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ETFs to Stay Ahead of the Clean Energy Revolution April 8, 2021
Exchange traded fund investors seeking to adapt a portfolio to prevailing global trends should explore the wide-reaching impacts of the clean energy revolution.
In the recent webcast,
Keeping it Clean: Renewable Energy in Your Portfolio, Ron Pernick, Founder and Managing Director, Clean Edge, Inc., highlighted five major contributing factors to the global clean energy revolution, including low carbon policies, declining costs, an investment shift from fossil fuels to clean tech, public support, and smart grid electrification trends.
The growth in the sustainable energy sector has rapidly accelerated. In 2019, solar posted record additions of 115 gigawatts of capacity while offshore wind made up 10% of wind capacity additions, compared to 5% in 2015. Global solar panel capacity totaled 627 gigawatts in 2019, compared to 23 gigawatts in 2009. Additionally, global wind power capacity was at 651 gigawatts in 2019, co
Cannabis stocks! Desi investors high on drug ETFs
Global investment platforms such as Globalise, Vested Finance and Interactive Brokers have seen Indian investors taking special interest in cannabis stocks
Aprajita Sharma April 8, 2021 | Updated 15:51 IST
One cannot buy or consume drugs in India. But what if we tell you some seasoned investors in the country are getting a high out of investing in drugs? Wondering if it s legal? Well, in a way, yes.
Global investment platforms such as Globalise, Vested Finance and Interactive Brokers have seen Indian investors taking special interest in cannabis stocks . Not just cannabis, they are keen to lap up emerging investment themes that are lacking in India.
Keeping it Clean: Renewable Energy in Your Portfolio April 6, 2021
The transition to renewable energy has been a topic of conversation for decades, but only recently has the discussion entered the mainstream.
In the upcoming webcast,
Keeping it Clean: Renewable Energy in Your Portfolio, Ron Pernick, Founder and Managing Director, Clean Edge, Inc.; and Ryan Issakainen, Senior Vice President and Exchange-Traded Fund Strategist, First Trust, will explore the wide-reaching impacts of the clean energy revolution.
As a way to capture the growing opportunity in the renewable energy space, investors can look to assets like the
). GRID seeks to reflect the NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index, which includes companies engaged in all components of the smart grid.
Renewable energy stocks were all the rage last year. This year, however, not so much, with clean energy funds taking hits of between 25 and 50 percent. Will President Joe Bidenâs proposed $2.25 trillion infrastructure bill breathe new life into this sector?
Biden ran on a platform that included the build-out of an infrastructure plan that would âachieve net-zero emissions, economywide, by no later than 2050.â By the time of his November election, investors had bid up the clean energy sector â it includes everything from electric cars and clean water to solar and wind power â by over 200 percent in some cases.
New renewable energy exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds were offered with names like âTanâ and âFanâ that were snapped up in anticipation that they could only go higher. Of course, like all mini-manias, prices failed to keep up with investors expectations. Markets moved on to buying âreopening tradesâ like dirt