The invitation was given by the Principal of Mozambique Industrial Development Inc, Kirk Swoboda, which states that key government officials from the Republic of Mozambique would welcome Knight Investments LLC.

In a recent turn of events, key regulatory officials from the Republic of Mozambique welcomed the proposal for international capital infusion. This international capital infusion would go to help assist in resolving the economic issues within the country. Principals from within Mozambique Industrial Development Inc, received confidential intelligence reports that detailed how funding mechanisms could work for the benefit of their project  through Knight Investments LLC’s Regulatory Bodies.

“It is imperatively critical that we work to establish a worthwhile cause within the country of Africa, and demonstrate to the world that if responsible parties are implemented through Public-Private Partnerships, Africa can become a shinning mark within the world.” said Carlos J Bonilla Esq, legal advisor to Knight Investments LLC.

Manchester MO February 22, 2010 — Is the euro doomed whether Germany bails out Greece or not? Even if Europe abandons this currency experiment, its people will still need to spend money on basic needs.

According to strategist Albert Edwards at the Societie-Generale a leading French bank, the euro’s collapse is “inevitable.” Prominent hedge fund trader George Soros also come to the same conclusion.

The government of Greece has been running a high deficit for years, but this is now coming to light. While other countries are affirming their support of Greece, nobody has yet come up with cash to help Greece meet its obligations. Many are arguing that the wealthier Eurozone countries such as France and Germany cannot afford to let Greece go bankrupt. However, such a bailout is illegal according to the terms of the original 1992 Maastricht Treaty.

“Even if the Eurozone countries return to a system of separate currencies, their populations need to eat, need to live someplace, and need to burn energy,” said Richard Stooker author of Income Investing Secrets.

“Besides, the Obama administration and Fed Chair Ben Bernanke are continuing the soft dollar policy begun under President Clinton and continued under President Bush. “If not an outright ‘destroy the dollar’ policy. Therefore, U.S. investors need to remain invested in companies around the world that pay dividends.”

Because of the Greek sovereign debt issue, the euro has fallen against the dollar recently, to just below $1.36. Several months ago, the euro was as high as $1.50. Up until 2000, the euro was valued below the US$.

“Thanks to the recent worldwide debt crisis and poor global economy, many countries have overspent to stimulate their economies,” author Stooker said. “Nobody knows the future. An investor’s best defense is to demand an immediate return by investing for income. And to diversify.”

Check out Income Investing Secrets: How to Receive Ever-Growing Dividend and Interest Checks, Safeguard Your Portfolio and Retire Wealthy and 7 Reasons to Invest for Income Now More Than Ever right now to learn more.

Richard Stooker is a freelance writing with a long time interest and experience in investing.

Richard Stooker
14248F Manchester Road
Suite 336
Manchester, MO 63011
USA

(314) 452-1764

incomeinvestor@yahoo.com

Unemployment is still high, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is still below the high it first broke in April 1999 and the Fed just announced a 25 basis point hike in the federal discount rate. However, many companies are not only paying shareholders dividends, they’re raising them.

Manchester MO February 21, 2010 — The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO); Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE :CCE); Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF); P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFCB); Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG); Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE: KGC); and AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU) all recently announced they’d start paying or increase their dividends to common shareholders.

Plus, Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) — long a dividend paying and raising powerhouse — and HJ Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ) both indicated they would hike their dividends.

“The economy is a mess, but people are still drinking soda, eating snack foods and shaking catsup onto their hamburgers,” notes Richard Stooker, author of the book Income Investing Secrets. “Some of the products of the other companies, such as gold, are not as basic, but that just proves that relying on dividends is more powerful for investors than relying on capital gains from stock share price increases.”

The Friday February 19, 2010 Dow Jones closing average was 10,402. This level was first broken on April 14, 1999 when the Dow closed at 10,411. Therefore, while the mainstream media is talking about how the market is rallying from the March 2009 lows, it forgets to point out that the market is still nearly eleven years behind.

“I believe in buying and holding forever,” says investment book author Richard Stooker. “But I hate to see people buying and holding for capital gains. Supposedly they’ll see a profit within twenty years. So maybe the market will remain over 10,411 by 2019. But who can wait that long?”

Not all companies are part of this trend. Daimler AG (NYSE: DAI) and real estate investment trust Home Properties Inc (NYSE: HME) announced dividend cuts.

“The economy is rough,” Mr. Stooker said. “Not all companies will recover as quickly. However, that’s why investors should diversify and not try to pick individual winners. That’s a form of gambling.”

Check out Income Investing Secrets: How to Receive Ever-Growing Dividend and Interest Checks, Safeguard Your Portfolio and Retire Wealthy and 7 Reasons to Invest for Income Now More Than Ever right now to learn more.

Richard Stooker is a freelance writing with a long time interest and experience in investing.

Richard Stooker
14248F Manchester Road
Suite 336
Manchester, MO 63011
USA

(314) 452-1764

incomeinvestor@yahoo.com

In an effort to understand a better consumer market; Knight Investments LLC has taken the liberty to analyze the recent US BEA findings. With plans to develop their entity towards consumer financing Officials stated such reviews were crucial

Knight Investments LLC recently began laying out the basic foundation for a successful consumer finance company in the state of Florida. Officials have stated that they have began hedging a great deal of infrastructure costs to prepare.

“We’ve cut back on things like conventional offices, the big corporate feel, and have began to operate on a low overhead. We are doing these things to conserve our resources, and place them for a very calculated move.” said Montelly Lopez Jr Chief Financial Officer of Knight Investments LLC.

That’s no secret either, the market has been bearing a pretty heavy burden lately and the recent consumer based market findings of the US BEA sure point to that.

In Goods and Services the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total August exports of $128.2 billion and imports of $158.9 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $30.7 billion, down from $31.9 billion in July.

“These are crucial signs for where our economy is steering and it behooves all of us to pay attention to such actions.” said Seraphina Rosa, head of Public Relations for Knight Investments LLC.

August exports were $0.2 billion more than July exports of $128.0 billion.  August imports were $0.9 billion less than July imports of $159.8 billion. In August, the goods deficit decreased $0.8 billion from July to $41.9 billion, and the services surplus increased $0.3 billion to $11.2 billion.  Exports of goods were virtually unchanged at $86.8 billion, and imports of goods decreased $0.8 billion to $128.7 billion. Exports of services increased $0.2 billion to $41.4 billion, and imports of services decreased $0.1 billion to $30.2 billion.

Many experts have stated that analyzing the goods and services market is a good way to see how our economy is doing. This is mainly due to the fact that the US has in fact transformed from an Industrial based nation; to one of consumer goods & services. In fact, many people are quite surprised to find out how much the US actually manufactures.

In August, the goods and services deficit decreased $30.2 billion from August 2008.
Exports were down $33.4 billion, or 20.7 percent, and imports were down $63.6 billion, or
28.6 percent.

Officials from Knight Investments LLC emphasized that although their once “Giant Corporate Feel” has been retracted for now; we can all expect big things to happen in the near future.

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Knight Investments LLC works as a private equity firm to invest personal funds on the behalf and promotion of a vibrant community, low income housing, humanitarian causes, renewable energies, real estate developments, and project financing.

“Earlier this week E & D Services began design templates for a few companies that manufacture wind power generators as their target audience. With renewable energies as today’s hot push E & D representatives are ready to contribute.”

E & D Services recently began the design of business plan designs for companies that manufacture wind power generators. Officials from E & D have encouraged the consumer base to look towards such generators because there are many applicable uses.

