Following on from my semi-forced uptake of Lloyds earlier in the month, this week I received another timely email from my broker informing me of a Tender Offer whereby I could part with some or all of my holding of Clipper Windpower at the slightly higher than current market price of 180 pence per share. As I type we’re trading in the range of 164 and 167 pence, so to be honest, the offer &#...

The last couple of weeks has seen a little turnaround in the fortunes of our – predominantly – small capped portfolio. The recent rise and rise of the FTSE seems to indicate that there’s still faith in the market in general so maybe it’s a case of people taking from AIM to invest in the main board. Whatever the case, we’ve decided to pocket a little profit from our Cl...

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 interest rates leading many pundits to speculate whether things aren’t as bad ac...

Now that’s the way I like to start a week, an ocean of blue arrows pointing to the sky, followed by some chunky figures behind ‘em. Leading our list of winners on the day was China Biodiesel which finished north 1.12 pence (12.3%) at 10.12 pence. A month ago you could pick up China Biodiesel for 5 pence, there’s been an upswing in volume especially in the last week and it seems b...

Last October I spent 30 days on a freighter ship as a passenger travelling from Melbourne, Australia to La Spezia in Italy. One whole month without Internet, with only the most fundamental of financial headlines via a copy of the ship’s faxed daily world news summary from its head office. Despite 48 hours of fearing for my life rounding the Gulf of Aden, that trip was one of the best financi...

Thud! That’s the sound of the bottom falling out of our portfolio. There’s going to be days like that but you’ve got to remain philosophical. As long as the good days outnumber the bad days, we’ll get there in the end. I’m just not sure where there is! Clipper Windpower came back 6% on news and no volume after trading in the smallest of ranges for the past month whils...

After a mixed day for our little, green share portfolio, ReneSola shoved us into positive territory with a 7% gain, busting a little resistance on the way. As the heftiest share in our portfolio – on current weighting it makes up 56% of our holdings – any movements in ReneSola’s share price has a substantial effect on where we end the day. After exploring 140 pence yesterday, tod...

Now that’s the sort of day we’d like to see more often. In fact, to show you what we’re up against here with our far-fetched Investor Trader challenge, if, for the remaining 1,791 days of our project, our portfolio were to appreciate by £276 (as it has today), we’d amass a further £494,316. Add that to our current portfolio value of £6,185 brings us in at £500,501. Roug...

Today marked the opening of Europe’s largest wind farm on Eaglesham Moor in Scotland, not far from Glasgow. The Whitelee Wind Farm has 140 turbines (each 110 metres high) and the potential to generate enough electricity to power 180,000 homes. As I type this, our Clipper Windpower holdings are up 5.7% on the day. Check out more information from the Daily Telegraph and get an aerial tour of t...

On a lacklustre Friday, when the FTSE finished down 14 points, our little green-based portfolio made modest gains. Low Carbon Accelerator, Climate Exchange and Clipper Windpower all made gains of between 2% and 4%, whilst our portfolio heavyweight, Renesola did little on modest volume finishing down 0.25 pence. ...