Oscar Wilde famously said that a cynic is "a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing".
Retail investors that continue to shun the renewable energy investment trust sector could be in danger of allowing themselves to fall into such cynicism with current share prices blinding them to the inherent value of the sector’s underlying portfolios.
For retail investors, renewable investment trusts represent one of the only access points to private assets, with strong, inflation-hedged contracted revenue.
Given their cost-effective, shareholder friendly, income-generating qualities, it will not be long before investors start to recognise their true value and compelling risk-adjusted returns once again.