For instance if you are looking to get off the grid and stop depending on your power company for electricity there s another way by E & D standards.

“The cheapest way right now is wind energy, and the best way to get it into your house is to do it yourself! You can save thousands of dollars.” said Miss Derisma, Lead Business Plan Designer. “It is actually possible to contract small companies that can build your own wind power generator for your home.” she went on to continue.

E & D is seeing a great push for small businesses looking to supply this in their field of business and has elected to accept clients wishing to design these companies off of sound business plan models.

Reported by an E & D representative the ideal situation is an area that is 20ft higher than the nearest obstacle or building, and about 250-400 feet away. The average wind speed in North America is about 9-10m/s, which is great for using wind power.

Wind power is a great source of renewable energy. It is much cheaper than solar power per Watt, as a wind turbine can generate 1000W while a single solar panel generates around 100 in daylight.

The spinning energy in the blades is converted to electricity by a DC motor. It uses a powerful magnet to induce charge in wire. You can buy one for $50-$200 or so, depending on the size of your turbine, and what  your contracting company offers.

Another component of a wind power generator is the tower. You can either buy one or ask a qualified company to make one from scratch or recycle a tower.

Some people have contracted companies to build their own 500 watt turbines using homemade wind blades, a bought DC motor, recycled TV tower and grid connector. These systems can be made for under $300 in supplies if you do it right, and done in less than a week. On the other hand, kits can be bought for several thousand dollars and ready made turbines can be bought for as much as $3000-$6000.

The concept of wind power has been around for the long time but hasn’t much been implemented. It is fairly easy to build one yourself, and you’ll find that they work fantastically for your own home.

E & D officials stated that such knowledge would be sure to be incorporated in their clients designs and looked forward to a steady plan that offered their clients a definitive course.

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E & D Services is a business plan designer that specialize in helping business owners develop sound business models for operational success. E & D Services’ primary goal is to further the development of already existing businesses and present sound models

“Recently the US Department of Interior announced the implementation of an executive order to apply renewable energy as a top priority within the US Department of Interior, and at an independent delegation KI Officials met to discuss these options”

Knight Investments Officials today noted the citing of the critical need to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil, build a clean energy economy and create new jobs. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar issued earlier a Secretarial Order making the production, development, and delivery of renewable energy top priorities for the Department.

“More so than ever, with job losses continuing to mount, we need to steer the country onto a new energy path,” Salazar said. “One that creates new jobs and puts America out front in new, growing industries, one that promotes investment and innovation here at home and one that makes wise use of our domestic resources.”

“Equally important is our implementation of these new technologies to support our domestic issues here at home. That is why I have decided to press the Republic with Knight Investments to support these issues that our local government is supporting as well.” said Christopher Knight Lopez, Baron of the Republic of Aquitaine.

In addition to making renewable energy production a top priority for the Department, Salazar’s Secretarial order establishes an energy and climate change task force that will spur this agenda and identify specific zones on U.S. public lands where Interior can facilitate a rapid and responsible move to large-scale production of solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass energy.

Knight Investments LLC cited for these renewable energy zones to succeed, Salazar pointed out, Interior will need to work closely with other federal agencies, states and American Indian tribes to determine what electric transmission infrastructure and transmission corridors are needed to deliver these renewable resources to major population centers.

“We will assign a high priority to identifying renewable energy zones and completing the permitting and appropriate environmental review of transmission rights-of-way applications that are necessary to deliver renewable energy generation to consumers,” Salazar said. “We have to connect the sun of the deserts and the wind of the plains with the places where people live.”

KI President Jayson Lopez stated it was important to note that the Interior manages one fifth of the country’s landmass, over 1.7 billion offshore acres, and lands with some of the highest renewable energy potential in the nation. This was an important factor that needed to be recognized by any agency said Jayson Lopez.

The Interior’s Bureau of Land Management has identified about 21 million acres of public land with wind energy potential in the 11 western states and about 29 million acres with solar energy potential in the six southwestern states. There are also 140 million acres of public land in western states and Alaska that have geothermal resource potential.

In addition, there is significant wind and wave energy potential offshore. The National Renewable Energy Lab has identified more than 1,000 gigawatts of wind potential off the Atlantic coast, and more than 900 gigawatts of wind potential off our Pacific Coast.

The task force will prioritize the permitting and appropriate environmental review of transmission rights-of-way applications that are necessary to deliver renewable energy generation to consumers. The task force will work to resolve obstacles to renewable energy permitting, siting, development, and production.

To help accomplish these goals, Interior may need to revise existing policies or create new policies, Salazar said, citing as examples the Geothermal, Wind, and West-Wide Corridors Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements and their respective Records of Decisions. Interior will also finalize a regulation for offshore renewable development.

Salazar explained that the Department of the Interior will continue to responsibly develop oil and gas resources on public lands. “In the last six weeks we have had five major oil and gas lease sales onshore, netting more than $32 million in revenue for taxpayers. And next week, I will be travelling to New Orleans to participate in a lease sale for the Central Gulf of Mexico. These will add important resources to our domestic energy production.”

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Knight Investments LLC works as a private equity firm to invest personal funds on the behalf and promotion of a vibrant community, low income housing, humanitarian causes, renewable energies, real estate developments, and project financing.

The 6 Most Common Mistakes People Make When Choosing A Proof Of Funds Company…And How To Avoid Them!

Washington D.C- After doing our own extensive research we were drawn to a Proof of funds company we felt was the most knowledgeable and experienced.

In this interview, Tracy Ellis, founder of DPAfunds.com will reveal the six most common mistakes people make when choosing a proof of funds provider and how to avoid them.

Avoid The Middle Man

This is probably the costliest mistake people can make. We use our own money to fund about 90% of our POF transactions. This means when someone calls us directly, they get the lowest price. They get the same rate as brokers. Our clients get “wholesale” rates.  Many of the “providers” on the internet actually call us to use our money for their clients. After a broker adds their commission to the fee it is much higher than what our direct clients pay.

Providers With No Experience

Unfortunately many brokers in this business have little or no experience. Many have fancy websites and talk a great game but have never opened a POF account for a real client. Often, they call us, give the client application to us and are hands off.  Always work with a company who actually creates accounts.

High Fees

Many providers have excessive fees. The reason is simple. They are acting as a middle man, not using their own funds and have to add their commission on top of that.

Can’t Answer Questions

A red flag should go up when the provider can’t answer simple questions. If you find yourself talking to a broker and they say “I will get the answer and call you back” regarding nearly every question, they lack experience and I would politely hang up the phone. No one can answer every question but I would be worried if they seem unsure on the phone regarding every question you ask.

Long Delays To Return A Call Or Email

If a provider takes an unusually long time to return a call or email, this usually means they either do this part time or are lazy and unorganized.  We all get busy and sometimes delayed but this is our business and how we make our living. We take it very seriously. We make it a point to return every call and email within the same business day.

Claim To Provide Every Service

Many POF providers claim they can deliver any service.  Lending, bank instruments, POF, DPA, currency, the list goes on and on. We focus on two services and do them well, proof of funds accounts and down payment assistance.  My advice is work with a company that specializes in proof of  funds accounts or down payment assistance.

For more information about DPA Funds, visit their website www.dpafunds.com or call directly               1-405-217-3199.

