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2 ETF Areas to Gain From Michael Bloomberg’s Campaign

Excerpt from Yahoo Finance, January 21, 2020 finance.yahoo.com. Also in Zacks. U.S. presidential election is in November and candidates are bucking up for the campaign. Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg has already spent $217 million on television and digital advertising. Wall Street. Journal noted that total Bloomberg spending is about …. …. Clean Energy to […]

You can make great investment returns while also helping the world. Here are 20 ESG funds that have beaten the market over the past year.

Excerpt from Business Insider, January 8, 2020 markets.businessinsider.com. • The S&P 500 is up 27% over the past year, but several environmental, social, and governance-focused (ESG) funds have trounced the key index over the same period. • Interest in ESG investing soared through 2019, with traders piling billions of dollars into the vehicles each quarter, […]

Clean Tech 4Q19 Update: Decarbonization and ESG Spur Best Year Since 2013; Raising Six Target Prices

Excerpt from Raymond James, January 3, 2020 RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGY In this earnings update, we are adjusting 4Q19 and 2020 estimates for our clean tech coverage; initiating 2021 estimates; and raising six target prices (while lowering none). This past year is truly a hard act to follow. The WilderHill Clean Energy Index (ECO) posted a 2019 gain of […]

Your complete guide to investing with a conscience, a $30 trillion market just getting started

Excerpt from CNBC, December 14, 2019 cnbc.com. • ESG investing — or strategies that take a company’s environmental, social and governance factors into consideration — grew to more than $30 trillion in 2018, and some estimates say it could reach $50 trillion over the next two decades. • These strategies, which include impact investing, are […]