Best Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In 2014

It's been a long time coming for both natural gas and solar as viable sources of energy in the United States. Both have been struggling with a lack of consumer and industrial buy-in, but both could be right around the corner. Is either one standing out at the moment?

The debate is on
In the following video, Motley Fool analysts Joel South and Taylor Muckerman each weigh in on how natural gas and solar have been performing lately and which companies are taking the lead. Both options have made progress recently, with Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ: CLNE  ) building out its "America's Natural Gas Highway" initiative and SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR  ) producing more efficient solar panels.

Has Clean Energy Fuels solved the "chicken-or-the-egg" debate?
The movement toward alternative energy is gaining momentum. One potential opportunity in this field is Clean Energy Fuels, which focuses its natural gas efforts primarily on trucking and fleets. It's poised to make a big impact on an essential industry. Learn everything you need to know about Clean Energy Fuels in The Motley Fool's premium research report on the company. Just click here now to claim your copy today.

Best Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In 2014: (MOSERBAER.NS)

Moser Baer India Limited engages in the manufacture and sale of optical storage media in India and internationally. The company offers a range of optical storage media products, which include recordable compact discs, rewritable compact discs, recordable digital versatile discs (DVD), rewritable DVD?s, and blue laser discs. It also provides solar power products, including photovoltaic cells, crystalline cells and modules, and thin films. In addition, the company offers home entertainment products, such as pre-recorded disks of home video titles in various Indian languages. It has rights for approximately 10,000 titles in all the languages. Further, the company provides information technology peripherals comprising USB drives, memory cards, DVD writers, PC peripherals, TFT Monitors, UPS, and external hard drives; and consumer electronics, which consist of LCD TVs, DVD players, portable DVD players, digital photo frames, media players, and multimedia speakers. Moser Baer Ind ia Limited was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in New Delhi, India.

Best Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In 2014: Ascent Media Corporation(ASCMA)

Ascent Capital Group, Inc., through its subsidiary, Monitronics International, Inc., provides security alarm monitoring and related services to residential and business subscribers in the United States and Canada. The company is involved in monitoring signals arising from burglaries, fires, medical alerts, and other events, as well as provides customer service and technical support. It also provides central station monitoring services on a wholesale basis for other independent alarm companies that do not have the capability to monitor systems for their customers. In addition, Ascent Capital Group, Inc. offers a range of residential security services, including hands-free two-way voice communication with the monitoring center, cellular options, and an interactive service option, which allows the customer to control their security system using a computer or smart phone. The company markets its services through a network of authorized dealers. Ascent Capital Group, Inc. is ba sed in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ian Wyatt, Publisher & Chief Investment Strategist, Wyatt Investment Research]

  Both of these stocks are overlooked, undervalued, and cash flow machines. The companies are Ascent Capital Group (ASCMA) and Covanta Holdings (CVA).

Top 10 Value Stocks To Invest In Right Now: Nwf Group(NWF.L)

NWF Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the warehousing and distribution of ambient groceries; manufacture and sale of animal feeds; and sale and distribution of fuel oils in the United Kingdom. The company distributes ambient grocery and other products to supermarket and other retail distribution centers. It also provides animal feeds and other agricultural products to dairy farmers. In addition, the company markets feeds, seeds, fats, and silage additives to farmers. Further, it sells and distributes domestic heating, industrial, and road fuels, as well as offers various oil ancillary items, including lubricants, storage tanks, boiler servicing, maintenance, and insurance. NWF Group plc was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Nantwich, the United Kingdom.

Best Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In 2014: Eyecare Partners Ltd(EPL.AX)

Eyecare Partners Limited owns and operates optometry practices under the EyeQ Optometrists name in Australia. Its optometry practices provide optometric health services and optical products to patients. The company?s primary eye care services include eye examinations, contact lenses, behavioural optometry, and low vision services, as well as co-management of medical and post-operative conditions with local ophthalmologists. As of December 31, 2011, it had a total of 28 practices. Eyecare Partners Limited is headquartered in Botany, Australia.

