In one word, returns.   For three years the main Camino Energy site has been computing returns for:

  • Camino’s  five indices,
  • Market Comparables (that would be used in a diversified portfolio),
  • Sustainable ETFs, and
  • actively managed Sustainable Mutual funds.

Suprisingly, the page with this data is  infrequently visited so I have relocated the page to the highest level menu, Market Returns, to create greater visibility to the investment community.  I’ve also expanded the coverage to include a couple of additional ETFs and the nuclear ETFs.

A quick perusal of this year’s returns shows a rocky start for the sustainable business.  While the market comparables (ex commodities) are all positive YTD, the Sustainable Mutual funds and the Wind/Solar ETFs are all negative.  A couple of the broader based ETFs are positive, most notably the PowerShares Global Progressive Transportation (PTRP) ETF is up 7.3% through April 23rd….interesting.