London-based Guinness Atkinson Asset Management has a knack for making money. Their storied past dates back to 1993, when their first US division was born from Guinness Flight Global Asset Management, LTD.

Its first US-based mutual funds were launched in 1994, and the company was subsequently bought out by South Africa's Investec in 1998. In 2002, Investec decided to make a departure from US markets and Guinness Atkinson was created to take over management of the abandoned American funds.

Of course, I'm telling you all of this for a reason. Guinness Atkinson is headed up by two formidable financial gurus, Tim Guinness and Jim Atkinson, who have a flair for capitalizing on emerging markets around the globe.

Mr. Guinness' Global Energy Fund has doubled its holders' money in just three years time. And their Guinness Atkinson Alternative Energy (MUTF: GAAEX) green mutual fund has returned about 40% so far this year. Take a look at a chart for GAAEX in the past twelve months:

On the initial $5,000 in, you could've already banked $2,000. And much more could've been made if you had gone in beyond the minimum required investment.

With the success of the US-based renewable energy fund, Guinness is now launching a UK-based version. It will be the first in a series of funds dedicated to energy, Asia and innovation.

According to Tim Guinness, "These are areas at the heart of the forces that will transform the world over the coming decades. As such they provide the greatest potential for high investment returns."

And he believes because renewables currently supply such a small part of the world's energy mix, they can sustain very high growth rates for years to come.

Coincidentally, the fund has holdings in some of the companies recommended by the Green Chip series of websites--Green Chip Stocks, Alternative Energy Speculator or, the most recent, Green Chip International.

Just one example is Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA), in which the Guinness fund has vested 3.41% of its net assets--enough to make it the fifth largest holding of the fund. Take a look at a chart for Ormat Technologies:

Green Chip Stocks readers have already posted gains of well over 210% on that same company. But we recommended it in early 2005. The Guinness Atkinson fund wasn't even launched until halfway through 2006--further proof how we're perpetually early to the game.

Other holdings in the fund are currently on the watch list for Green Chip International, a service devoted to the emerging renewable energy companies around the world.

And while the Guinness Atkinson mutual fund has boasted a YTD return of 40%, other so-called ‘green' funds aren't doing nearly as well. Some of those funds don't even include renewable energy companies, opting instead to hold companies like Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK), Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) and even Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG).

I still haven't figured out the place for those companies in funds that market themselves as green or sustainable. But as you might suspect, the funds that truly invest in green companies are the ones that end up returning the most green.

The funds holding Nokia, Garmin and Chipotle have only returned anywhere from 3.49% to 13.16% so far this year.

The annual average return for Green Chip Stocks, since 2005, has been 26.9%. And with us, there are no hidden fees or management costs--just the low initial sign-up fee.

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Until next time,

Nick