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Observations October 4, 2018
The TJCA (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) signed into law in December 2017 has changed the tax treatment for holding real estate investment trusts (REITs). While we still await full clarity of some issues....
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Values-Aligned Investing September 17, 2018
In our recent research paper, A Guide to ESG Portfolio Construction, we reference the concept that if the type of belief (either a binary yes/no or a score on a continuum) is the same, then the portfolio construction will be...
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Observations by Dorian Young August 22, 2018
The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) will be revamping its shrunken Telecommunication Services sector (now just 1.9% of the S&P 500 Index) into a hot, newly renamed Communication Services sector...
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Values-Aligned Investing by Mark Bateman June 5, 2018
As we have worked with clients on their ESG portfolios over the years, we’ve discovered that there are a few specific companies that many of our clients want excluded by name from their portfolios...
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Observations by Liz Michaels April 25, 2018
Months ago, I saved an issue of Journal of Environmental Investing fully intending to read it—and after carrying it with me for more than 50,000 air miles...
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