Socially Responsible Investing

Do solar stocks have a bright future?

by Henry Becker 12.08.2009
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Beaten down with the fall in oil prices, solar power has experienced fits and starts since bottoming out with the stock market. Now consider that oil prices are rising and and the cost of solar technology is dropping. According to o a recent report from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, the average U.S. installed costs of [...]

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Can you profit from Clean?

by Henry Becker 06.29.2009
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Businesses worldwide are salivating at the promises governments are making in order to clean the world in which we live. According to an article titled “Europe moves to reduce pollutants,” by Joshua Chaffin of the Financial Times, environment ministers across Europe have agreed to sweeping plans and new investments to reduce sulfur dioxide and other [...]

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What is pushing solar ETFs up?

by Henry Becker 06.19.2009
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Rising energy prices of course. When oil was cheap (not but a few months ago) investing in solar went out the window. Now, as we are above $70 per barrel on oil and trending higher solar becomes a play on rising energy prices. The Claymore/Mac Global Solar Energy ETF (ticker TAN) is up over 90% [...]

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