London, United Kingdom ( PressReleasepad ) August 11 ,2009  – Aquarius Platinum Limited is engaged in the exploration, development and acquisition of platinum group metals (PGM) including Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium and Gold. Its PGM mining and exploration operations take place in South Africa and Zimbabwe, with administration functions in Australia and Bermuda.

In a half year result announced in February 2009, group production rose to 260,208 PGM ounces; 17% higher than the previous six months to June 2008. However it was 6% lower when compared to the six months to December 2007 due to a temporary production suspension at Everest following an early detection of subsidence. At the start of the financial year, Aquarius was targeting a 2009 annual production of 575,000 PGM ounces, representing an increase of approximately 15% on the previous year.

Marketing Director Andrew Dyer explained “In a first half year result of 2009, Aquarius reported significant falls in PGM prices with Platinum prices during this period being 56% lower at $904 per ounce compared to the six months to December 2007, while Rhodium prices were 87% lower at $1,250 per ounce. Palladium was 60% lower at $184 per ounce and Gold was 6% lower at $866 per ounce. In the second half of 2009, Aquarius is set to benefit from higher commodity prices as platinum prices rebounded from a year low of $774 in November 2008 to $1186 per ounce in July this year. Palladium prices also rebounded from a year low of $161 to $259. Jewellery has seen some reduction in demand, yet requests from platinum autocatalysts and ETFs(Electronic trade funds) in particular have seen significant growth on strong Chinese auto industry rebound and dollar falls against the euro and sterling.”

On daily chart, Aquarius is making a ‘V’ pattern in a range of 170.0p and 316.0p, with a higher low indicating strong uptrend. MACD (moving average convergence/divergence) is negative and 12 day EMA has cross above 26 day EMA indicating formation of upside trend. 14 day RSI (relative strength index) is near 60 showing strength in trend. ADX (average directional index) is near 26 indicating strong positive trend. Stock is also above 20 day and 50 day EMA which supports strength in trend. For a higher move stock has to move above 250.0p with some consolidation as stochastic indicating overbought. The stock has immediate resistance near 268.0p and support near 220.0p.

The stock can be bought around 245p with a profit target 273.24p and stop loss of 232.7p (Hedge position: short position in spread betting with £5.09 bet per point).

For additional information please contact CSS Partners via: http://www.csspartners.co.uk

Contact:

Andrew Dyer
Apex House, 18-20 Appold Street, London EC2A 2AS, United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7422 1800

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Investor Ideas asks- “Do you know the stock market?”  Find out with the Investor Ideas Investor Contest- ‘A Buck an Idea’

Highest gainer each week wins Investor Ideas Premium Offers and Half of each week’s proceeds donated to winner’s charity of choice

POINT ROBERTS, Wash., Delta B.C., June 25^h, 2009 – www.InvestorIdeas.com, a leading investor research portal specialized in sector investing announces its new investor contest, ‘ A Buck an Idea’.

Investor Ideas asks- “Do you know the stock market?  Think you have an IDEA of who will be this week’s movers and shaker?  Then participate in the InvestorIdeas.com A BUCK AN IDEA contest and win some great prizes. If you win – you get published and your dollar turns into $99 automatically in value – which could turn into a lot more…”

Investors get the chance to win prizes and help donate to their favorite registered charity. Half of the proceeds each week will be donated to the winner’s choice and announced with the winner’s info. (Chosen charities must have an online Paypal account for donations)

For only one dollar (A BUCK) you can send us your  favorite stock pick within one of our currently listed specific sectors that we cover (Cleantech, Environment, China-Asia, India, Technology, Digital Media, Homebuilder, Natural Gas, Coal, Mining, Defense, Water, Oil and Gas, etc).

The contest deadline is Thursday at the market close each week. Stocks submitted after the close on Thursday of each week will be applied to the following week.

Learn more about the contest: http://www.investorideas.com/membership/contest.asp

Prizes: Win a $99 value prize that can help you turn that into more Bucks…

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Investorideas.com membership gives  full login access to the  Water Stocks Directory, Renewable Energy Stocks Directory , Environment Stocks, Fuel cell Stocks, Natural Gas Stocks,  Biotech Stocks Directory , Defense Stocks Directory and the Insiders Corner Investing Stock Newsletter.

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Disclaimer: Our sites do not make recommendations. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. We attempt to research thoroughly, but we offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of information presented. All Information relating to featured companies is sourced from public documents and/ or the company and is not the opinion of our web sites. This site is currently compensated by featured companies, news submissions and online advertising. www.InvestorIdeas.com/About/Disclaimer.asp

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In the last several years, almost 10 billion dollars of Wall Street Private Equity Has Poured Into The Media And Entertainment Business. JP Morgan, Deutche Bank, CITIGROUP, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Columbus Nova, Citadel, Och-Ziff, Stark Investments, and countless others have bet on Hollywood Studios and Film Producers, and mostly lost their Vegas crapshoots.

However, a Chicago and Los Angeles based structured film finance and production company, Noci Pictures Entertainment, may have discovered the solution for risk minimization that a lot of investors simply have failed to overlook and do their homework on.

“Unfortunately it was a crowd mentality and uneducated vanity play when high rollers were betting on the film business” states Noci’s CEO Yuri Rutman. “When everyone was investing with blinders on in dot coms and hoping for a big score without analyzing the real hedging strategies, the same things occurred in film investments. A lot of testosterone driven investments with the the hope of big payouts and mingling with the stars. But then reality started to kick everyone’s ass”.

In the typical film fund or single picture finance scenarios, investors put up anywhere between 20%-100% of a film’s budget and/or marketing costs and hope their rate of return could be proportionately increased by the level of success (or failure) in films. The conservative goal is a 8-12% Internal Rate Of Return and some sweeteners if certain films become breakout hits. But the actual performance of most private equity plays in Hollywood is negative. And the only ones to blame are not the studios with their creative accounting methods, but the promoters of these deals which simply don’t have a long-term exit strategy or respect for private equity and too much smoke and mirrors about box office potential. “The reality is most film investors should not look at theatrical box office to gauge their success. Especially for smaller investors who have only $100,000 or $1,000,000 to invest.

Which leaves one wondering then “well how do you make money in Hollywood?”

Section 181 And State Tax Incentives in the United States. And Canadian Federal and regional incentives

The American Jobs Creation Act Of 2004, the 2004 enactment of Section 181 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) marked an unprecedented change in U.S. policy toward the phenomenon known as “Runaway
Production”.

Runaway Production refers to a film or television production that leaves one state or country to be filmed in another purely for economic reasons. This movement occurs because producers tend to film in the location where they can minimize production costs through tax incentives, cheaper labor.

Over the years, Canada has been the greatest beneficiary of U.S. runaway productions (according to some reports, Canada has claimed up to 80% of the U.S. runaways, generating an economic impact of $10.3 billion in production output in 1998 alone).

Section 181 permits a 100% write-off for the cost of certain audio-visual works, regardless of what media they are destined for (e.g., theatrical, television, DVD, etc.).

An individual or company who makes an investment into Section 181 qualified productions can take a 100% deduction of their investment against their passive income in the year their investment was made.

But if the investor is in Canada, there are even higher incentives for private equty investments.

“If you combine the different incentives, cash rebates, leverage some pre-sales on large films, you can see a 50-100% ROI on your investment before actual revenues”, Rutman adds”.

It seems that the type of investors who fully would understand these structures are Real Estate Developers, Structured Finance Venture Capitalists, and high net worth investors and family offices.

