The stock market is taking a hit at the moment. Investing is for the long term, so hold on to your optimism and hang on in there. It'll...

ASOS: In 2001, when our club was only one year old, a couple of our members noticed their daughters buying clothes online with a new...

REACH: A brilliant performance by this share over the past 12 months. Reach plc is the largest national and regional news publisher in...

Smart science to improve lives Croda: Is the name behind the high performance ingredients and technologies in some of the biggest, most...

Enjoy the sunshine whilst it lasts. Following on from last months blog - here is a resume of the rest of our share portfolio. Morgan...

It's the Summer Solstice today, so we are hoping the weather may improve enough for us to enjoy some of these treats! June was a great...

SELL IN MAY AND GO AWAY: is an old share adage which many people still adhere to. But not us China Dolls. We tend to buy for the long...

MORGAN SINDALL: One our Dollies has been following this company after it was recommended by Questor in September 2020: since when this...

There appears to be an optimism that we are gradually coming out of the pandemic situation. It won't be long before things start to open...

This months focus is on the "energy" field. ITM Power: This is a British manufacturer of polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyzers for...

So here we are, January 2021 and still in lockdown. Things can only get better. They certainly are in the stock market with our...

CODEMASTERS: At the beginning of lockdown we invested in this company anticipating a lot of online games may be played by people stuck...

One advantage of being in an investment club is that you can invest in innovative companies that you may be cautious of if a singular...

China Dolls are keeping up with the times. One of our new investments is a company called AB Dynamics This is a small company based in...

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Looking at our portfolio we are pleased that most of our shares are doing well in the current stormy times. Let's look at some of them....

This month we discussed investing in a pharmaceutical company. There are many large companies out there where your money will be quite...

This month we invested in a company called ITM. ITM Power, the clean fuel and energy storage company, is proud to be continuing to play a...

SEGRO: This company owns and manages a portfolio of warehouse and logistic facilities throughout UK and Europe. It recently purchased...

THIS MONTH WAS OUR 20TH AGM! However, non of us feel much older than when we started in the year 2000. We are a very positive group of...

The share market has improved hugely since our last "chat". Many shares are recovering well and in this current, uncertain, climate that...

Nobody could have predicted the coming of this virus and the effect it would have on our lives AND OUR SHARES! But here we are in the...

Pam (at the head of the table) sitting with Virginia and Mary were interviewed by Tamzin from piworld.co.uk Here is the video for those...

Tamzin and Tim from piworld.co.uk took a trip to the seaside to interview the China Dolls at their February meeting. The afternoon was...

I live on the west coast of Ireland and we've been having some pretty wild weather! But all is calm now. So, having just received the...

2020 here we come. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. The China Dolls celebrated a Christmas lunch at the Chewton...

We are almost at the end of yet another year of business for us Dollies. November is the last month we discuss our shares - December is...

One of our fantastically talented members, Lyn Lambert, has written a charming story for children. The Daring Adventure of Tommy Tuft Lyn...

Great interview on Sky News with the CEO of Halma, Andrew Williams https://www.halma.com/news/press-releases/2019/sky-news-ian-king-inter...

African swine flu has taken hold in China. They have a pig population in the hundreds of millions which may dwindle by over a half if...

The market is generally down for obvious reasons. We can't wait for all this to be over and UK can get on with business. DIVIDENDS: ...

Most of the Dollies met again for our September monthly meeting at Pam S's house. Fish Pie followed by a fig and peach dessert -...

The October issue of Good Housekeeping is out now. They have written a great article on helping us to manage our finances: "A No Fuss...

So how many of you saw the article about us in the "i" newspaper last Saturday! Who would have thought our little club would attract so...

A quick resume of our August meeting. A small and select meeting - in the summer months there are always family visiting and holidays to...

China Dolls are delighted to read that one of their "languishing" shares has published news of an oil find off the West Coast of Africa....

A very successful July meeting held at Val's house. Two of our share companies had very positive articles written about them in the...

Another of our shares highlighted in The Times this morning. Dechra is a multibillion-pound pet medicines business and is in rude health...

Halma is a share we bought back in March. It was mentioned at the MELLO awards event in May - since when the share price has continued...

We commenced our meeting with a variety of Fever Tree mixers - those who weren't driving added a splash of gin. Everyone delighted at the...

HALMA: is a share we've purchased: it specialises in health and safety products which include fire and smoke alarms. It posted record...

One of our members received a phone call from an Amanda Page, of Thomas & Ward Advisors, NY asking if she had shares in Microgen....

"I TO W" Thought I'd speed up things and list the remaining shares in our portfolio! IQE IQE is the global leader in the design and...

SHARE SUMMARY "D TO H" Thought I'd speed things up a little - we have 23 shares in total, so quite a few to write about. DIAGEO: Diageo...

You already have a copy of our portfolio in a blog written last month. So now I'll write a summary of the first four companies, giving...

Following a recommendation by the Telegraph's, "Questor" we bought into another AIM company, Safecharge, in January at the price of 235p...

Most of us may be grannies, but we still know how to have fun! Pam G noted Virginia's comments, in her annual AGM report, that our...

Pam and Virginia spent an amazing day at the Mello Awards ceremony in London. Mello is a forum for private investors and a shop front for...

So at last I get down to writing about our shares. Hope you all had the patience to wait. Information came from our AGM which was held...

Our AGM was held last night. So expect lots of information shortly! In the meantime Pam and Virginia are winging their way to the Mello...