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Carbon Trading Index Rebounds in December

The accompanying table [click to enlarge] includes 19 companies in the ETF Innovators [ETFI] Global Carbon Trading Index along with the prices of seven benchmark commodities and funds. The Carbon Trading Index rallied over the past month along with the overall market, although the gains were less than the overall market and the index has declined by more than 50% in the past six months.

With the launch of AirShares Carbon Fund (ASO) in mid-December, investors have another option to trade the price of carbon

A New Index for Carbon Credit Trading

The accompanying table [click to enlarge] includes 19 companies in the ETF Innovators [ETFI] Global Carbon Trading Index along with the prices of seven benchmark commodities and funds. Most of the pure plays on carbon credits are very small, with 12 of the 19 companies having market caps below $100M.

As I wrote yesterday, Climate Exchange (CXCHF) represents the most established company poised to benefit from the global expansion of the exchange-based trading of carbon credits, with a market cap of $620M. With

Addition of CNX Gas to Global Carbon Trading Index

As featured in my CNX Gas (CXG) story is the Company’s capture of coalbed methane gas, which is eligible for carbon credits on the Chicago Climate Exchange. CNX Gas is the second-largest play on methane gas capture in the US behind Waste Management (WMI). As the only oil and gas company registered as an offset provider with the Chicago Climate Exchange, CNX Gas has already registered 8.4 million tons of carbon credits and expects future capacity to generate 2 – 3 million tons annually. As I have recently

An Investment Strategy for My Global Carbon Trading Index

A Global Carbon Trading Index

My Global Carbon Trading Index is designed to track public companies involved in the nascent industry of carbon credit generation and trading activities. Because this is an evolving industry, I expect to add new stocks to the index in the future to accurately track the performance of pure-play carbon credit companies -- just as the iPath Global Carbon ETN (GRN) specifies on its website that it will incorporate new financial derivatives for carbon prices as they become established as industry standards.

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With all of the major indices now in bear market territory it seems as though the best way for a long investor to play this market is to avoid the losing stocks and switch into the winners. I sometimes liken investing to gambling, but the advantage of investing over gambling is that you can change your bet at any time. Imagine if you were playing blackjack only to find that you had a very weak hand. But in this particular game of blackjack you can swap cards with the person sitting next to you and as luck would have it, that person has a very strong hand that looks very likely to win. Now,

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"Executives from Waste Management (NYSE: WMI), a stock on our recommended list, presented the company's case to Wall Street at a conference sponsored by J.P. Morgan," says Bill Martin.

In his BullMarket.com newsletter, the advisor explains, "We reviewed the presentation from CEO David Steiner and CFO Robert Simpson and found the company's story to be quite compelling for long-term investors."

"Steiner began by outlining some of the basic drivers of the company's business. Waste Management is the nation's largest trash

"Executives from Waste Management (NYSE: WMI), a stock on our recommended list, presented the company's case to Wall Street at a conference sponsored by J.P. Morgan," says Bill Martin.

In his BullMarket.com, which offers in-depth trading and investing research, he adds, "We reviewed the presentation from CEO David Steiner and CFO Robert Simpson and found the company's story to be quite compelling for long-term investors."

"Steiner began by outlining some of the basic drivers of the company's business. Waste Management is the nation's largest trash hauler, and he pointed out that it along wit