Familiar individuals who are financing films include Larry Ellison, Paul Allen, Steven Rales, Fred Smith, the CEO of Federal Express, Norman Waitt, the Co-Founder of Gateway Computers, Jeff Skoll Of Ebay, Marc Turtletaub of The Money Store, Roger Marino Of EMC Corp, Sidney Kimmel Of Jones Apparel Group, Minnesota Twins owner Bill Pohlad; Real Estate Developers Tom Rosenberg, Bob Yari, Dan Crown; and, financiers Sheikh Waleed Al Ibrahim.

“I don’t know of any other alternative investment that can offer tax incentives, multiple exit strategies, as well as giving back to the local economy, while being involved with the moviemaking process”, states Yuri Rutman, the head of Noci Pictures. “Heck, I don’t even know of any business that someone can start where they know they will receive an exact ROI before they see any profits”.

“I am also surprised how many investors, hedge funds, VC, tax planners, CPA’s, tax attorneys, public and private companies have no clue about these benefits”, Rutman adds. “Federal Preservation, New Markets Tax Credits, etc was the usual route for tax credit planning or alternative investments , but film production incentives offer more premium and equity upside.

Rutman adds “Whats great is the same formula can be applied in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and dozens of other countries without relying on studio accounting. And the size of the deal doesn’t matter whether it’s a $100 million dollar private equity investor or a $500,000 Angel Investor”.

Contact:

Noci Pictures
www.noci.com
yuri@noci.com
310-651-0799

There are many different variables to selecting the right online broker or trading platform. We all have different needs and different expectations. Some of the main points to consider are Fees, Trading Platform, Terms & Conditions, Customer Service and Account Statements. One point often not considered until it’s too late is broker / advisor knowledge, especially when dealing with derivative products.

Recently a friend of mine (Tom) was using a large investment bank as his full service broker and called the trading desk to roll some long call options into a further dated call spread. Tom instructed the advisor to roll into a longer dated call spread for a net even price. The advisor informed Tom that the trade could not be executed as a single order, and insisted that he close the original position and then buy the longer dated spread. The advisor also informed Tom that a senior advisor will need to take the 2^nd half of the order as he was not authorised to trade combination orders. After some debating, the position was closed and before the senor advisor could take the 2^nd half of the order that stock jumped 28% (due to takeover rumor). The calls which were sold had now increased by a further $55,000 and Tom was not in the longer dated call spread.

The above is an example of an advisor providing the wrong information and probably not wanting to loose out on a large commission ticket insisted to execute part of the order.

Differing from full service brokers are online brokers who charge a commission based on the number of trades and most even charge for advanced orders such as stops and contingent orders. I have come found a new trading group in Australia called Enfinium www.enfinium.com.au. They offer an online execution trading platform at discounted commissions on over 80 markets worldwide with no account keeping fees. They provide advanced orders for all markets and do not charge extra fees to use such features. The group also offers Funds Management in the form of Managed Discretionary Accounts MDA’s, currently invested through a Global Volatility technique. The fund is currently returning approx 30%pa. The online trading platform is through Enfinium International www.enfiniuminternational.com.au and the Funds Management is through Enfinium Capital Management www.enfiniumCM.com.au

Enfinium International provides the trading platform for free. The only cost is in the form of data, based on what markets you subscribe to and of course the commissions. Currently there is zero commission on option exercise and assignments on the Australian market. This in itself could save any option trader hundreds of dollars per month

In summary, it pays to shop around and if your not happy with your current broking service try someone new providing a specialized service.

http://www.enfinium.com.au

http://www.enfiniuminternational.com.au

http://www.enfiniumCM.com.au

Point Roberts, WA, Delta, BC - March 23, 2009 – www.InvestorIdeas.com, a leading global investor and industry research portal covering water, environment and oil and gas sectors, announces a new featured showcase company, Wescorp Energy Inc.(OTCBB:WSCE ),a company providing technology based solutions for the treatment of contaminated ‘produced water’ for the oil and gas industry.

Oil and gas production worldwide generates a tremendous amount unwanted waste water - water that has been contaminated with hydrocarbons, sand, drill cuttings, organic and inorganic salts. The produced water is contaminated naturally from the formation and artificially through oil and gas processing. The handling, treatment and disposal of the produced water are some of the most controversial and environmentally challenging issues oil and gas producers face today. Produced water from hydrocarbon operations creates massive volumes of waste that requires remediation.

Headlines in a March 2009 article in Oilweek.com, “Water—its use, reuse and conservation—has become almost as important to Alberta’s economic future as oil”, forecast the importance of finding solutions within the industry.

http://www.oilweek.com/articles.asp?ID=638

Wescorp Energy Inc. is an oil and gas solutions provider that specializes in water remediation and environmental technologies for the global oil and gas industry. One of the company’s primary technologies, H2Omaxx, is a commercially scalable water remediation unit that uses patented aeration technology to consistently provide safe, effective and economical separation of oil from produced water. Final independent verification testing was completed in November 2008. Analytical results proved the H20maxx unit increased the recovery of oil and reduced the amount of hydrocarbons in the treated produced water to less than 0.001% or 10 parts per million.

According to the company, “Virtually anywhere in the world that oil is produced, contaminated produced water becomes an unwanted byproduct. Water becomes contaminated naturally through associated formation water in conventional oil and gas production. Unconventional oil production including Oil Sands development in Alberta, Canada contaminates huge amounts of fresh potable water during the production and processing of the oil.”

According to Industry Canada, “Strict Canadian environmental regulations have demanded that Canadian engineers and scientists develop innovative remedial technologies to clean-up a broad spectrum of contaminants, such as petroleum hydrocarbons.”

http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ogt-ipg.nsf/eng/dk00095.html

Wescorp’s H20maxx technology is not going unnoticed. In December 2008, Wescorp announced that Weatherford International Ltd., (NYSE: WFT) executed a letter of intent for the testing of Wescorp’s wholly-owned water remediation technology, H2Omaxx, in two projects in South America. Wescorp and Weatherford are currently in negotiations for a possible exclusive long-term global cooperative agreement. H2Omaxx units provide oil and gas operators an opportunity to increase their profits, and reduce their operational costs by reducing, reusing, and recycling water without the use of flocculants.

Weatherford (NYSE: WFT) is one of the largest global providers of innovative mechanical solutions, technology and services for the drilling and production sectors of the oil and gas industry.

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POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC – February 17, 2009, www.InvestorIdeas.com, and its mining stocks portals update the free stock directory for independent investors to research stocks in the sector. The directory features Gold Stocks, Silver Stocks, Uranium Stocks, Copper Stocks, Zinc Stocks and Precious Metals TSX, TSX Venture, OTC, NASDAQ, AMEX, NYSE, ASX, AIM and other leading Stock Exchanges.

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POINT ROBERTS, WA —January 28, 2009 – www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com,

a leading investor news and research portal for the renewable energy sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close-up on renewable energy stocks trading as of January 27^th, 2009.

Sector Close-Up as of Trading Close January 27, 2009:

Akeena Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:AKNS) closed down on the day, but up in after market hours.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (NYSE:ADM) had gains of $0.29.

Canadian Solar Inc. (NasdaqGM: CSIQ) increased $0.12 (2.30%).

Carbon Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB: CABN) closed unchanged on the day.

China Technology Development (NASDAQ: CTDC) closed up $ 0.05 (2.24 %),

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ:CLNE) closed down $0.02 but up in after hours trading.

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (NasdaqNM: ENER) was up $ 0.71 (2.86%) and continued gains in after hours trading.

