Revenge investing: How to fight Trumpism with your money
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Revenge investing: How to fight Trumpism with your money

Salon  

Trump is headed back to the White House, and more than 74 million Americans who voted for Kamala Harris are wondering how to cope. Related Turning crypto gains into justice wins Environmental, social and governance funds ESG funds are an investment strategy focused on companies' financial performance as well as those that consider environmental, social and governance issues. ESG investing is the only way to be fully heard.” We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism ESG funds come with risks. If you’re worried about climate change under the next Trump administration, you might consider moving your checking and savings accounts, especially if you’re with a bank that funds fossil fuel projects, Perez said. If you use a credit union in Iowa, your money’s going to stay in Iowa.” This can also help your finances, since credit unions often offer higher interest rates on savings accounts than major banks.

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ESG investing remains fraught with challenges
1 month ago

ESG investing remains fraught with challenges

Live Mint  

With global warming, dwindling biodiversity and rising pollution threatening posterity and widening economic disparities, campaigns such as Race to Zero and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals matter more than ever. ESG funds have found favour among investors globally because they help meet responsible-investing goals while entrusting the arduous stock-selection process to fund managers. An ESG fund may be actively …

How the ‘woke capitalist’ gravy train came to a juddering halt
6 months, 3 weeks ago

How the ‘woke capitalist’ gravy train came to a juddering halt

The Telegraph  

McKinsey declared in 2019 that 90pc of America’s 500 biggest companies were now producing an ESG report – reams of paper meant to prove the businesses were saving society and the planet. Underperformance reflects the way ESG fund managers invest: ethical funds are varied but on the whole they shun “sin stocks” like fossil fuels, defence and tobacco. “There’s more …

Opinion: Biden just took a stance against the middle class
1 year, 9 months ago

Opinion: Biden just took a stance against the middle class

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Sanjai Bhagat is the author of “Financial Crisis, Corporate Governance, and Bank Capital,” Cambridge University Press. In a 2019 Journal of Finance paper, researchers compared the investment performance of funds that were focused on ESG investments to funds that were not focused on ESG. Morningstar gave funds focused on high sustainability investments “five globes” and funds focused on …

Mutual fund industry tries to figure out how to define ESG funds
4 years, 5 months ago

Mutual fund industry tries to figure out how to define ESG funds

Live Mint  

The Investment Company Institute, the leading trade association for U.S. mutual fund companies, is racing to define ESG investing to help consumers understand more broadly what they are actually getting from the sustainable and socially responsible funds. “When we talked to clients or anyone interested in ESG investing, what we found was that the definitions of ESG were all over …

How COVID-19 Is Waking Up Wall Street To Sustainability
4 years, 8 months ago

How COVID-19 Is Waking Up Wall Street To Sustainability

Huff Post  

One expert calls ESG investing the trend that will define the 2020s. Before the pandemic sent worldwide financial markets into a tailspin, Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisories, proclaimed in February that ESG investing “will be the new norm in less than five years” and is “the trend that …

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