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[Live4Trading.com] Socially Responsible Investing: Our Money and Our Values, A ...: I’ll wrap up with a quote I like from George Gay, CEO, First Affirmative Financial Network (FAFN), a company that offers sustainable investing. “I believe that the way people save, spend, and invest can dramatically influence both the fabric and consciousness of society.

[Akira Daily News] Akira Daily News!: (7) The release of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment-subscribed to by some of the world’s largest institutional investors, asset managers, and related organizations representing over trillion in assets as of mid- 2007-underscores the widespread acceptance of the principle that investors cannot, in the long run, achieve their goals by investing in corporations that externalize their costs onto society. (8)

[Bullfax.com - Market News & Analysis] Financial Stocks and Socially Responsible Investing | www.bullfax.com: FINalternatives submits: Socially-responsible money management firm EquityStar Capital Management will launch a new hedge fund in June with plans to invest some of its profits in impoverished African countries. EquityStar Global Partners will be a quantitative market-neutral fund, trading only the most liquid global companies, the Washington, D.C.-based firm said.

[Nest Egg News Feed] True Green Energy Group: Standing Upon True Morals and Ethics ...: Most green investments seek to promote a green economy while maximizing financial returns for investors. A green investment may also be referred to as a sustainable investment and is a type of socially responsible investment.

[dr30.com] Money | Putting Your Money Where Your Heart Is | dr30.com: SR investing sounds straightforward, but in practice you’re placing limits on your options, and that can affect your outcome. Then again, as Santa Clara University finance professor Meir Statman points out, social concerns are no more irrational than other biases people bring to investing.

[Best Mutual Fund Advisor] ? Leriigilised Building Society Growth Strategy | Best Mutual Fund ...: National Mortgage Corporation Limited buys and manages a portfolio of loans from other institutions. National Investments Ltd.

[Investing Guide] socially responsible mutual funds with small initial investment?: The Ariel Appreciation fund (CAAPX) is a good one (see website below), and their minimum IRA investment is only $250. I would also recommend signing up for automatic monthly investing, where you have a small amount (say $50 or $100) automatically invested from your checking account each month.

[GreenBiz.com Green and Sustainable Business News] What Makes a Firm a Good Bet for Socially Responsible Investors ...: Adam Kanzer: Domini has consistently excluded BP from our portfolios because of our concerns about their safety record. Our initial review followed the Texas City explosion in 2005, but our decision was quickly reinforced by the Prudhoe Bay spill the following year.

[greeninvestment.com] Alternative factors to consider in evaluating Socially Responsible ...: Probably due to the fact that I’m over 50 now with a repellent view of hyperbole and unsubstantiated opinions I have been uncomfortable with opposite view as well: socially responsible investing improves rate of return.  It has been my view based upon empirical experience of managing SRI portfolios for 20 years that SRI is not a significant determinant of investment performance.   SRI is a highly subjective practice where investors can have divergent opinions on industries and companies.   There is not unified screening standard amongst the SRI industry, each firm or fund makes their own decisions on screening criteria.  While some funds screen for only 3 or 4 issues there are other funds that screen over a dozen.

[Hedgehogs.net: connections' blogs] Socially Responsible Investing vs Vice Investing - Jacob Bettany's ...: Our research shows while the annualized return of SRI through Domini Social Index (DS 400 Index) from 1990 to 2009 has been higher than that of S&P 500, the relative 5 and 10-year returns are more favorable in S&P 500. We also find that while SRI through Domini Social Equity Mutual Fund (DSEFX) outperformed vice investing through vice fund (VICEX) over the most recent one year, VICEX has outperformed DSEFX over the long term.

[MasterResource] BP Fools the “Socially Responsible” Investors ('Green' Enron did ...: MMA Praxis Mutual Funds held BP in its International Fund as of June 30, and in a review last month decided not to exclude the stock from its investment universe. (It isn’t clear how many socially responsible funds held BP as of April 20, since mutual funds are required to disclose holdings only on a quarterly basis.)

[Marc Gunther] Social funds and BP: How embarrassing! « Marc Gunther: I disagree–no socially responsible fund should have held BP after the events outlined above–but I will reprint Joe’s email below so that you can decide for yourself. He deserves credit for his willingness to explain the fund’s thinking.

[It's Only Money] Socially responsible investments feel good, fit the bill ...: I noted research showing that SRI mutual funds perform no worse than their conventional, actively managed peers. They are a bit more expensive, though, and each defines social responsibility slightly differently, so it takes more research to select the right one.

[GreenBiz.com Green and Sustainable Business News] Social Funds and BP: How Embarrassing! | Business | GreenBiz.com: If you are a shareholder in a so-called socially responsible or sustainable mutual fund, you may also be an owner of BP, the company responsible for the environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. When Cary Krosinsky, an editor of a book called "Sustainable Investing: The Art of Long Term Performance," tallied up the holdings of about 350 socially responsible investment (SRI) funds from around the world, he found that at the end of 2008, BP was the second biggest .

[youssef mzaoui's blog] Mutual Funds And Socially Responsible Investing: (My Original Blog Post: http://www.selkblog.com/mutual-funds-and-socially-responsible-investing/). by thegreenpages. Mutual Funds And Socially Responsible Investing. If you're an investor who is concerned about the impact of ...

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