Evergreen Solar Inc (NASDAQ:ESLR) closed up $0.09 (4.25%).

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) had gains of $2.03.

GWS TECHNOLOGIES INC (OTCBB: GWSC) closed down at $0.26.

ICP Solar Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: ICPR) traded up $ 0.02 (15.03%).

Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (OTCBB: MVTG) closed at $0.359.

OriginOil, Inc (OTCBB: OOIL) closed up $0.01 (2.78%).

SunPower Corporation (NasdaqGS: SPWRA) had gains of $0.75 (2.60%).

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) moved up $0.55 (6.21%).

Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd (TSX.V: STG) closed unchanged.

Westport Innovations Inc. (WPT.TO) was up $ 0.03 (0.45%)

Yingli Green Energy (NYSE: YGE) closed up $0.06 (1.14%) and another $0.12 (2.25%) after hours.

XsunX Inc. (OTCBB: XSNXE) closed at $0.175.

German solar stocks saw gains with: Phoenix Solar AG (PS4 GY) up 11%,

Q-Cells SE (QCE GY) up 4.3 percent to 19.93 euro and Solarworld AG (SWV GY) gaining 7.3 % 16.27 euros.

Investor Ideas solar expert J. Peter Lynch noted, “German solar stocks showed some life yesterday after two of the strongest German PV companies Q-Cells and Solarworld confirmed strong outlooks for 2009.  Both companies are close to giving technical buy signals, especially Solarworld, which is close to breaking through upside resistance. I consider both of these companies to be the leaders of the German PV industry group.”

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Featured Showcase Renewable Energy Stocks:

XsunX Inc.: (OTCBB: XSNX)

Recent News: XsunX Announces Sales Contract to Supply 4 Megawatts of its ASI-120 Thin Film Solar Modules

Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., XsunX is developing amorphous silicon thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar cell manufacturing processes to produce TFPV solar modules. To deliver its products the Company has begun to build a multi- megawatt TFPV solar module production facility in the United States to meet the growing demand for solar cell products used in large scale commercial projects, utility power fields, and other on-grid applications. Employing a phased roll out of production capacity, it plans to grow manufacturing capacities to over 100 megawatts by 2010. More info on XsunX, Inc. can be found on our media profile at: http://www.investorideas.com/co/xsnx/default.asp or http://www.xsunx.com/

OriginOil, Inc: (OTCBB: OOIL)

Watch video: CEO Riggs Eckelberry discusses algae as a reliable source for biofuel production and its future under a new administration. “This is the beginning of a new industry for investors he comments.”

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OriginOil, Inc. is developing a breakthrough technology that will transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum. Much of the world’s oil and gas is made up of ancient algae deposits. Today, our technology will produce “new oil” from algae, through a cost-effective, high-speed manufacturing process. This endless supply of new oil can be used for many products such as diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, plastics and solvents without the global warming effects of petroleum. Other oil producing feedstock such as corn and sugarcane often destroy vital farmlands and rainforests, disrupt global food supplies and create new environmental problems. Our unique technology, based on algae, is targeted at fundamentally changing our source of oil without disrupting the environment or food supplies. http://www.investorideas.com/CO/OOIL/Default.asp and www.originoil.com.

Carbon Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB: CABN)

Recent news: Carbon Sciences Readies for Growth as Obama Inauguration Marks Dramatic Shift in U.S. Policy and Federal Support for Renewable Energy

Carbon Sciences, Inc. is developing a breakthrough technology to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into the basic fuel building blocks required to produce gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and other portable fuels. Innovating at the intersection of chemical engineering and bio-engineering disciplines, we are developing a highly scalable biocatalytic process to meet the fuel needs of the world. Company Showcase Profile page: http://www.investorideas.com/co/cabn/ and http://www.carbonsciences.com/

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Obama’s Green Energy Plan Endorsed by Investors Including T.Boone Pickens (Pickensplan.com)

POINT ROBERTS, WA —January 12, 2009 — www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com,

a leading investor news and research portal for the renewable energy sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close-up on renewable energy stocks trading Friday January 9th. The sector is showing continued strength and optimism in spite of lower oil prices, and scepticism from short-term thinking industry critics.

In President-elect Obama’s speech Thursday morning, he stated, “To finally spark the creation of a clean energy economy, we will double the production of alternative energy in the next three years. We will modernize more than 75% of federal buildings and improve the energy efficiency of two million American homes, saving consumers and taxpayers billions on our energy bills. In the process, we will put Americans to work in new jobs that pay well and can’t be outsourced – jobs building solar panels and wind turbines; constructing fuel-efficient cars and buildings; and developing the new energy technologies that will lead to even more jobs, more savings, and a cleaner, safer planet in the bargain.”

T.Boone Pickens (Pickensplan.com) followed with a press release stating, “President-Elect Obama’s comments in his speech this morning represent an important first step in solving our nation’s energy crisis and getting our economy moving again. Investing in alternative energy, focusing on conservation and rebuilding our power grid to deliver that energy to every corner of our country are critical components of this effort. As the new Congress and new Administration begin work, it will be critical that they focus on the need to dramatically reduce our dependency on foreign oil, which strangles our economy and threatens our national security. President-Elect Obama made it clear that he also understands the important role that transportation will play in solving our energy crisis and I am confident that he will recognize that as we reduce our imports of foreign oil, there the only domestic resources available are natural gas and plug-in batteries that can have an immediate impact on this effort.

A program focused on renewable energy, conservation, improving the grid and replacing

foreign oil with domestic resources in our transportation system is something that I believe will

create hundreds of thousands of jobs and revitalizes our economy.”

Sector Close-Up as of Trading Close January 9, 2009:

Akeena Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:AKNS) (Market, News) closed down on the day, but up 4.15% in after hours trading.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (NYSE:ADM) (Market, News) had gains of $0.20 (0.72%).

Carbon Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB: CABN) (Market, News) closed up $0.01 (5.56%).

China Technology Development (NASDAQ: CTDC) (Market, News) closed up $0.28 (9.72%).

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ:CLNE) (Market, News) was down over 4 %.

Evergreen Solar Inc (NASDAQ:ESLR) (Market, News) was down on the day but up in after hours.

Evolution Solar Corporation (OTCPK: EVSO) (Market, News) ended up 3.16%.

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) (Market, News) closed at $162.54, up 7.18 (4.62%)

GWS TECHNOLOGIES INC (OTC BB: GWSC) (Market, News) was down $0.04.

ICP Solar Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: ICPR) closed at $0.20.

Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (OTCBB: MVTG) (Market, News) closed at $0.37.

OriginOil, Inc (OTCBB: OOIL) (Market, News) closed at $0.42, trading stronger following recent Reuters media .

SunPower Corporation (SPWRA) (Market, News ) closed down, but up $0.74 (1.91%) in after- hours trading.

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (STP) (Market, News) closed off $0.04 (0.31%).

Sustainable Energy Technologies Ltd (TSX.V: STG) (Market, News) closed up 4.55%.

Westport Innovations Inc. (WPT.TO) (Market, News) closed down 1.27%.

Yingli Green Energy (YGE) (Market, News) had gains of $0.17 (2.45%) and continued up after hours trading.

XsunX Inc. (OTCBB: XSNX) (Market, News) closed at $0.18.

For investors following solar stocks, the RenewableEnergyStocks.com website provides a comprehensive list of photovoltaic and solar stocks to research.

