New Investment Option for Alternative Energy Investors

Competition in the online trading space is intensifying. As reported in Discount Online Stock Trading: Charles Schwab Calls the Shots, Charles Schwab (SCHW) recently launched eight in-house exchange-traded funds offering commission free trading on these products to its customers. The Schwab ETF lineup includes U.S.

World Market Pulse submits:The recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has reopened the global debate on our continued dependence on fossil fuels as prime sources for world energy requirements. As witnessed from the horrific aftermath of the deepwater horizon oil spill, it's clearly in the interest of the human race to continue developing alternative, non-carbon-emitting fuels and technologies that can save the human as well as the animal race from grave dangers associated with our reliance on oil and coal.

Monday was a blowout bonanza for the bulls. Stuff was surging left and right. The S&P blasted through range-bound resistance levels. The Russell 2K went nuts. The Q’s, which are 20% weighted towards the mighty Apple (AAPL), look like a moonshot. For the moment, the schizophrenic investor shift to multi-year highs in AAII bullish sentiment seems fortuitously timed.

By Harris Roen:Investors love Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). They trade like stocks, and are an easy way to diversify within a certain sector. Over the past year, though, alternative energy investors would have been much better off putting their money in regular mutual funds. The results are detailed in the April edition of the Alternative Energy Mutual Funds & Exchange Traded Fund report. (click to enlarge)

Kurt Wulff (McDep Associates) submits: When government securities offer little nominal income and the official policy to devalue the U.S. dollar degrades principal, Canadian income stocks look like an attractive alternative to investors who want a current cash distribution.

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.