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Sustainable Investing
Gender-Lens Investing: How to Invest to Advocate for Women
Female representation at senior levels of corporate leadership has experienced little change, despite increased workforce participation.
Sustainable Investing
Earth Day, Every Day: Climate Conscious Investing
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. Today, it’s clear that investors are paying attention to its effects and building their portfolios accordingly.
Sustainable Investing
Making an Impact with Your Investments
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What if you could control how your investment dollars are directed and support the values you cherish, be they respect for the environment, promoting diversity in the workplace, or improving the lives of others?
Behavioral Finance
Behavioral Advisor: Why Invest Now? A Tale of Three Investors
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“Now’s not a good time to invest,” or “I’m waiting for the right conditions” are familiar refrains we hear from investors and advisors alike. Fortunately for long-term investors who don’t take regular withdrawals from their portfolios, the sequence of returns doesn’t affect the ultimate investment outcome.
Behavioral Finance
Behavioral Advisor: Does the Economy Predict Stock Returns?
Investors, economists and the media spend an enormous amount of time and energy trying to forecast the economy. The idea is that forecasting economic growth will give us an idea of where the stock market is headed. Surprisingly, no predictive relationship exists between current economic conditions and the current stock market.
Sustainable Investing
Societal Impact vs. Financial Return: A Case of “Either/Or” No More
Many investors who find impact investing potentially appealing have at the same time struggled with a notion that investing for the “greater good” will always be “concessionary,” that is, accompanied by some loss of financial performance.
Behavioral Finance
Diversify by Strategy to Stay on Track
It’s important for investors to understand how different investment strategies work and how each performs under various market conditions.
Behavioral Finance
Behavioral Advisor: Use Needs Rather than Fear for Allocation
Risk tolerance can result in poor risk management, significant misallocation of resources and a high degree of anxiety. AthenaInvest suggests using a needs-based planning instead.
Behavioral Finance
Behavioral Advisor: Look Beyond Cost For Active Management
Focus on low-cost equity mutual funds has increased dramatically in the past decade. While cost matters, mutual funds should be evaluated based on what investors get for the price they pay.