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Featured Showcase Renewable Energy Stocks:

XsunX Inc.: (OTCBB: XSNX) Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., XsunX is developing amorphous silicon thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar cell manufacturing processes to produce TFPV solar modules. To deliver its products the Company has begun to build a multi- megawatt TFPV solar module production facility in the United States to meet the growing demand for solar cell products used in large scale commercial projects, utility power fields, and other on-grid applications. Employing a phased roll out of production capacity, it plans to grow manufacturing capacities to over 100 megawatts by 2010. More info on XsunX, Inc. can be found on our media profile at: http://www.investorideas.com/co/xsnx/default.asp or http://www.xsunx.com/

OriginOil, Inc: (OTCBB: OOIL)

OriginOil, Inc. is developing a breakthrough technology that will transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum. Much of the world’s oil and gas is made up of ancient algae deposits. Today, our technology will produce “new oil” from algae, through a cost-effective, high-speed manufacturing process. This endless supply of new oil can be used for many products such as diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, plastics and solvents without the global warming effects of petroleum. Other oil producing feedstock such as corn and sugarcane often destroy vital farmlands and rainforests, disrupt global food supplies and create new environmental problems. Our unique technology, based on algae, is targeted at fundamentally changing our source of oil without disrupting the environment or food supplies. www.originoil.com.

Carbon Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB: CABN)

Carbon Sciences, Inc. is developing a breakthrough technology to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into the basic fuel building blocks required to produce gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and other portable fuels. Innovating at the intersection of chemical engineering and bio-engineering disciplines, we are developing a highly scalable biocatalytic process to meet the fuel needs of the world. Company Showcase Profile page: http://www.investorideas.com/co/cabn/

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Solar Stocks: First Solar, Inc.(NasdaqGS: FSLR),Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.( United Solar Ovonics) (NasdaqGS: ENER) , XsunX (OTCBB:XSNX), SolarWorld (SRWRF.PK), Sanyo Electric (SANYY.PK)

POINT ROBERTS, WA, January 6, 2009- Green Investor at Investorideas.com

http://www.investorideas.com/gi/ reports on Thin Film Technologies Changing the Solar PV Business.

By Paulo Nery

The solar photovoltaic (PV) industry is clearly in a rapid growth phase. The worldwide industry size was recently estimated at $50 billion. Over the past few years, production capacity is thought to have grown at an average of 48% each year and cumulative global production is now at 12.4 Giga Watts (GW). It is also an industry on the brink of change. New technologies are emerging that seem certain have an impact on the entire shape of the PV industry.

Since they were first developed in the 50’s there have been no major changes to the basic crystalline silicon solar cell. But significant improvements are now taking place with several competing innovations vying for position. Crystalline silicon cells, which come in mono and poly crystalline forms, are now being referred to as “first generation” PV. These mature technologies have experienced dramatic growth in volumes. But with shortages of silicon and high prices affecting finished costs, the volumes are dropping. If silicon prices drop further we could yet see more competitive prices for these solar PV modules. But there’s only so much that prices can drop with that technology.

Second generation PV, or thin film technology, holds out the real promise of more price competitive systems because they can be manufactured with dramatically less material, shorter supply chains and cheaper, faster processes. Thin film is still a nascent industry and competition between players is much more about intellectual property and access to capital than the manufacturing efficiencies that drive the first generation PV makers. So there are lower prices from improved efficiency to be anticipated still.

There are three main approaches to thin film technologies based on different materials that can be used for the semi-conductor of a PV cell. The first to be established was amorphous silicon pioneered by United Solar Ovonics (NasdaqGS: ENER) which sells under the brand Uni-Solar. This technique, now used by a few dozen manufacturers around the world, relies on a small amount of amorphous silicon alloy and accounts for about 60% of the thin film PV made today. These systems have been sold for several years as building-integrated PV offering the advantage of nearly undetectable systems on rooftops for both commercial and residential buildings. United Solar sales amounted to 73 megawatts in 2008 and their sales pipeline has $1.8 billion. Their production capacity is currently at 118 Mega Watts (MW) with planned growth to 1 GW by 2012.

XsunX, (XSNX.OB) is also manufacturing thin-film modules using amorphous silicon and has taken aim at utility scale and grid-tied commercial installations. XsunX has developed proprietary techniques that have enabled it to achieve outstanding efficiency levels for amorphous silicon. The company plans to have production capacity of 25 MW in 2009 and is aiming for 100 MW in a few years. It has also recently contracted to supply 15 MW of its solar modules, worth over $37 million, over 2 years. XsunX and United Solar Ovonics are the only listed companies that are real investment plays on silicon based thin-film technology. Yes, Canon, Sharp and even Mitsubishi are in the game, but those companies are diversified into so many other products that investing in them wouldn’t be a play on solar. Other companies manufacturing amorphous silicon thin film include Auria Solar in Taiwan, EPV in New Jersey, Free Energy Europe in France, Heliodomi in Greece, Polar PV in China, Shenzhen Topray in China, Sinonar in Taiwan, TerraSolar in New York and VHF-Technologies in Switzerland.

The next approach to thin film uses cadmium telluride (CdTe) as the semi-conductor material. While CdTe modules are cheaper and faster to produce, so far they are much less efficient at around 10%. For utility scale installations, that seems not to be a critical factor however. The leader in this field is First Solar (FSLR) with over 1 gigawatt of production capacity, over 600 megawatts shipped so far, and over 3.8 gigawatts of contracted sales, worth $6.3 billion through 2013. According to their annual report, First Solar’s gross margins are 56%, which is twice that of most of their competitors’ costs. And they claim their cost per Watt to be $1.29, half to a third of their competitors. First Solar’s objective, though, is to be at $0.65-0.70 per Watt by 2012. After a tremendous run through 2007 up to May of 2008, when the stock went from about 28 to over 300, it tumbled to 85 for a brief while in November of 2008 only to rebound recently to around 130. One of the other CdTe developments was an Ohio company, Solar Fields, which was bought last year by Q-Cells, a German company. Ava Solar, in Colorado, has recently secured $104 million in funding and plans to large scale manufacturing in 2009.

Another group of companies is manufacturing cells with Copper Indium Gallium Di-Selenide (CIGS) as the semi-conductor. These include ICP Solar in Quebec, Solyndra in California, Global Solar in Arizona, MiaSole in California, Heliovolt in Texas, TerraSolar in New York and Nanosolar in California. All of these companies remain private. One of the biggest efforts currently is coming from Honda, who is a major player in crystalline silicon cells. CIGS systems have demonstrated efficiencies that approach 20%, which is significantly higher that CdTe modules and close to the efficiency of crystalline silicon modules. However, to date at least, the manufacturing processes are less tolerant to change.

All of the thin-film technologies have the advantage of requiring much less semiconductor material. It can be less than 1 percent of silicone used in crystalline cells. And they can be manufactured using high-speed techniques such as roll-to-roll printing. Their disadvantage is their lower efficiency. Even so, many new manufacturers in each three types are coming online every month.

Third-generation PV technologies includes approaches such as dye-sensitized solar cells, quantum dots, nano-antennaes, nanomodified materials and organic cells. These all offer the promise of higher efficiencies and lower costs than even second generation technology. But none is yet clearly established as a leader, and none of these technologies is yet available as an exchange traded investment.

