For Immediate Release
Contact: Jamie Wimberly
January 4, 2007
(202) 255-2860
DEFG’s Distributed Energy Stock Index (DESI) Ends Year with Solid Gains
Significantly Outperforms Other Indices in Clean and Alternative Energy Space
Washington, DC … The Distributed Energy Financial Group LLC (DEFG, http://www.defgllc.com/), a specialized consulting and financial services firm focused on the energy technology sector, released the annual 2006 performance results and 2006 Q4 results today of the Distributed Energy Stock Index (DESI, pronounced Deh-Zee), an index of 40 publicly traded companies in the alternative energy space. For all of 2006, the DESI increased 14 percent, recording a 7.5 percent gain in Q4 alone.
“The DESI maintained the positive momentum at the end of Q3 until the end of the year,” stated Jamie Wimberly, CEO of the Distributed Energy Financial Group. “More impressively, the DESI clearly outperformed the WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio and Ardour Global Alternative Energy Index, both of which recorded virtually no gains in 2006. This is evidence that the DESI is focused, soundly structured and capturing value in a more diversified manner.”
The DESI is comprised of six market segments. The majority of DESI segments recorded increases in 2006, with the power quality and storage recording the sharpest increase of 29 percent for the year. The renewable energy segment was the clear and only laggard in 2006.
|
DESI and
DESI Segments
Values |
DESI |
Prime Movers |
Renewable Energy |
Alternative Fuels |
Demand Management |
Power Quality |
Enabling Technologies |
|
June 30, 2005 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
100.00 |
|
September 30, 2005 |
113.31 |
117.09 |
180.04 |
106.80 |
115.83 |
108.73 |
96.94 |
|
December 30, 2005 |
106.27 |
123.41 |
175.48 |
90.92 |
116.03 |
95.94 |
75.79 |
|
March 31, 2006 |
124.27 |
137.86 |
198.81 |
136.71 |
129.81 |
104.46 |
98.97 |
|
June 30, 2006 |
116.73 |
140.38 |
176.20 |
128.01 |
126.03 |
89.30 |
92.52 |
|
September 29, 2006 |
112.29 |
130.83 |
162.40 |
113.91 |
126.42 |
98.65 |
82.59 |
|
December 29, 2006 |
120.04 |
135.65 |
159.04 |
112.19 |
130.18 |
123.74 |
97.83 |
“If 2005 and 2006 are good guides, the DESI should continue to perform strongly in the first two quarters of this year,” stated Wimberly. “The power quality, demand management and alternative fuels segments should do especially well in 2007.”
The DESI company leaders and laggards for Q4 2006 were:
| Environmental Power (EPG) |
+ 97.1% |
DayStar Technologies (DSTI) |
-38.6% |
| Fuel Systems Solutions (FSYS) |
+ 73.6% |
C&D Technologies (CHP) |
-33.2% |
| MagneTek (MAG) |
+ 63.3% |
Maxwell Technologies (MXWL) |
-31.4% |
DEFG © 2007. Through the issuance of this press release, DEFG is not giving investment advice or any other advice.
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