Obama to Pop a Green Collar??

There is great speculation about how Obama could possibly meet the insane expectations that the United States, much less the world, have piled upon his shoulders. Last I heard, he's poised to clean-up the biggest financial mess on record; find employment for millions of people; reform the health care system; champion climate change mitigation; improve school conditions; and end the war in Iraq. And I thought I had it tough.....

Fortunately for Obama, there is an idea out there that can help solve many of these problems at once. It's called the 'Green Collar Economy'. Popularized by a recent book by Van Jones, it embodies the goal of creating an environmentally sustainable economy powered by ordinary workers. According to Jones, "the main piece of technology in the green economy is a caulk gun". Focus areas include: energy efficiency upgrades and retrofits for millions of homes and buildings; the construction of renewable energy infrastructure (generation and transmission); and new green developments on remediated land.

By engineering a Green Economy Stimulus Package, Obama can spur development that will curb energy usage, decrease dependency on foreign oil, carve CO2 emissions, give a boost to important market sectors, and inspire a generation. I'm not the only one saying this. The idea of a green economy is embraced by grassroots organizations, and has been picking up traction in the mainstream media. It might not be on CNN (yet), but it's gaining momentum. If Obama really wants to change America, then he is going to put some green into the old red, white and blue. With stock prices in the trenches, the investment opportunity of a generation is presenting itself.

In the coming weeks, I will be researching and analyzing companies that are slated to benefit from the massive Green Economy Stimulus Package that is in the works. I'll help you weed out the losers from the leaders in various Cleantech and Socially Responsible indexes. Your portfolio will be poised to grow massively in the short-term as the Green Economy concept builds steam, and you'll have the pleasure of helping finance the sustainable change that America needs.

Y'all come back now, ya hear!?