In the future, it could be possible to provide almost free clean energy for everyone, suggests Joel Makover in an article  published by the BusinessWeek. This would become possible, as the homes and businesses become smarter and more self-sufficient regarding energy as we install solar and other renewable energy systems to generate power.  The energy [...]

Many green investors look only at the green ETFs and green stocks quoted on the New York Stock Exchange. In addition, most of the web sites dedicated to ETFs only collect information about the ETFs quoted on NYSE. Today I'll take a short look at the green ETFs quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Too green investors miss some of the best opportunities, claims an article about Desertec solar project published in Seeking Alpha: Desertec Solar Project: Investors Can't Afford to Be Too Green if They Want to Make Money.

PowerShares Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW) is an interesting exchange traded fund (ETF) that tries to replicate the performance of WilderHill Clean Energy Index. WilderHill Clean Energy Index (ECO) tracks the clean energy sector: specifically, businesses that should benefit from a societal transition toward use of cleaner energy and conservation. Stocks and sector weightings within the Index [...]

During this week, the stock markets experienced losses in most sectors. Thus it is no surprise that the cleantech and alternative energy sectors were among the bearish sectors. PowerShares Cleantech Portfolio (PZD) was one of the losing exchange traded funds as can be seen in the following graph. The solar energy ETFs did even worse than the [...]

I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. –Thomas Alva Edison During the next decades, most of the traditional energy resources (oil, gas, uranium, coal) will reach the peak of their use. In [...]

According to Munich Re, the electricity produced in solar thermal power plants in North Africa and transported from there to Europe as a possibility that is no longer a distant vision but rather an technologically achievable possibility.

The Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF (NYSE: KWT) is another interesting solar energy ETF quoted on the New York Stock Exchange. It seeks to replicate the performance of the Ardour Solar Energy Index (SOLRX). The Ardour Solar Energy Index SM is calculated and maintained by Dow Jones Indexes. The index tracked included  companies from around [...]

Jeremy Grantham is a portfolio manager who 1998 correctly predicted that the annualized return of the S&P 500 would be zero over the next decade. In the latest Smart Money, he was asked about his favorite sectors for long-time investments.