Investment strategy - any old hands here with good advice?

CreativeMedia

Thanks for the video and URL. Sebo027, by "ethical ISA" I meant "an ISA savings account with one of the 'ethical' banks" (eg Cooperative Bank, Smile Bank, Triodos, etc)

dunroving

I'd echo what others have said - unless this is just "play money" and/or you really have confidence in what you are doing, you should be invested in funds, not individual companies. Also, I'd recommend watching the whole series of YouTube videos by Andrew Hallam (see post above). Bookmark all of his videos, set aside an afternoon, and watch them. Then decide what to do.

Voyager2002

Thrugelmir said:

Over time the level competition will grow. There's no moats to make any one company unique and protect them. No harm in naming the companies you hold. 

Government policy is important to renewable energy and is a major factor to consider, making it different from some other sectors.
In the UK, some well-established companies do have "moats": for example, about half of the revenue of Greencoat (a stock I hold) comes from a guaranteed market that is closed to new entrants by government action.

Voyager2002

Welcome, CreativeMedia.

If you are gong to invest in individual companies then I suggest that you read through the whole of the thread on this board about investing in Biotechnology, begun by BrockStoker. Some of the discussion would not be relevant to other sectors but most of it should inform your thinking.