Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today:

American Commercial Lines Inc (ACLI) Arris Group Inc (ARRS) Associated Banc-Corp (ASBC) Astec Industries Inc (ASTE) Badger Meter Inc (BMI) Banner Corp (BANR) Beacon Roofing Supply Inc (BECN) Brunswick Corp (BC) C&D Technologies Inc (CHP) Capital Product Partners LP (CPLP) Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN) Ciber Inc (CBR) CIT Group Inc (CIT) Copano Energy LLC (CPNO) Crucell NV (CRXL) CryptoLogic Ltd (CRYP) Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA (ERJ) ...

Four ETFs Profiting From Green Energy

Tony Daltorio, The Investment U Research Team

It doesn’t take an genius to see the writing on the wall for green energy.

Governments around the globe from the United States to Europe to China are clearing the way for investors to make some “green” while investing in green-energy technologies.

Clean energy technology has been a universal component of government stimulus packages around the globe. Here in the United States, President Obama continues to focus the spotlight on clean energy with many visits to such projects around the country. Over $100 billion from the administration’s stimulus package has been designated for the advancement of clean energy technologies.

Congress is currently trying to cobble together perhaps the most far-reaching climate and energy legislation ever. The legislation would not only initiate a “cap and

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Bring up “frontier markets” and most investors envision a potpourri of nations primarily located in Africa or the Middle East. Not so fast, my friend. A closer inspection of the growing number of frontier mutual funds and ETFs, for instance, shows that at least in regards to some of them, there is very little correlation to the aforementioned regions. Consider the Claymore/BNY Mellon Frontier Markets ETF (NYSEArca: FRN). The fund uses an indexing approach and seeks to more or less replicate, before fees and expenses, an equity index called The Bank of New York Mellon New Frontier DR Index. What does that mean? A close inspection of the fund’s holdings shows that Poland (25.07%), Chile (23.55%) and Egypt (14.78%) account for a majority of the top country weightings, and moreover that financials account for 41.61% of the sector weighting. Per Matthew McCall, ...