DESI: Distributed Energy Stock Index

The Distributed Energy Stock Index (DESI) is a unique vehicle for carrying the story of alternative energy and technology to the investment community.

The DESI energy stock index was created by DEFG to: provide a designated index for alternative energy stocks, increase focus and visibility for the alternative energy and technology industry, enhance coverage of innovative energy companies, and give attention to the various distinct elements that are evolving as the alternative energy industry grows.

We believed that the time was ripe in 2005 for a specific market focus on alternative energy stocks. In the post-technology bubble, there was an increased need for performance comparisons and benchmarks. However, after Sarbanes-Oxley, brokerage houses reduced research activities, and only a few analysts cover alternative energy stocks. The DESI was created to facilitate and enhance alternative energy industry analytics was an idea whose time had come.

The DESI serves the alternative energy and financial communities by providing:

• A tool to build industry awareness and to focus investors on leading alternative energy stocks
• A framework for the development of alternative energy portfolios
• A measure to compare growth and performance of:
  • Investment in an alternative energy portfolio
  • Specific alternative energy companies
  • A benchmark for management to measure performance

 

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