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[Mighty Bargain Hunter] That's the way (uh-huh! uh-huh!) I like it: Best of Money Carnival ...: Why I liked this one the best: Socially-responsible investing is not immune to marketing.  What makes marketing this kind of investment very touchy is that it needs to address people’s faith.  This post takes a very clear stand on which common claims are reasonable and which aren’t.  I’m not sure I agree with all of what he says, but I agree with some, and in any case Paul Williams sticks his neck out far enough to earn this week’s Best of the Best title.

[Triple Pundit] Looking for Good Alternatives to the Stock Market? | Triple Pundit: Merrill Lynch), faith based investors, family foundations and other associations like the Council on Foundations. We still have thousands of individual investors, however, who have placed anywhere from $100 to $5,000 in the Community Investment (CI) Note.

[About.com Socially Responsible Investing] Social Investment Forum's Community Investment Guide for Faith ...: From 1995 to 2007, total community investment grew from $4 billion to nearly $26 billion, according to SIF. The opportunities for faith-based investors, who often go by the term “morally-responsible” investors, have also ballooned.

[Catholic Exchange] Catholic Perspectives on the Financial Crisis | Catholic Exchange: CBIS was founded in 1981 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools, widely known as the De La Salle Christian Brothers, to provide trusted socially responsible investment management services exclusively to Catholic organizations. The firm currently manages approximately $3 billion for more than 1,000 Catholic institutions worldwide.

[The CSR Digest] Responsible Recovery from the Global Crisis | The CSR Digest: Based on the theme “Responsible Recovery from the Global Crisis”, the conference will bring experts in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) and Community Engagement  from all over the world to share their expertise and experience here in Malaysia. More that 400 delegates are expected from Europe, USA, Middle East and Asia to benefit from the second International CSR Conference 2009, which will be held at the Renaissance Hotel, Kuala Lumpur from the 3rd until the 7th of August.

[Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation] Companies, Communities and Religious Investors - a conference on ...: A conference on Companies, Communities and Religious Investors, jointly organized by eight church- and faith-based bodies, was held in Dublin on 5 March 2009. The conference brought together more than 80 participants representing ecumenical organizations, Christian denominations, religious orders, non-governmental organizations and the responsible investment sector.

[About.com Socially Responsible Investing] Socially Responsible Value Funds: To review, value stocks trade at prices that investors consider to be cheap relative to the fundamentals of the company. The company might have a low price-to-earnings ratio compared to the market average or a low price-to-book value ratio, among other measures.

[Personal Dividends] Socially Responsible Investing for "Values" Investors | Personal ...: For those who want to combine two investing trends, it is possible to invest in socially responsible ETFs. There are a number of exchange traded funds that include companies with approved social practices, as well as funds that include only companies that are related to the production of clean energy.

[About.com Socially Responsible Investing] The SRI “Substantial” Revenue Question: “We want to invest in companies where their primary business doesn't involve things we don't want to be in,” says Zuck, whose fund screens for tobacco, as well as faith-based guidelines of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “At the same time we don't want to be in .

[Spirit Work and Money] Tao (the Way) not Dow (the Jones numbers) for Financial Serenity ...: Blog Archives. Select Month, August 2009, July 2009, May 2009, April 2009, March 2009, February 2009, December 2008 .

[John Quiggin] John Quiggin » The Price is Right?: If a stock price is indeed the best possible estimate of the risk-adjusted value of future dividends and resale values, then individual investors (at least those without inside information according to the semi-strong EMH) can do no better than to buy a portfolio of stocks and other asset prices that matches their risk preferences, without worrying about attempting to make their own estimates of the value of individual assets. In this sense, the price is right for them.

[About.com Socially Responsible Investing] A Bit of Shelter from a Faith-Based Fund: Investors in these funds have been sheltered somewhat to this year’s market swoon because investing according to Islamic principles means that Amana avoids interest. Portfolio manager Nicholas Kaiser stays away from interest-based banks, insurance companies and finance associations.

[Trillium Asset Management Corporation] trilliuminvest.com » Blog Archive » Trillium Organizes Tour of ...: The investors, who were gathered in New Orleans for the annual meeting of the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility, represented faith-based institutions and socially responsible investment firms collectively holding billions .

[ReligionDispatches - Stories] Markets and Morality: Faith-Based Investment Group Profiles ...: The socially responsible investor movement has come a great distance in the 40 or so years of its existence, Smith says. Fewer companies are treating responsibly-minded investors as pesky outsiders, seeing them instead as legitimate stakeholders.

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