Investing in Green & Eco-Friendly Stocks

There are individuals and organizations across the globe pushing for alternative energy to provide for a healthy environment.

With this push toward alternative energy and a healthy environment come some good stock options for investors. There is a variety of mutual funds and Eco-friendly stocks of varying sizes to choose from. There are plenty larger corporations taking advantage of the global concerns by adding products and companies to their list of assets. One example of this is a ten-year old company called Color Kinetics was in the business of a new type of lighting with the use of light emitting diode (LED) technology has recently merged with Royal Philips Electronics.

The Philips Lighting Solutions LED technology market was greatly enhanced by the Philips and Color Kinetics merger. With a huge world-wide customer base in areas such as the UK and China, Color Kinetics Eco-friendly technology will be a welcome addition to Philips. Likewise, Philips will have the capability of providing the Color Kinetics technology to its own sixty country base. In any search for Eco-friendly stock the large conglomerates should not be looked over by investors.

Small Cap Companies:

AMEX has just the right opportunities for those investors looking for direct small cap company investing. With going green being at the forefront of every business these days, these stocks could lend future gains at reasonable prices.

One Eco-friendly company whose stocks have grown over recent years is that of Environmental Power Corp. This is a company with subsidiaries that own, develop and operate facilities for renewable energy across the United States. As a part of the AMEX exchange Environmental Power Corp trades under the EPG ticket. EPG operates plants on 83 leasehold lands. Those plants produce biomass through the use of food and animal waste, while renewable energy bio-gas is used for other alternative fuels. A gain of in excess of a 22 million dollars infusion, as well as a price gain could result of a four million stock share being offered through a firmly committed underwriter. In the event that this notice to the SEC is confirmed, this will give very good reason investment in this company.

Fuel Cell Energy is another stock that has the capability for growth. Trading under FCEL, Fuel Cell Energy's market cap is 650 million. The company develops, manufactures and sells fuel cell power plants that are used in electrical power plants. Most of their products are utilized by larger establishments such as water treatment centers, universities, government offices, hospitals, hotels and health care facilities. With companies located in Canada, Connecticut, Europe, Japan and Korea, the long-term view on this stock is that it will go up. Major stockholders currently invested in FCEL include prominent investors such as Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, and Barclay's.

There are those stocks that lack appreciation, but are still a good value. Such a company is Calgon Carbon Corp of Pennsylvania. This company provides products for use in cleaning the air and water and trades under CCC. As a company that has been established for quite a while, it most likely is has a solid platform for Eco-friendly stocks.

The mutual funds and indexes available, along with portions of solar energy, health foods, and wind power are all great opportunities not only for investment, but through Eco-friendly stocks investment you will be getting into the green.

Source: www.investingingreenstocks.com/