Obama seems to be the ultimate alternative energy supporter, so I suppose that alternative energy stocks will rise under his presidency.
The oil price is down a lot right now, and that doesn’t support investments in alternative energy; I also heard that oil companies will fight to death to stop alternative energy companies from taking off. When is going to be the best time to invest in solar, wind and hydrogen?

Its employees donated over $150,000 toward his candidacy. According to AP writers M Glover and J Kuhnhenn and the Washington Post, he claims to have been unaware this hedge fund was connected to sub prime lenders Green Tree Servicing and National Mortgage. Now that the Wall Street Journal has identified 34 New Orleans homes they are in the process of foreclosing on, is this a form of accepting special interest money? He is the antipoverty candidate? He says he will sell his investment in this Fortress Group. Should he give back the contributions and consulting fees?
I guess some of you are unaware of the crisis facing the financial markets all over the world because of hedge funds and how central banks are trying to pump up liquidity in the banking industry. In the first debate Edwards said he did not know how hedge funds operate. They are not regulated either.
Taniya, I have an MBA and you direct me to an advertisement. I get enough junk mail for investing that I do not read.

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President George W. Bush, in his State of the Union Address for the year 2007, called for an increase in the federal grant for the research and development of an alternative source of energy by 22%. However, I picked up mixed signals about the funding, in a speech the President gave soon after to those assembled.

Perhaps the mixed signals can be drawn from the fact that simultaneously the President was insisting on more backing from the government for the research and development of alternate energy. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden in Colorado (NREL) was letting go of contractors and workers with fine abandon. But it can be supposed that the laboratory understood the message, for not long after the State of Union Address, they were all re-hired. In fact, the President’s second speech was delivered at the NREL itself. There can be said to be undisputed public support for tax breaks, research grants and financial incentives for research and development of sources of alternative energy, through federal backing.

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Corporate response: Competitive response and risk management
Corporations are faced with meeting economic, environmental and social goals. There are two key ways in which corporations will respond within the economics of climate change:

· Competitive response and developing the opportunity set – mainly focuses on mitigation. Climate change becomes a focus of corporate attention and corporations launch new business opportunities;
· Risk management – mainly focuses on adaptation and corporate responsibility. Increasingly, markets will start to focus on the net carbon position of companies and businesses will integrate climate change risk into their policies and procedures.

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The oil companies take the money they make and buy back there own stocks so the value of the stocks go higher.. Shouldn’t they reinvest the money in renewable energy

Investing in “green” companies has become popular as people have become more aware of environmental issues such as peak oil and global warming. But just as investing in “dot coms” during the 90s was the trend of the times, “green” is also a trend and should not be taken as an indicator of guaranteed profits. In fact, investing in “green” companies can be quite risky due to undercapitalization and lack of operating history due to their start-up status. But you can reduce the risk by investing in established companies that are strategically adding green methods and systems to their existing business models. Here are a few industries to consider.

Existing energy companies across the globe are researching and developing alternative fuels. All of the major oil companies are expanding into wind, solar and geothermal energy systems. And local utility companies across the United States are already introducing wind and solar power options to their customers. As many states make tax credits available to residents for installing solar panels, local utility companies are creating energy buy-back programs that should be effective in increasing profitability.

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Are there any alternative energy stocks that offer direct reinvestment programs?

Mutual funds overall return poor results. A good one may return 10 – 12 compounded but with inflation, that’s not much and on the risk side 30% losses or more can occur and they can last for years!

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