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Sunpower: A Good Investment After Mega Run?
The stock market has been paying attention to SunPower (SPWR) in a big way. At the end of May the stock hit an annual high of 23.76, a gain of 125% from where it was just a month earlier. That price is quadruple levels it was trading at in the beginning of the year. Since [...]
Solar Stocks are Back!
Solar energy stocks have had a great week, though analysts warn that its still a volatile industry, and the European Union’s proposed trade sanctions on Chinese solar panel manufacturers could have adverse effects. Some of the big name solar companies, from manufacturers to installers, have seen massive surges in their stock process this week, adding [...]
Thomson Reuters Announces ESG Indexes
Thomson Reuters is launching a family of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) indices, the first new indexes in our field for years. Back in the mid-2000s they were trendy, with about a dozen launching in the space of a few years. Thomson Reuters Corporate Responsibility Indices are being developed with S-Network Global Indexes, a specialist index design firm, “as an objective [...]
In Focus: Socially Responsible Investing
Out with the traditional notions of investing; investors are changing the industry and world by aligning their standard of high monetary return with their desire to do good. According to US SIF, $3.74 trillion of the $33.3 trillion assets in the 2012 US investment marketplace was under management that used Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) strategies. Social [...]
Thinking Outside The Box with Renewable Energy Investing
As more homeowners and business become interested in installing solar, a myriad of financing options have evolved. From third-party financiers to Solar REITs, the options available to benefit the renewable energy industry and end users keep expanding. This article highlights what alternative energy investors should know about trends in creative financing for renewables, and which [...]
Tesla Stock Down After Earnings Release
Tesla Motors (TSLA) reported earnings last night that provided a bit of fuel for skeptics, but hope remains and the company has indicated profitability is just around the corner. In the near term though, the stock is getting hit hard today and slicing through key support at the 50 day moving average this morning. Let’s [...]
Outlook: Clean Energy Stocks in 2013
Back in 2007 it was easy to invest in clean energy. The challenge was to get to know all the new companies piling onto the public markets, but they all did well and seemed to have bright futures. Over the last few years, we’ve seen the opposite situation, with companies struggling to stay afloat and investors fleeing [...]
John McIlveen Discusses Renewable Energy Investing
The Energy Report: In your last interview, your primary concern in making investment decisions was safety. I know you focus primarily on Canadian companies, but has all the “fiscal cliff” talk influenced your approach to renewable energy investments? John McIlveen: With the fiscal cliff, I could see how renewables might get pushed to the back [...]
Alternative Energy Stocks: Down Despite Obama Victory
If you follow the energy sector closely, then you know that many questions regarding the direction of alternative energy companies were looming during the 2012 campaign season. Was the country going to continue with the Obama Administration’s “all-of-the-above” strategy with its strong emphasis on renewables, or would there be an accelerated domestic drilling and pipeline [...]
Emerging Markets New Priority for SunPower and First Solar
The two biggest US solar companies, First Solar and SunPower, seem to be moving in tandem these days, accelerating development in emerging markets as revenue from more mature markets slows and projects near completion. Because of the difficulties in their traditional solar panel manufacturing business, they have both diversified into solar project development, and SunPower into solar [...]
Andrew McCarthy Discusses High Risk Energy Investing
Risk perception isn’t what it used to be. Ask the swelling ranks of Canadian junior oil and gas companies braving high-risk venues like Sudan, Iraq and even Yemen. Technological advances and the shale revolution are making risk easier to digest. And political risk is no longer limited to developing countries. Plus, risk is increasingly relative: [...]
New Solar Fund Claims 8% Returns to Investors
Goldfield Partners in London have launched UK`s first pension fund, which aims to help to finance, install and maintain solar power for social housing residents. The Goldfield Solar Green Energy Fund claims a ₤50 million will offer stable returns as high as 8% to investors (this is based on a 3% inflation assumption), which will [...]