Category: Progress Updates

Today the value of our portfolio banged and crashed its way through the four figure barrier and into the five figure bracket with a lovely £370 rise on the day, taking it to to £10,159 (see the juicy, big blue numbers to the right). So five figures down and only two to go before we [...]

Today’s boost to our bottom line can mainly be attributed to a 17.8% rally by Renesola – our Chinese manufacturer of solar energy wafers. After peaking at a little over £2.40 in June of ’09, Renesola has trended broadly downward since. The reason for yesterday’s surge? Renesola have put pen to paper on a new [...]

So after taking a bit of breather in June and July, the UK markets seem to have returned to their northward trajectory in the past month or so dragging our little green portfolio with it. Germany and France today announced GDP growth in the previous quarter indicating rosier times ahead and  the US Reserve held [...]

Sorry it’s been a while since I’ve posted, what can I say, it’s summer where I’m at and our little portfolio has being just dandy on its own without my meddling hand. There’s been some chunky news floating about, so let’s get down to the nitty gritty. Remember Cosalt – our provider of safety products [...]

Following yesterday’s regurgitation of all gains made on Monday (and then some), today was a little more settled with a handful of modest gains made across our portfolio. Ceramic Fuel Cells finished the day up 6.5% on the back on news that it has extended its agreement with GDF Suez to develop and deploy fuel [...]


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