ETF Best-in-Class Choices in the Clean Energy Sector

Tom Konrad (AltEnergyStocks) submits: This is the third year in a row I've published a list of ten stocks for the year ahead at the end of December. In 2008 my list trailed the broader stock market but beat the clean energy index, and last year it outperformed both. So far, this year looks more like 2008 than 2009.

By Tom Konrad (AltEnergyStocks): October Overview

By Tom Konrad (AltEnergyStocks): September Overview

By Tom Konrad (AltEnergyStocks): June was a month of recovery for the stock market in general, and clean energy stocks to a somewhat lesser extent.

Barchart's ETF Recommendations submits:This report analyzes ETFs that hold stocks of companies involved in the materials sector. The materials sector is a broad category that includes companies involved in industries such as chemicals, construction materials, containers and packaging, metals and mining, and paper and forest products. The bulk of the companies in the sector, however, are in the chemicals and metals/mining industries. In a separate report we will discuss ETFs that cover just metals/mining companies.

ETF Database submits: Over the past few years, the number of ETFs tracking the alternative energy industry has soared; what was once just a few funds targeting broad equity and bond markets has now branched out into a diversified mix of ETFs offering exposure to almost every conceivable corner of the investable asset universe. One excellent example of this trend is the clean energy space, which is now the subject of dozens of exchange-traded products.

By Tom Konrad (AltEnergyStocks): While the broad market of small stocks as measured by my benchmark the iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM) managed to turn in a small 2% gain in March for the third month in a row, clean energy stocks repeated February's

By Tom Konrad (AltEnergyStocks): By Tom Konrad CFA What The Election Brought To Energy Stocks