Green and SRI investors along with investing professionals are always asked to make the best decisions under pressure, and the most common one we face today is should “Socially Responsible Investors abandon stocks in favor of bonds?”
It is my opinion based on close to thirty years of trading that the best trades are those done [...]
Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) and The Margin of Safety
In the wake of the collapse of 2008 investors are frequently choosing to make radical and rapid decisions since the urge to do something can be overwhelming at times. While our accounts have made meaningful progress in the return to the values of 2007 the [...]
Mid-Year Solar Update
The first quarter was terrible for solar stocks. The second quarter continued the sector’s slide, until early June, when solar stocks began an ascent. As measured by the Claymore/MAC Global Solar Index, the sector is approximately 25% off its June 7th low, through July 21st. One should keep in mind, however, that the [...]
As an investment manager with Rocky Mountain Humane Investing, the most common question we hear from potential clients is “an advisor told me that socially responsible investing isn’t profitable” versus unscreened portfolio management. In general the advisor providing the dogmatic opinion does not offer any foundation for their opinion but this is their [...]
Jefferies today initiated coverage on several solar stocks, expressing optimism in a sector that has been badly beaten this year. While early January brought some renewed excitement in the sector, solar as a whole has seen the greatest decline this year of the green sectors, with the Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy Index ETF (TAN) and [...]
Depressing – that is about what comes to mind when one thinks about the deconstruction of Obama’s once impressive Energy Plan. 2009 started out with a bang and expectations were high that Democrats in Congress might leverage their majority, spurred by Obama, to get an Energy Bill enacted in Obama’s freshman year. But then [...]
Tesla Motors (TSLA) announced this week its highly anticipated plan to sell 11.1 million shares at between $14 and $16 a share in an initial public offering scheduled for June 29. But for investors thinking of buying in, optimists for the stock are hard to find.
Why the pessimism for this electric car stock? First, Tesla [...]