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Despite a push for greener technologies across the board, consumers have been relatively slow to adopt electric cars here in the United States. In fact, only 1.5 million hybrids are currently on the roads in the country out of a total 250 million cars overall, while all-electric cars make up an even smaller amount that is more or less a rounding error when considering the overall car market. A major reason for this slow transition, in addition to the weak economy, has been the prohibitively expensive cost of these new vehicles. The difference between a hybrid version and the traditional one for the same make and model of a car is generally $5,000 if not more, depending on the quality and type of product in question, making it an easy choice for the cost-conscious consumer. [click to continue…]

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Three ETFs To Watch This Week: QQQQ, IAI, QCLN

by Stoyan Bojinov on January 17, 2011

Equities across the globe rose higher for the most part last week, with Portugal’s bond sale easing debt worries, and upbeat earnings reports sending the S&P 500 to new multi-month highs. Meanwhile, gold took a tumble as the conservative safe-haven lost its luster despite continued weakness in the dollar. Treasurys marched upwards on Friday, after the latest December CPI data showed a 0.50% rise in consumer prices, leading many to believe that inflation would not appear for quite some time. [click to continue…]

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Three ETFs To Play The Coming Energy Storage Boom

by Eric Dutram on September 9, 2010

Over the past few years, the number of ETFs tracking the alternative energy industry has soared; what was once just a few funds targeting broad equity and bond markets has now branched out into a diversified mix of ETFs offering exposure to almost every conceivable corner of the investable asset universe. One excellent example of [...]

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Earth Day Special: Definitive Guide To Clean Energy ETFs

by Eric Dutram on April 22, 2010

Alternative energy remains a fast growing market segment not only in the world of ETFs, but in terms of total investment as well. Since 2005, investment in clean energy increased by 230% to $162 billion in 2009. Echoing similar trends occurring throughout the global economy, emerging markets have stepped up their push to become leaders [...]

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This Week In ETFs: December 11th Edition

by Eric Dutram on December 11, 2009

It’s been an interesting week in the world of ETFs: gold trading was extremely volatile, and world leaders met in Denmark to discuss climate issues. Here are the ETF Database staff picks of the week’s most important and interesting stories from around the Web:

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