Are you a “green” investor?

And don’t get wrong... by “green” I am not talking about your willingness to eat a beef steak. Green investments refer to businesses that focus on the conservation of natural resources, the development of alternative energy sources and other environmentally safe activities.
Examples? Water purification systems, solar energy panels, recycling efficiency, hydrogen or electric cars, low consumption lighting systems, among many others.
I know… “green” sounds a bit boring, but the real fact is that green investments can be even more attractive and riskier than regular top-tier stocks. Why? Because most of them are just starting off, working on completely out-of-the-cage products. If you pay attention, green stocks are usually defined by low revenues and big earnings valuations.
While green investments are not yet super popular among retail investor, you can easily find different options to include in your portfolio. For instance, if you are looking for low risk alternatives, you should look into government bonds or ETFs. In case “risk” is your second name, then you could contemplate mutual funds targeting green stocks.
Believe it or not, renewable energy, one of the most popular green investments, is now the fastest-growing energy sector worldwide, which calls for a stronger demand in 2017.
To help investors research alternative energy stocks, we're giving you a list of the best-performing clean energy stocks this year based on share-price growth.
In fact, the US Environmental Protection Agency estimates that by 2040, global energy demand will rise 25 percent, a projection impossible to reach unless renewable energy comes into play.
According to agency, wind energy is expected to grow by 118 percent, while solar energy is looking at an even greater potential expansion of 376 percent.
Traditional fossil energy sources are limited and overtime, we will all be forced to change for cleaner alternatives to move around, use our devices, etc. That’s precisely why putting a coin on the future might sound a bit crazy today, when headlines are determined by OPEC’s output cuts and increasing shale oil production in the United States.