Yet, solar bulls may finally be getting some good news.
For the first time, new solar power installations overtook wind energy capacity across the globe. That�� a huge win for the energy form and could finally signal solar�� return as a valid portfolio choice.
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According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, photovoltaic capacity installed around the world this year will beat wind for the first time ever. The news agency predicts that a total of 35.5 gigawatts (GW) worth of wind energy- both onshore and off- will be installed this year. That compares to its median forecast of 36.7 GW of new photovoltaic capacity.
Top Clean Energy Companies To Buy For 2014: Sun Life Financial Inc.(SLF)
Sun Life Financial Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various life and health insurance, savings, investment management, retirement, and pension products and services to individuals and corporate customers. It offers individual life insurance policies, including individual term life, universal life, critical illness, disability, accident, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance policies; and group life insurance policies. The company also provides individual health insurance, long-term care insurance, group health benefits, dental benefits, and group insurance; and various individual and group annuity, retirement, and investment income products and services, such as mutual and pooled funds, variable and fixed annuities, savings, retirement and pension plans, and education savings. In addition, it offers asset management services for corporate retirement plans, separate accounts, public or government funds, and insurance company assets to institutional clients; and advisory services to individual investors. Further, the company provides run-off reinsurance services. Sun Life Financial Inc. distributes its products through direct sales agents, independent and managing general agents, financial intermediaries, broker-dealers, banks, pension and benefit consultants, and other third-party marketing organizations. The company operates primarily in Bermuda, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, the Philippines, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Sun Life Financial Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Amanda Alix]
Insurance companies have created an entire industry based upon risk, and except for AIG (NYSE: AIG ) during the financial crisis, it has worked out pretty well. So, it's not a stretch to imagine a large life insurer like Canada's Sun Life Financial (NYSE: SLF ) assuming the pension liability for the Canadian Wheat Board's defined benefit plan in a recent $147 million deal, the first such accord in Canada's history.
- [By Monica Gerson]
Sun Life Financial (NYSE: SLF) shares gained 2.47% to create a new 52-week high of $34.80 on Q3 results. Sun Life reported its Q3 operating net income from continuing operations of $422 million.
- [By Tim Brugger]
Initially, the deal Sun Life Financial (NYSE: SLF ) struck in December to sell its U.S. annuity portfolio and some life insurance products for $1.35 billion to Delaware Life Holdings, a Guggenheim Partners-owned company, was scheduled to be completed by Q2 of 2013.
Top Clean Energy Companies To Buy For 2014: Castings(CGS.L)
Castings P.L.C. produces and sells various iron castings. It offers ductile iron castings, spheroidal graphite (SG) iron castings, austempered ductile iron castings, simo castings, Ni-resist castings, and grey iron castings. The company also undertakes the design, including virtual analysis, of ductile and SG iron castings; and produces prototypes and pre-series castings, as well as fully machined ductile iron castings and sub-assemblies. It serves the commercial vehicle and automotive markets. The company has operations primarily in the United Kingdom, Sweden, rest of Europe, and North and South America. Castings P.L.C. is headquartered in Brownhills, the United Kingdom.
Top 10 Low Price Companies To Buy For 2014: Builders FirstSource Inc.(BLDR)
Builders FirstSource, Inc. engages in the manufacture and supply of structural and related building products for residential new construction primarily in the southern and eastern United States. The company offers prefabricated components, including floor trusses, roof trusses, wall panels, stairs, and engineered wood; and window and door products, such as aluminum and vinyl windows, and pre-hung interior and exterior doors, as well as assembles and distributes interior and exterior door units. It also provides lumber and lumber sheet products comprising dimensional lumber, plywood, and oriented strand board products; millwork products, including interior trim, exterior trim, columns, and posts, as well as custom exterior featured products; and other building products, such as cabinets, gypsum, hardware, composite materials, roofing, and insulation. In addition, the company offers turn-key framing, shell construction, design assistance, and professional installation servic es for products spanning its product categories, as well as provides a range of construction services. It serves customers ranging from production homebuilders to small custom homebuilders. The company was formerly known as BSL Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Builders FirstSource, Inc. in October 1999. Builders FirstSource, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is based in Dallas, Texas.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Rex Moore]
The annual Value Investor Conference is one of the premier events surrounding Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting in Omaha. The Motley Fool's Michael Olsen and Rex Moore were in attendance and talked to several value investors.�In today's video, Michael asks Bob Robotti, founder of Robotti & Co., about his investment in Builders FirstSource (NASDAQ: BLDR ) .
