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by DarkLinkXXXX 3465 days ago
I have to agree with Brian Bain on this one: Perhaps energy is a good place for you to look. Many solar companies should offer great returns for years to come and many oil and gas companies will likely be great buys this year as prices decline more.
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"Many solar companies should offer great returns for years to come"

Most solar companies offer abysmal returns. Major US companies have gone bust. Well run companies can blow up if the government changes policy on subsidies. In Ontario - the government just decided they would stop paying 82 cents/kw/h for solar, and dropped it to 50 cents/kw/h. Imagine what that would do to your balance sheet.

You can make possibly better returns, but it's not remotely 'low risk'.

Getting out of the 3% ROI range is quite hard while not getting into extra risk.