pennies out of West China Cement in early to mid ’07, when everyone was clambering on board the Chinese Investment Express. Since then, it has risen to levels nearing three quid and plumbed the depths at below 50 pence and now sits somewhere roughly in be...

I’ve long been bullish on the Indian economy and have watched it’s emergence as a burgeoning economic power with genuine interest over the past decade. Now, it’s time to put my money where my mouth is and what better way, than with an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). Exchange Traded Funds are index-linked funds that are tradeable just like normal equities. Their aim, simple, to closel...

On the advice of one of our readers (thanks Justin) we’ve placed Renewable Energy Holdings (REH.L) on the radar. As its name suggests, Renewable Energy Holdings is all about sustainable renewable energy. They seem to have their finger in a few alternative energy pies from wind, wave and solar through to methane capture and hydro power generation. Obviously we love the sector with all it̵...

On a tip from a visitor (thanks Jon), we’ve taken a closer look at Eros International PLC – a market-leading Indian film producer and distributor that have been in the game since 1977. Without going into numbers, their 2008 annual report made very interesting reading and although things have changed since then, their business mix caters well for those tightening their purse strings ...

Okay, this may be a case of the horse already bolting but I’ll be very interested to see what happens come market open on Tuesday. Last Friday, Melbourne based, Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited gained a rather juicy 1.95 pence (31.2%) on the day, closing at 8.20 pence (after testing 9+ pence earlier). The gains came after an RNS quoting that Ceramic Fuel Cells “has launched a dishwasher-size...

Those of you who’ve dropped by more than once will know I have a bit of a thing for green energy. And although I’ve always seen Investment Trusts as erring a little too far in the risk averse direction for my liking, if you love a sector, you love a sector. So it’s with that confused logic that I’ve added BlackRock New Energy IT to the radar. For you chartists out there, I ...