The Best Performing Green Mutual Funds For 2009

For persons who are looking to invest, Green Mutual funds are a good bet because the future is heading towards a green environment and the population on a whole is becoming more eco friendly. Green Energy is the production of alternative energy from natural resources; these are made to be environmentally safe and usually include solar energy, wind energy Ocean energy and many more. When oil prices rise, you will find that green energy takes over and your investment will have a high return, even when oil prices fall, your green mutual fund investment will still yield you long term returns. In 2009 some Green mutual funds did better than others, here are some of the breadwinners.

The New Alternative Fund was always considered a great long term investment company that has its claws in to other companies all over the world. New Alternative only makes investment in other companies that are environmentally friendly and roughly a quart of its investments are made into companies that produce some form of alternate energy. Up to November 2009, their stocks had gone up roughly 32% and their assets valued at over 260 million dollars.

Winslow Green Energy Growth Fund is mainly of the U.S and makes its investment into smaller companies; this company does not invest only into renewable energy, but it still takes an environmentally friendly approach to all its investment options. While some of the companies that they invest in do not specifically have a “go green” approach; these companies do not cause any environmentally harmful effects either and Winslow ensures that each company is investigated before investment is done. Up to November 2009, their stocks had gone up roughly 38% and their assets valued at over 223 million dollars.

The Calvert Global Alternative Energy Fund is one of the giants in the field with a large quantity of investments from around the world; this causes the company to have a higher risk factor, but the Calvert Global Alternative Energy Fund is managed by persons who takes an aggressive approach to investment, which increases the possibility of higher returns. This company has majority of its investments into renewable or alternative energy and is a strong believer in environmentally friendly companies. The Calvert Global Alternative fund is allocated in three parts, referred to A, C and I and all three went up by over 18% up to November, with section A having an asset value of over 188 million.

Green energy is a constantly growing field and more individuals and companies are looking to get involved in alternative or renewable energy, in addition to an overall environmentally friendly awareness. Therefore investing in such a prospect is always a good move; the oil resources are depleting and oil prices are generally on an upward incline, which usually leads to higher ROIs (returns on investment) in the Green energy field.

By: Kevin Winters

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Over the last few years environmentally conscious investing has become all the rage and not just to help the planet but to get great returns. Today green mutual funds are a great way to pad your portfolio and alternative energy mutual funds contribute to saving the planet… a win for everyone.