Ten Clean Energy Stocks for 2009

UPDATE: Here’s how this portfolio performed in 2009.

Here is a mini-portfolio of ten Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Stocks I expect to do well in 2009.  Last year, I brought you ten speculative picks in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, and I evaluated them against clean energy mutual funds and ETFs on Monday.  I chose to go with speculative picks, because I did not expect readers to be interested in the stodgier, value-oriented picks I usually prefer.

Given the lessons of the credit crisis, if you still prefer speculative picks, you’re an inveterate gambler.  If I get enough requests in the comments here, I’ll also come up with a list of speculative picks for 2009 as well.  These stocks, however, are intended for a more conservative investor who wants to do something about global warming and possibly profit from the growing investment in alternative energy.  

This model portfolio is not intended as investment advice.

*forthcoming article.  Link will be broken until article is published.

For readers who feel that conglomerates like Johnson Controls, Trinity, and General Electric don’t belong in a "Clean Energy" portfolio, the inclusion of SDS can also be seen as a way to offset the performance of the non-clean energy parts of these companies. If this portfolio were included in a larger portfolio containing large cap stocks, another way to acheive a similar effect would be to reduce the allocation to large cap stocks by as much money as is allocated to two stocks in this portfolio instead of including SDS.

I plan to publish updates on how this equal-weighted portfolio is performing in comparison to the S&P 500 and The Van Eck Global Alternative Energy Fund (GEX), an ETF which I consider to be the best alternative energy fund for investors looking for a single alternative energy investment.

Tom Konrad, Ph.D.

DISCLOSURE: The author owns AGQNF, CREE, FAN, GE, JCI, NFYIF, ORA, TRN, WFIFF, and SDS.

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