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Jared Cummans: Alternative energy investing has surged in popularity in recent years as our world has felt the effects of basing the majority of our economy off of a finite resource. Though crude oil and other fossil fuels will last us for the foreseeable future, there will come a time when our energy consumption Read more…
Jared Cummans: Wind power is one of the most prevalent forms of alternative energy in the world, as numerous countries have taken major steps towards weening themselves off of fossil fuels. Currently, wind power amounts to just over 2% of the world’s energy supply, but at current robust growth rates Read more…
This past weekend, my family and I attended a dear friend’s eightieth birthday party in upstate New York. On our way home, we drove by two enormous wind energy farms: one outside of Corning, New York, the other on the edge of Scranton. Both farms stood along ridge tops, and both were recently constructed. The Pennsylvania farm had a dozen wind generators. The New York facility had at least twice that number. All were spinning Read more…
First Trust has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund.” The Fund’s investment objective is to seek total return. They did not provide a trading symbol or expense ratio in the Read more…
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The massive earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan earlier this month have dominated the headlines in recent weeks, as the fallout from the natural disaster continues and efforts to rebuild Read more…
In general, 2010 has been a pretty solid year for most portfolios. Despite lingering concerns about unemployment and mounting debt burdens, most global equity markets have moved higher on the Read more…
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Alternative energy has been a hot topic in recent years, as some have argued for aggressive adoption while others deem the policies and practices too expensive and feel that the world should Read more…
With oil prices held in check below the $80 mark until very recently, sluggish global growth has combined with decreasing alternative energy subsidies from cash-strapped governments to batter Read more…
While 2010 has to date been a relatively flat year for the developed market indices and some of the emerging markets are up big, like the Colombia stock market, there has definitely been some Read more…
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The catastrophe in Japan rocked world markets in the last week. On a human and economic scale, this quake’s impact is likely to be much worse than what Hurricane Katrina did to New Orleans. 
In trading on Tuesday, the iShares MSCI Spain Index (NYSE:EWP) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.86% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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