Comments on: List of Clean Energy and Alternative Energy Mutual Funds http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2018/04/mutualfunds/ The Investor Resource for Solar, Wind, Efficiency, Renewable Energy Stocks Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 By: Tom Konrad Ph.D., CFA http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2018/04/mutualfunds/#comment-4348 Thu, 13 Jun 2019 11:54:04 +0000 http://3.211.150.150/?p=8661#comment-4348 In reply to Eric Neiman.

Typically, SRI mutual funds are expensive compared to non SRI funds, so I geuss it’s not surprising that a SRI robo-broker is not expensive compared to other robo brokers. Aspriation (reviewed here) http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2019/03/are-aspirations-deposits-really-fossil-fuel-free/ is another variation on the theme, and then you can also use Motif, which allows basket trades like mutual funds and you can seek out green baskets. I put together a couple Motifs in 2016 through 2018 for readers, but have not been maintaining them this year, although I expect to update them again.

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By: Eric Neiman http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2018/04/mutualfunds/#comment-4347 Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:43:47 +0000 http://3.211.150.150/?p=8661#comment-4347 In reply to Tom Konrad Ph.D., CFA.

I did a bit more homework on Swell. It appears they’re a sort of “robo-broker” service, buying and selling stocks for the account-holder in accordance with the decisions of a mutual-fund-style advisor. Reviews say that as that kind of service goes, Swell is very good at the SRI game, but is kind of expensive and offers very little human interaction.

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By: Tom Konrad Ph.D., CFA http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2018/04/mutualfunds/#comment-4346 Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:11:45 +0000 http://3.211.150.150/?p=8661#comment-4346 In reply to Eric Neiman.

Have not looked at them yet, but there do seem to be a lot of new investment platforms that promise to be green and have many similarities to mutual funds… I’ve been thinking about a comparison article on all of the ones I can find. Perhaps we need a new category for these sorts of financial platforms.

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By: Tom Konrad Ph.D., CFA http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2018/04/mutualfunds/#comment-4345 Wed, 12 Jun 2019 13:09:38 +0000 http://3.211.150.150/?p=8661#comment-4345 In reply to Eric Neiman.

Thanks for the catch. The fund had a lot of AltE holdings when I started looking into clean energy mutual funds in 2008.

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By: Eric Neiman http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2018/04/mutualfunds/#comment-4344 Sun, 09 Jun 2019 23:39:22 +0000 http://3.211.150.150/?p=8661#comment-4344 Winslow Green Solutions should be removed from the list, as they have gone out of business.

In fact, they did so in 2010, so I’m not sure how they made it onto the list in the first place.

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By: Eric Neiman http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2018/04/mutualfunds/#comment-4343 Sat, 08 Jun 2019 16:54:04 +0000 http://3.211.150.150/?p=8661#comment-4343 What about Swell Investing? Are they cool? https://info.swellinvesting.com/

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By: Tom Konrad Ph.D., CFA http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2018/04/mutualfunds/#comment-4254 Sun, 02 Dec 2018 14:41:37 +0000 http://3.211.150.150/?p=8661#comment-4254 In reply to Thomas Getz.

This list focuses on funds that have the majority of their holdings in Clean/Alternative energy focused stocks. Green Century funds include stocks from all sectors, with a focus on environmental leaders in each. For example, here are the top five holdings of the Green Century Balanced fund:

Alphabet, Inc., Class A 2.99%
MasterCard, Inc., Class A 2.11%
Microsoft Corporation 1.95%
Cigna Corporation 1.81%
Apple, Inc. 1.60%

So the fund may be green, but it has little to do with energy, be that energy green, alternative, clean, or otherwise.

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By: Tom Konrad Ph.D., CFA http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2018/04/mutualfunds/#comment-4253 Sun, 02 Dec 2018 14:14:26 +0000 http://3.211.150.150/?p=8661#comment-4253 In reply to Joseph McKenzie.

There are no stocks or mutual funds investing in fusion.

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By: Thomas Getz http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2018/04/mutualfunds/#comment-4252 Sun, 02 Dec 2018 14:05:51 +0000 http://3.211.150.150/?p=8661#comment-4252 Should your list include https://www.greencentury.com/the-green-century-funds/

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By: Joseph McKenzie http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2018/04/mutualfunds/#comment-4251 Sun, 02 Dec 2018 01:55:38 +0000 http://3.211.150.150/?p=8661#comment-4251 I am looking in a fund that will invest in only FUSION ENERGY. It only going to be 10 to 30 years before it’s profected. If you think Tech is big just wait. Solar and wind will be gone, Coal will stay in the ground.

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