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Investing With Your Values: Making Money and Making a Difference
Investing With Your Values Making Money and Making a Difference Author:Hal Brill, Jack A. Brill, Cliff Feigenbaum Now you can do good and do well at the same time. Most of us would prefer to invest in companies that share the same values that we do--if only we could outpace the S&P 500 at the same time. Now that goal has become more than an ephemeral New Year's resolution. In fact, investing that reflects investors' values today is both possible and profita... more »ble. "Socially responsible investing," or SRI, once largely dismissed as a novelty for the politically correct, is now considered a smart and lucrative way for anyone to make money. In fact, The Domini 400, which is the main index of socially responsible investments, has outperformed the S&P 500 for the last eight years. Increasing social and environmental awareness has propelled SRI to a $1.3 trillion industry, representing nearly ten percent of all invested assets--creating a potentially huge readership, eager for more information. This is a book for all investors--across philosophic and economic strata--who want to see their values mirrored in their portfolios. Because of outstanding performance and increasing interest in social responsibility, the demand for books on values-based investing is growing. Surprisingly, this book, written by SRI activists, is the only comprehensive source of information for this rapidly expanding and highly profitable market. Coverage explores: the nuts and bolts of socially responsible investing; the philosophy and remarkable history that built SRI; how many money and creating change are compatible goals; detailed information on socially responsible stocks, mutual funds, bonds and community investments; specifics on the new concept of "natural investing" and its significance; socially responsible companies and how they are screened.« less