Top Clean Energy Companies To Buy For 2014: Mercer International Inc.(MERC)
Mercer International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells pulp produced from wood chips and pulp logs. The company offers northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp and market pulp. Mercer International sells its products primarily in Europe, Asia, and North America. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Top Clean Energy Companies To Buy For 2014: Cambium Learning Group Inc.(ABCD)
Cambium Learning Group, Inc. provides intervention curricula, educational technologies, professional services, and other research-based education solutions in the United States. Its Voyager segment offers reading, math, and professional development programs, as well as online courseware and credit recovery solutions for at-risk and special education student populations. This segment also offers reading, literacy, and targeted intervention programs; interactive Web-based programs; math programs for additional student practice for grades 2-8, students in the 25th percentile and below in grades 5-9, and students at risk of failure in algebra; professional development services for teachers and leadership; and online instruction, supplemental courseware, and intervention programs. The company?s Sopris segment provides printed and technology based supplemental solutions comprising assessments, literacy and mathematics interventions, positive behavior supports, and professional development. It offers various programs that address students who score at or below the basic skill level in writing; reading and writing intervention programs; literary screening and progress monitoring tools; professional development programs for educators; programs to improve reading fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension for grades 3-12; and intensive, multisensory, and small group reading intervention programs for primary through intermediate grades. The company?s Cambium Learning Technologies segment provides integrated Websites for individual classrooms, schools, and districts; subscription-based online library of interactive simulations for math and science in grades 3-12; text-to-speech software literacy solutions for individuals with special needs and learning difficulties; and hardware products that target students with physical, visual and cognitive disabilities. Cambium Learning Group, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
Top Clean Energy Companies To Buy For 2014: Paragon Care Ltd (PGC.AX)
Paragon Care Limited engages in the supply of durable medical equipment to the health and aged care markets in Australia and New Zealand. It supplies stainless steel healthcare equipment; patient treatment, examination, and surgical stretchers and couches; medical and medication carts; and children�s and maternity equipment to public and private hospitals, general practitioners, and medical centers. The company also distributes bedding, furniture, and specialized seating products; integrated bed motor systems and modular bedside supply systems for the hospital, aged care, and home markets; and various wire shelving and basket systems, medical refrigeration systems, service carts, and single/multi deck trolleys, as well as storage systems. In addition, it is involved in the manufacture and sale of precision designed stainless steel and other medical related products. The company is based in Nunawading, Australia.
Top Clean Energy Companies To Buy For 2014: General Finance Corporation (GFN)
General Finance Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the lease and sale of portable storage containers, portable container buildings, and freight containers. It offers mobile storage containers, including general purpose units, double pallet-wide high cube units, hazardous goods containers, and refrigerated containers; portable building containers, such as site offices and cabins, workforce accommodation units, luxury accommodation units, restroom blocks, blast-resistant units, and specialized office and infrastructure suites; and freight containers consisting of curtain-side containers, hi-cube containers, pallet-wide containers, side-opening door containers, and bulk containers. The company provides its products for various storage applications, including retail and manufacturing inventory, construction materials and equipment, documents and records, and household goods. It also leases and sells storage trailers and other storage structures, container office s, mobile offices, and modular buildings, as well as ancillary products comprising steps, furniture, portable toilets, security systems, and other items for use in connection with its equipment. In addition, the company offers delivery and installation, return and dismantle, and other site services. As of June 30, 2012, it operated a fleet of 23,855 mobile storage containers, 3,294 portable container buildings, and 9,348 freight containers. The company serves various industries, such as mining, road and rail, construction, moving and storage, manufacturing, transportation, defense, retail, utilities, education, and services sectors, as well as small and medium-size entities in New Zealand, North America, and the Asia-Pacific regions of Australia. General Finance Corporation was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California.
Top Clean Energy Companies To Buy For 2014: Transmetro Corporation Ltd (TCO.AX)
Transmetro Corporation Limited, through its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of hotels, inns, serviced apartments, and theme pubs in Australia. Its fully-serviced hotels include restaurants, meeting rooms, business facilities, and conference and functions rooms. The company�s apartments provide longer-term stays for corporate travelers, and leisure guests; and inns offer accommodation with facilities, such as on-site parking, swimming pools, and restaurants. Its theme pubs provide beverages, food, and entertainment services. The company offers a national accommodation on network of 14 properties with approximately 1,000 rooms. Transmetro Corporation Limited operates under the brand names of Metro Hotels, Metro Apartments, Metro Inns, Paddy Maguires, and Aspire Hotels. Its clients comprise middle management business travelers, sporting groups and budget travelers, and leisure guests from Australian and international markets. The company was founded in 1976 and is hea dquartered in Sydney, Australia.
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