How to Tap into the Green Revolution with Green Investing

Green Investing is a big part of my retirement portfolio. When I was thinking about my retirement investments, I eventually got to thinking, "what good is investing now so that I can have fun in retirement, if the planet will be a dump by the time I retire?". This thought led me to the conviction that I should devote a portion of my retirement savings to green investments.

If you think, as I do, that the Obama administration will spend a lot of money on green technologies, it might be a good idea to jump on the bandwagon, before everyone else.

In this article, I describe how I have allocated the money in the green investing part of my retirement portfolio between four Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). If you want to learn more about how easy it is to buy and sell an ETF, you can read the eHow article that I wrote about it (see the link below).

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Step1 Here's my green investing strategy: First, I don't know a lot about which individual companies are standouts in green technologies, but i do know that there are several green investing funds that make it their business to find the best green technology companies, and do some green investing in them. The two funds are PBW, which invests in (mostly) American green technology companies, and PBD which invests in global green energy companies.

Most of my green investing portfolio (70%) is split between these two funds, this is meant to give me exposure to the global green revolution, but with a heavier focus on American green technology companies.
Step2 The other 30% of my green investing is split between two other green investing funds, that play an important role in keeping the planet green.

PUW is a progressive energy fund, which means that it invests in companies that make current energy sources greener during the transition to green energy. Since I know we can't get rid of coal plants overnight, I might as well encourage companies that try to make existing coal plants cleaner!

EVX is a fund that invests in environmental services companies, which basically figure out ways to deal with the waste that our civilization inevitably creates, through our personal lives, and through industry.
Step3 The funds that I mention in this article seem to be a good mix, that reflect my priorities for the green revolution. You don't have to use the same green investing mix, but I thought that I would share my strategy in hopes that it will be helpful to you when you are developing yours!

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Tips & Warnings

• An added bonus of green investing is the feeling you get, that your money is actually working to serve yourself, your children, and everyone else on earth at the same time!