Tuesday, February 17, 2009

What are Green Investments

So what makes an investment green? Well the short answer is it depends. This is a relatively new investment niche, and as such it can change quickly. For example, daily investment headlines can be beneficial for the professional and the casual investor.

A good place to start learning about green investing is through a variety of investment books and magazine articles that have been written recently. Clean energy, solar energy, wind energy, water-based energy and other alternative energy sources make up the majority of these green investments. It is even possible now to trade commodity investments that are green including carbon offsets, and weather related futures contracts.