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I am thinking about investing in the renewable energy sector (there should be growth potential, right??), and have heard of a few specific stocks like Vestas wind energy.
Since I am just beginning to educate myself in this area, can anyone point me in a general direction about how to find a few, more well established, mutual funds that I can start with?
Usually it makes sense to invest in individual companies when you're investing in a "hot" sector. Secular funds have their own risks that can be difficult to measure. First Solar is one of the premier PV players.
The fund gives you a false sense of diversification. If you bought a mutual fund in 2000 in the computer space, you'd have pieces of HP, Dell, Apple, IBM, EMC, Cisco, Intel etc. Did the sector perform the same as the companies in it? Nooo.
As for renewable energy, IMO that ship has sailed for the "pure play" renewable stocks. I'd look at undervalued companies with exposure to renewables that haven't been hyped up. (or included in a sector mutual fund)
Examples for this area?
The problem with this sector is that the industry is dependent on government subsidies, and the state of government budgets make that a risky play. Proceed with caution!