Best Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In 2014: Source Capital Inc.(SOR)

Source Capital, Inc. is a close-ended equity fund launched and managed by First Pacific Advisors, LLC. The fund invests in the public equity markets of the United States. It makes its investments in the stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Russell 2500 Index, the S&P 500 Index, and the Nasdaq Index. Source Capital, Inc. was formed in 1968 and is domiciled in the United States.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Rich Duprey]

  Closed-end investment company�Source Capital (NYSE: SOR  ) announced�today�its third-quarter dividend of $0.75 per share, the same rate it's paid for the past two quarters.

Best Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In 2014: VSB Bancorp Inc.(NY)

VSB Bancorp, Inc. operates as the holding company for Victory State Bank that provides commercial and retail banking services to individuals and businesses primarily in Staten Island, New York. It offers various deposit products, including non-interest bearing checking, money market, time deposit, statement savings, and negotiable order of withdrawal accounts. The company also provides various loan products, such as commercial business loans; commercial real estate loans; construction loans for one-to four-family residential properties, and multi-family residential and commercial use real estate properties; commercial mortgage loans; and unsecured commercial loans. The company serves its customers through its banking offices and its Web site, victorystatebank.com. As of December 31, 2010, it operated 5 banking offices in West Brighton, St. George, Dongan Hills, Rosebank, and Great Kills sections of Staten Island. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Staten Islan d, New York.

Best Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In 2014: Eaton Vance Limited Duration Income Fund (EVV)

Eaton Vance Limited Duration Income Fund is a closed-ended fixed income mutual fund launched and managed by Eaton Vance Management. The fund invests in the fixed income markets of the United States. It seeks to invest in the securities of companies operating across the diversified sectors. The fund invests in senior, secured floating-rate loans, mortgage-backed securities, and corporate bonds that are rated below investment grade quality, known as junk bonds with an average duration of 3.47 years and average quality BBB/BBB-. It benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the S&P/LSTA Leveraged Loan Index, the Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Index, and the Barclays Capital U.S. Intermediate Government Bond Index. Eaton Vance Limited Duration Income Fund was formed on May 30, 2003 and is domiciled in the United States.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Adam Aloisi]

  The following chart takes a comparative look at some widely held ETFs/CEFs holding different types of bonds. The objective is to visualize not only how much these products cost, but also to break down the percent of total yield depleted by management fees. I define total yield as current annualized yield plus net fees - in other words the yield of the fund if there were no management fees attached. The funds we will examine are aforementioned BND, iShares 20+ Treasury Bond (TLT), iShares High-Yield Corporate (HYG), Nuveen Municipal Value (NUV), Eaton Vance Limited Duration (EVV) and Alliance Bernstein Global High-Yield (AWF).

Best Clean Energy Stocks To Invest In 2014: Union Bankshares Inc.(UNB)

Union Bankshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Union Bank, which provides commercial and retail banking services in northern Vermont and northwestern New Hampshire. Its deposit products include personal and business checking, NOW, savings, money market, individual retirement/SEP/KEOGH, and health savings accounts, as well as certificates of deposit. The company?s retail loan portfolio consists primarily of residential mortgage loans, construction loans, home equity loans or lines of credit, traditional installment loans, and personal lines of credit; commercial loan portfolio comprises term loans, lines of credit, commercial construction loans, commercial and multi-family real estate loans, loans for plant and equipment, working capital, real estate renovation, and other business purposes; and municipal loan portfolio includes term loans and construction financing, as well as SBA guaranteed and home improvement loans, and overdraft checking privileges. It also offers online cash management services, including account reconciliation, credit card depository, automated clearing house origination, wire transfers, and night depository; and other services, such as standby letters of credit, travelers or bank checks, and safe deposit boxes. In addition, the company provides merchant credit card, automated teller machine (ATM), telephone and Internet banking, and trust and asset management services, as well as debit and ATM cards. Union Bankshares, Inc. offers its retail banking services to individuals; and commercial banking services to small and medium-sized corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, nonprofit organizations, local municipalities, and school districts. As of July 20, 2011, it operated 13 banking offices, a loan center, and 29 ATM facilities in Vermont; and 4 branches and ATM facilities in New Hampshire. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Morrisville, Vermont.