January 5, 2007
Jamie Wimberly pleased with his alternative energy index
It lists 40 firms and is called -- the DESI, the Distributed Energy Stock Index. The index went up 14% last year and even posted a 7.5 % jump in the fourth quarter, said Wimberly.
He's CEO of the Distributed Energy Financial Group - a consulting and financial services firm that focuses on the energy technology sector.
DESI has six market segments. Power quality and storage recorded the sharpest jump -- 29%.
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DESI & DESI Segment Values |
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DESI |
Prime Movers |
Renewable Energy |
Alternative Fuels |
Demand Management |
Power Quality |
Enabling Technologies |
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June 30, 2005 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
|
September 30, 2005 |
113.31 |
117.09 |
180.04 |
106.8 |
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 |
176.2 |
128.01 |
126.03 |
89.3 |
92.52 |
|
September 29, 2006 |
112.29 |
130.83 |
162.4 |
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 |
The renewable energy segment was the clear and only laggard in 2006.
Wimberly predicted DESI will perform strongly in the first two quarters of this year. Power quality, demand management and alternative fuels segments "should do especially well" this year.
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%
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