How businesses, households, governments, asset managers, and investors interact in unpredictable ways to address the risks and opportunities related to climate change and other global trends. Why ESG investing goes beyond just buying an ESG fund or ETF. Topics covered include: What are the incentives, constraints, opportunities, and risks faced by businesses, households, governments, asset managers, and investors when deciding what to do. What is ESG and sustainable … [Read more...]
221 Plus: The Great Financial Crisis Revisited and ESG Investing
This week September 14, 2018, we review the causes of the Great Financial Crisis and provide an update on ESG investing. … [Read more...]
77: Does Ethical Investing Outperform the Market?
Why ethical investing will underperform the stock market unless consumer behavior changes. Photo by Gerry Lauzon In this episode you'll learn: What is ethical investing, also known as ESG or SRI.How institutions structure ethical portfolios.How ethical portfolios have performed relative to the overall stock market.Why should in theory ethical portfolios underperform the overall stock market, absence a change in consumer behavior.How we can make a larger social impact by what we buy … [Read more...]