Any good tips on which companies to invest in?
2006-08-24 16:27:21 · 10 answers · asked by alanstorment 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
Sasol (SSL)
VeraSun Energy (VSE)
Aventine(AVR)
Racific Ethanol (PEIX) Bill Gates recently bought big into this stock.
Phoenix Bio-Industries (PBI) Recently bought by PEIX, I believe.
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
Xethanol (XNL) (I believe this company makes its ethanol from cellulose, not from grain.)
Calgren Renewable Fuels LLC (It has plants in Hanford and Pixley, CA.)
2006-08-24 16:39:18 · answer #1 · answered by The Invisible Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First consider the fact that the United States is the Saudi Arabia of coal- and that includes China, Russia and Australia. It is possible to create clean fuel from coal. The process is called Fischer-Tropf and a company in Oklahoma has patents on some machinery. The company is Syntroleum Corporation. (SYNM)
2006-08-24 17:34:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A great alternative fuel play is the ETF Powershares WilderHill Clean Energy Holdings (PBW). Research at www.powershares.com. Click on investment products and sector/industry products. You can see the current portfolio of alternative energy companies this ETF contains. It closed yesterday at $17.46. Good luck.
2006-08-25 02:23:43 · answer #3 · answered by perdidobums 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evergreen solar (ESLR) is a possibility, but wait until it shows an uptrend. I also like Cameco Corp (CCJ), but it too is in a holding pattern right now, IMHO.
You might do better in companies that specialize in aftermarket insulation and window replacements. With the housing market starting to slump and electric bills skyrocketing, we are probably in a trend where people will be looking to stay put and reduce energy consumption in the home they're in. Avoid companies that also deal heavily in new home construction. They may be hit hard as forclosures increase from the double whammy of increasing ARMs and increasing electric bills.
2006-08-24 16:38:29 · answer #4 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to invest in alternative energy is by buying oil. In our lifetime, no matter what people want to believe, we will always depend on oil. Oil is the lifeblood of our economic system and any idealist and romantic ideas that we'll convert to a completely new energy source is wrong.
2006-08-24 17:05:01 · answer #5 · answered by TakingStock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two companies I like alot are ENER (Energy conversion devices) and SU (Suncor). Energy Conversion Devices has been around for ever and it's founders (a husband and wife team) are absolute scientific geniuses. They are working in three main areas, battery technolgies including solid state hydrogen, low energy flash memory and solar. Suncor is a canadian company (buy it directly on the canadian exchange, it has higher trade volumes). They are into oil extractioin from the Alberta tar sands. With high oil prices, tar sand oil is a viable commodity. They also have interests in ethanol, wind and natural gas.
2006-08-24 16:45:46 · answer #6 · answered by jason n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-24 21:00:16 · answer #7 · answered by stock_trade_expert 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wind Power!
2006-08-24 16:32:52 · answer #8 · answered by Amy G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ethonal ...they've got plants cropping up all over the place!!(no pun intended)
2006-08-24 16:33:30 · answer #9 · answered by rhajha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this comes from a VERY good source...BP
2006-08-24 16:44:29 · answer #10 · answered by v j 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