Alt-Energy: Deja Vu All Over Again

Highlighted here are the following: PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy (PBW), Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy (TAN), Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF (KWT), First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge US Liquid (QCLN) or the Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF (GEX).

It's deja vu all over again. The parallels and similarities between the development and evolution of the "green," alternative, renewable energy industry closely tracks that of the now more mature technology industry of prior decades. Both industries emerged with myriad small companies -- too many to be realistically successful -- all competing for market share with widely accepted products.

Both industries rely on first-to-market technological innovations. Stocks in both industries feature high volatility with seemingly daily market moving news. High-flying valuations become value stocks, and vice versa, at any time.

Labels: Claymore, ETF, GEX, Global Solar Index, KWT, MAC, Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF, PBW, Powershares, QCLN, solar ETF, TAN, WilderHill Clean Energy

posted by Ertai at 11:21 AM