http://www.ecoinvestorguide.com Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:58:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.ecoinvestorguide.com/news-articles/jps-global-investments-reviews-green-investing-in-the-2nd-quarter-2010/ 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 ... http://www.ecoinvestorguide.com/news-articles/alternative-factors-to-consider-in-evaluating-socially-responsible-investment-performance/ Rocky Mountain Humane Investing is portfolio management firm / investment advisor catering to the needs of the humane / green oriented investor. We are a fee-only firm and our founder established the first humane investment screening process in the U.S. in 1990. RMHI was founded in 1995 and ... http://www.ecoinvestorguide.com/investment-advisors/brad-pappas/ 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 ... http://www.ecoinvestorguide.com/news-articles/jeffries-recommends-holding-tight-on-us-solar-stocks-buy-on-chinese/ Tesla Motors, Inc. (TSLA) designs and manufactures electric vehicles and advanced electric vehicle power train components. The company is based in California's Silicon Valley, and currently produces the Roadster, a two seat high performance EV, with plans to introduce  a sedan model in 2012. http://www.ecoinvestorguide.com/companies/tesla-motors/ 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 ... http://www.ecoinvestorguide.com/news-articles/the-deconstruction-of-obama%e2%80%99s-energy-plan/ 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 ... http://www.ecoinvestorguide.com/news-articles/tesla-ipo-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/ One of the alternative energy industries that hasn't received much press coverage is the geothermal group of stocks. Geothermal generation utilizes natural underground heat sources that powers a turbine which turns a generator. The word 'geothermal' comes from the Greek words 'geo', which means 'earth', and 'therme', which means 'heat'. One ... http://www.ecoinvestorguide.com/news-articles/steaming-hot-geothermal-stocks/ With oil still spewing into the Gulf of Mexico and President Obama looking to tighten regulations in response, one might see this historic  environmental disaster as an epic opportunity for alternative energy. However, as the S&P 500 rose over 26% during the past 18 months, alternative energy indexes are down ... http://www.ecoinvestorguide.com/news-articles/bp-oil-mess-alternative-energy/ With the oil crisis in the Gulf  dominating headlines, this is an opportunity to step back and reconsider our addiction to oil. Much of the blame has been put on BP in their negligence for violating safety and back-up protection devices of their deep-water well in the Gulf. Instead of placing blame ... http://www.ecoinvestorguide.com/news-articles/the-gulf-oil-crisis-you-asked-for-it/