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Australian Index Suggests Slow Recovery for Cleantech Sector
The Australian cleantech sector appears to be recovering at a much slower rate than the general economy. TheACT Australian CleanTech Index significantly underperformed both theS&P ASX200 and the S&P ASX Small Ordinaries for the month ofSeptember 2009. The index has now fallen a long way behind both of itsbenchmarks for both the financial and calendar [...]
Aug 31-Sep 4: Dow, NASDAQ, Solar Slip Equally
And September’s historically bad month on Wall StreetA report this morning showed a decline in job losses in August whichseem to have helped industrial like GE and Caterpillar lead stocks onFriday. However, the gains were not enough to offset losses earlierthis week, as reported on MarketWatch. The Dow lost 103points for the week ending today, [...]
Aug 24-28: Dow, NASDAQ Inch Up; 8 Solar Stocks Gain
Usual late-summer vacations mean trading lull Boththe Dow Jones Industrial Average and the NASDAQ gained about .4% inlight trading for the week. The 20SSI was down just 1.27 to finish at384.62 a .33% decline from the previous week. Economistsare predicting 250,000 jobs lost in August, slightly up from July’s247,000. The Labor Department released its report [...]
Aug 10-14: Dow Off; NASDAQ, Solar Also Tumble
Consumer confidence dipping TheDJIA’s four-week run of gains ended this week down 49 points from lastFriday. NASDAQ was also down–about 15 points this week but drops forboth major indexes amounted to less than 1%. All but two in the 20SSIwent down for a generally sour week throughout Wall Street.Fortunately, it’s August and trading is relatively [...]
Dow, NASDAQ Chug On; Solar Index Down Slightly
Canadian Solar up over 26%Although it was up 181 points earlier today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average finish up 114 points today to finish the week at 9370.07, the highest in nine months. NASDAQalso the week well at 2000.25, about 22 points up from last Friday. The20 Solar Stock Index closed down 3.67 points from [...]
Green ETFs on Frankfurt Stock Exchange
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 at NYSE. Today I’ll take a short look at the green ETFs quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The Frankfurt [...]
PowerShares Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW) ETF
PowerShares Clean Energy Portfolio (PBW) ETF 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 transitiontoward use of cleaner energy and conservation. Stocks and [...]
June 22-26: DJIA Down, NASDAQ Up, Solar Slips Again
Is the new Bear Market over? TheDow was down a second straight week finishing off 101 points at8438.39, 1.2% down from last week. However, with just two trading daysleft in the second quarter, the index is up nearly 830 points, 11%above Q1. The NASDAQ was barely up this week by 10.75 or +.06%. But thetech [...]
June 1-5: Dow Up 3%; NASDAQ, Solar Gain, Too
Market continues bullish LastFriday ended the 13th week of the new bull market which began March 9and virtually all indexes are still running strong. The Dow gainednearly 263 points, over 3% above last week’s close. The NASDAQ was up75 points, just over 4%. The 20 Solar Stock Index (20SSI) had mixedtrading, gaining nearly five points [...]