Both second and third generation solar technology companies are highly concentrated in the US. So some observers have concluded that there will be a shift back to the US of the solar cell manufacturing that went to Asia. However, as the companies in this sector scale up their operations they’ll be tempted to manufacture where prices are lower to keep their costs down. But it’s by no means clear since as fast as companies shift manufacturing to Asia, overseas companies are building facilities in the US. For instance, SolarWorld (SRWRF.PK) from Germany has opened what they say is the US’s largest solar cell factory in Hillsboro, OR. Meantime, Sanyo Electric (SANYY.PK) from Japan is building a factory in Salem, OR.

Thomas Friedman, author of “Hot, Flat and Crowded”, has said that energy technology is the industrial sector where global leadership will be established in the next several years. With the rush of new innovation taking place in advanced solar technologies in the US, there’s still a chance that the US can claim that leadership position. But the game is still wide open.

Paulo J. Nery

Disclaimer: Nothing in the above article in no way constitutes a recommendation to buy or invest in these or any other stocks. You should always seek professional financial advice when planning your investments or trading in the stock markets.

Featured Showcase Solar Stock:

XsunX Inc. : (OTCBB: XSNX) and (OTCBB:XSNXE) Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., XsunX is developing amorphous silicon thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar cell manufacturing processes to produce TFPV solar modules. To deliver its products the Company has begun to build a multi- megawatt TFPV solar module production facility in the United States to meet the growing demand for solar cell products used in large scale commercial projects, utility power fields, and other on-grid applications. Employing a phased roll out of production capacity, it plans to grow manufacturing capacities to over 100 megawatts by 2010. More info on XsunX, Inc. can be found on our media profile at: http://www.investorideas.com/co/xsnx/default.asp or http://www.xsunx.com/

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Sector Confidence for New Year Could Result in Significant Upward Trends

POINT ROBERTS, WA —December 17, 2008 — www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading investor news and research portal for the renewable energy sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close-up on renewable energy and solar stocks based on overall upward trends in the market that reflected strong gains in some of the sector leaders. First Solar, Inc. (NasdaqGS: FSLR) was up $15.41 (13.86%) on the close.

Dr. Robert Wilder, of the WilderHill Clean Energy Index (^ECO) noted, “Stocks across the board showed up green today after the Fed’s announcement targeting a rate cut, so there was little to differentiate clean energy, which also gained, from the rest. Clean energy clearly was hit much harder than most sectors over 2008 however, and so whether credit frees up boosting expansion of solar power, wind, electric cars, and the like which all demand readily available capital, remains to be seen. I think what happens the next few months will be telling. Clean energy could move up, very smartly off deep 75% declines for the year… or, it could revert to 2008′s downward trend. The greatest single thing missing is probably “confidence”. Restore that, and clean energy could perhaps re-climb farther upwards than most sectors in reverting to mean.”

The WilderHill Clean Energy Index (^ECO) was up 5.61 (6.77%).

In terms of confidence within the sector, industry participants are betting on Obama.” Technology breakthroughs are fueling a surge in new energy development that is no longer hostage to the ups and downs of petroleum”, said Riggs Eckelberry, CEO of OriginOil (OTCBB: OOIL). He added, “The incoming Administration’s unqualified support is a key factor. We are very optimistic about New Energy’s prospects for 2009.”

According to Tom Djokovich, CEO of XsunX (OTCBB:XSNX),“The failure for the US government to pass an extension to the 30% Federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) earlier this year placed downward pressure on solar stocks. By the time an eight-year extension to the ITC was passed, as part of the TARP legislation, the economy had fallen into tremendous disarray.

In reality the underlying fundamentals associated with the need and demand for electricity and solar have and continue to be very strong. You have the ITC now allowing utilities to monetize the 30% tax credits which is huge, we’re seeing increased legislation requiring and expanding renewable portfolio minimums on utilities here in the USA and abroad, and for the first time the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appeals panel rejected a federal permit for a newly planned coal fired electrical production plant in Utah requiring that the EPA consider CO2 emissions when issuing permits. This could place in jeopardy nearly 100 planned coal fired plants.

We even have a new President elect committing to build a new clean energy economy, and the scope of this endeavor is beyond comprehension for most citizens. The economic situation may be causing investors to look the other way but I think they are ignoring a freight train of opportunity headed their way in the form of solar sector opportunities. I know XsunX is working hard to deliver solar products to help fill the demand for solar,” concluded Djokovich.

Sector Close-Up as of Trading Close December 16, 2008:

Akeena Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:AKNS) (Market, News) closed up $0.12 (7.14%).

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (NYSE:ADM) (Market, News) had gains of $2.34 (8.89%).

Carbon Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB: CABN) (Market, News) closed up $0.02 (11.11%).

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ:CLNE) (Market, News) was up $0.40 (8.62%) on the day.

Evergreen Solar Inc (NASDAQ:ESLR) (Market, News) moved up $ 0.15 (5.62%).

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) (Market, News) closed up $15.41 (13.86%).

ICP Solar Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: ICPR) was up $0.02 (8.70%).

Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (OTCBB: MVTG) (Market, News) was unchanged at $0.36.

OriginOil, Inc (OTCBB: OOIL) (Market, News) had gains of $0.05 (20.00%).

Smartcool Systems Inc. (TSXV: SSC) (Market, News) was unchanged on the day.

SunPower Corporation (SPWRA) (Market, News ) was up $1.71 (5.60%).

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (STP) (Market, News) moved up $0.40 (4.21%).

Westport Innovations Inc. (WPT.TO) (Market, News) closed up $0.16 (3.31%).

Yingli Green Energy (YGE) (Market, News) was up $0.46 (8.95%).

XsunX Inc. (OTCBB: XSNX) (Market, News) closed at $0.20.

For investors following solar stocks, the RenewableEnergyStocks.com website provides a comprehensive list of photovoltaic and solar stocks to research.

http://www.investorideas.com/Companies/RenewableEnergy/Stock_List.asp

Featured Showcase Renewable Energy Stocks:

XsunX Inc.: (OTCBB: XSNX) Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., XsunX is developing amorphous silicon thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar cell manufacturing processes to produce TFPV solar modules. To deliver its products the Company has begun to build a multi- megawatt TFPV solar module production facility in the United States to meet the growing demand for solar cell products used in large scale commercial projects, utility power fields, and other on-grid applications. Employing a phased roll out of production capacity, it plans to grow manufacturing capacities to over 100 megawatts by 2010. More info on XsunX, Inc. can be found on our media profile at: http://www.investorideas.com/co/xsnx/default.asp or http://www.xsunx.com/

OriginOil, Inc: (OTCBB: OOIL)

OriginOil, Inc. is developing a breakthrough technology that will transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum. Much of the world’s oil and gas is made up of ancient algae deposits. Today, our technology will produce “new oil” from algae, through a cost-effective, high-speed manufacturing process. This endless supply of new oil can be used for many products such as diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, plastics and solvents without the global warming effects of petroleum. Other oil producing feedstock such as corn and sugarcane often destroy vital farmlands and rainforests, disrupt global food supplies and create new environmental problems. Our unique technology, based on algae, is targeted at fundamentally changing our source of oil without disrupting the environment or food supplies. www.originoil.com.

Carbon Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB: CABN)

Carbon Sciences, Inc. is developing a breakthrough technology to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into the basic fuel building blocks required to produce gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and other portable fuels. Innovating at the intersection of chemical engineering and bio-engineering disciplines, we are developing a highly scalable biocatalytic process to meet the fuel needs of the world. Company Showcase Profile page: http://www.investorideas.com/co/cabn/

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Gain Exclusive Insight on Leading Sectors, Global Trends, and Insider Trading Ideas, News, Articles and Investor Ideas Members only Restricted Content including the complete renewable energy stocks directory. Learn more: http://www.investorideas.com/membership/

Disclaimer: Our sites do not make recommendations. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. We attempt to research thoroughly, but we offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of information presented. All Information relating to featured companies is sourced from public documents and/ or the company and is not the opinion of our web sites. This site is currently compensated by featured companies, news submissions and online advertising. Disclosure: www.InvestorIdeas.com/About/Disclaimer.asp

Compensation disclosure for XSNX, CABN, OOIL, MVTG:

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Source: RenewableEnergyStocks.com, XsunX, OriginOil, Inc, Carbon Sciences, Inc

Microgeneration Technologies for CO2 reduction

POINT ROBERTS, WA –December 16, 2008 www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading investor news and research portal for the renewable energy sector within Investorideas.com, announces new featured showcase company, GWS Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: GWSC), an alternative energy company developing and marketing “microgeneration” solar and wind-powered renewable energy products and solutions.

Microgeneration technologies can be used individually or in combination to provide energy and heat to homes and businesses. According to a report by, www.datamonitor.com/energy, “with greater commercialization, microgeneration has the potential to become part of a commercial mass market decentralized energy system.”

About GWS Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: GWSC)

GWS stands for GreenWindSolar. We are an alternative energy company developing and marketing solar and wind-powered renewable energy products and solutions. Products and solutions are part of the new “microgeneration” movement that is transforming the way everyday people provide for their energy needs. Through a growing line of solar and wind-powered products ranging from handheld devices that can recharge an iPod to wind turbines for point-of-use alternative energy generation, GWS is positioning in the emerging microgeneration marketplace.

Company Showcase Profile page: http://www.investorideas.com/co/gwsc/

Company Website: http://www.greenwindsolar.com/

Company Products: http://www.greenwindsolar.com/store/

About InvestorIdeas.com:

InvestorIdeas.com is one of the first online investor resources providing in-depth information on renewable energy, greentech and water sectors.

About Our Green Investor Portals:

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Source: RenewableEnergyStocks.com, Investorideas.com, GWS Technologies, Inc

Overall Markets Up Monday on Obama’s Planned Infrastructure Spending

POINT ROBERTS, WA —December 9, 2008 — www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com, a leading investor news and research portal for the renewable energy sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close-up on renewable energy and green stocks following a general rally in the market Monday, incited by President-elect Obama’s discussion on the weekend of proposed significant infrastructure spending moving forward.

President-elect Obama has aggressive plans for the greentech and tech sectors as well, which has investors looking at the stocks with renewed optimism. According to www.change.gov, The Obama-Biden New Energy for America plan has goals to “create five million new jobs by strategically investing $150 billion over the next ten years to catalyze private efforts to build a clean energy future.”

Energy and Environment http://change.gov/agenda/energy_and_environment_agenda/

Renewable Energy Stocks solar expert, J. Peter Lynch noted,” I think that solar stocks have moved to an extremely oversold position and certain companies (ones with management, strong cash positions and some form of product differentiation) will be positioned to take advantage of the long range planning of the Obama administration in the area of renewables.”

Sector Close-Up as of Trading December 8, 2008:

The WilderHill Clean Energy Index (^ECO) was up $ 6.99 (8.48%). ECO was the first Index for clean renewable energy and has since become a benchmark Index for the sector. http://www.wildershares.com/.

The First Trust Global Wind Energy (FAN) ETF was up $ 0.90 (8.08%) and the Claymore/MAC Global Solar Energy (TAN) was up 0.4537 (6.11%). The Claymore ETF (TAN) tracks the MAC Global Solar Energy Index (^SUNIDX) that was up 6.61 % on the day.

Akeena Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:AKNS) was up over 4%.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (NYSE:ADM) (Market, News) was up$ 0.98 (3.79%).

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ:CLNE) (Market, News) was up $ 0.26 (5.32%).

Evergreen Solar Inc (NASDAQ:ESLR) (Market, News) closed with gains of $0.18 (7.29%).

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) (Market, News) closed up $6.30 (4.90%).

SunPower Corporation (SPWRA) (Market, News ) closed up $ 2.19 (6.70%).

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (STP) (Market, News) closed up $1.54 (18.12%).

Yingli Green Energy (YGE) (Market, News) ended the day up $0.76 (17.47%).

For investors following solar stocks, the RenewableEnergyStocks.com website provides a comprehensive list of photovoltaic and solar stocks to research.

http://www.investorideas.com/Companies/RenewableEnergy/Stock_List.asp

Featured Showcase Renewable Energy Stocks:

XsunX Inc. : (OTCBB: XSNX) Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., XsunX is developing amorphous silicon thin film photovoltaic (TFPV) solar cell manufacturing processes to produce TFPV solar modules. To deliver its products the Company has begun to build a multi- megawatt TFPV solar module production facility in the United States to meet the growing demand for solar cell products used in large scale commercial projects, utility power fields, and other on-grid applications. Employing a phased roll out of production capacity, it plans to grow manufacturing capacities to over 100 megawatts by 2010. More info on XsunX, Inc. can be found on our media profile at: http://www.investorideas.com/co/xsnx/default.asp or http://www.xsunx.com/

OriginOil, Inc: (OTCBB: OOIL)

OriginOil, Inc. is developing a breakthrough technology that will transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum. Much of the world’s oil and gas is made up of ancient algae deposits. Today, our technology will produce “new oil” from algae, through a cost-effective, high-speed manufacturing process. This endless supply of new oil can be used for many products such as diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, plastics and solvents without the global warming effects of petroleum. Other oil producing feedstock such as corn and sugarcane often destroy vital farmlands and rainforests, disrupt global food supplies and create new environmental problems. Our unique technology, based on algae, is targeted at fundamentally changing our source of oil without disrupting the environment or food supplies. www.originoil.com.

Carbon Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB: CABN)

Carbon Sciences, Inc. is developing a breakthrough technology to transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into the basic fuel building blocks required to produce gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and other portable fuels. Innovating at the intersection of chemical engineering and bio-engineering disciplines, we are developing a highly scalable biocatalytic process to meet the fuel needs of the world. Company Showcase Profile page: http://www.investorideas.com/co/cabn/

About Our Green Investor Portals:

www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com® is one of several green investor portals within Investorideas.com and provides investors with stock news, exclusive articles and financial columnists, audio interviews, investor conferences and a directory of stocks within the renewable energy sector.

Become an Investorideas.com Member

Gain Exclusive Insight on Leading Sectors, Global Trends, and Insider Trading Ideas, News, Articles and Investor Ideas Members only Restricted Content including the complete renewable energy stocks directory .Learn more: http://www.investorideas.com/membership/

Disclaimer: Our sites do not make recommendations. Nothing on our sites should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell products or securities. We attempt to research thoroughly, but we offer no guarantees as to the accuracy of information presented. All Information relating to featured companies is sourced from public documents and/ or the company and is not the opinion of our web sites. This site is currently compensated by featured companies, news submissions and online advertising. Disclosure: www.InvestorIdeas.com/About/Disclaimer.asp

Compensation disclosure for XSNX, CABN and OOIL:

http://www.investorideas.com/About/News/Clientspecifics.asp

For more information contact:

Dawn Van Zant 800.665.0411

Email: dvanzant@investorideas.com,

Source: RenewableEnergyStocks.com, XsunX, OriginOil, Inc, Carbon Sciences, Inc

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