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Knowledge@Wharton August 13, 2003	Risks and Costs of Socially Responsible Investing Investors concerned about social, environmental, labor or religious issues may be willing to sacrifice some financial return. But how much must they give up?
The Motley Fool December 9, 2005 Jim Mueller	Truly Responsible Investing Tips Investing can be tricky. Allowing emotions into the equation doesn't help. Instead of pursuing "socially responsible" investing strategies, why not get active in your community, and approach investing with a clear head?
CFO May 1, 2004 Craig Schneider	Forget Black-Scholes? Why the traditional option-pricing model may not be the best way to value employee stock option grants.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Presbyterian Investing Some religious folks are focusing on making lots of money. Here's take a closer look at one of their funds -- the New Covenant Growth Fund.
The Motley Fool June 20, 2006 S.J. Caplan	A Fund for Democrats Although The Blue Fund claims to be the first politically focused mutual fund, a peer from across the aisle already exists.
AFP eWire February 20, 2006	Socially Responsible Investment Assets Growing Faster Than Other Funds According to a recent report, nearly one out of every 10 dollars under professional management in the United States today is involved in socially responsible investing.
The Motley Fool March 3, 2004 Paul Elliott	Bullish on SRI Why hate all mutual funds just because so many charge a pretty penny to underperform? Just hate that majority that fumble the ball. Given the odds, the typical investor won't likely overcome the underperformance handicap, but clearly, there are good funds and there are bad funds.
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 Craig L. Israelsen	Conscientious Investing SRI stands for socially responsible investing. Historically, however, many have perceived it to mean "sickly returns indeed." This article looks at the performance of SRI funds, across 12 different Morningstar categories.
Registered Rep. February 8, 2012 Charles Paikert	Big Impact: Clients Turn to Socially Responsible Investing For the uninitiated, socially responsible investment funds are funds that screen potential investment targets for things like environmental impact, corporate governance or employment policies.
The Motley Fool November 23, 2005 Jim Gillies	Profit Without Purgatory Is ethical investing meaningful, or is it a marketing ploy? If you look hard enough, you can find something bad with about nearly every prospective investment. How should we feel about that?
The Motley Fool December 15, 2005 Seth Jayson	Dueling Fools: Socially Responsible Investing Bear Rebuttal Socially responsible investing through funds is a crapshoot -- just like investing in mutual funds in general. It may not be good investing, and it may not rise to your standards of social responsibility.
AFP eWire October 10, 2005	Socially Responsible Investing on the Rise More than one out of every nine dollars invested and professionally managed in the United States, or $2.16 trillion, is involved in a socially responsible investment, according to a new report.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2006 John Churchill	Don't Know What SRI Is? Listen Up Socially responsible investing (SRI) is still relatively uncharted territory for most advisors, according to a recently released study; however, since more clients are demanding SRI than ever before, it may be time to get wise.
The Motley Fool September 15, 2004 Bill Mann	Exhausting Every Option The International Employee Stock Option Coalition, a high tech industry lobbying group in Washington D.C., plays its latest gambit on trying to de-claw options expensing.
On Wall Street January 1, 2011	Five Questions With Bennett Freeman Bennett Freeman works with companies that traditional socially responsible investors never used to consider owning, like Exxon Mobile and Dow Chemical. He talks about advocating with those companies to adopt greener policies.
Registered Rep. April 24, 2006 John Churchill	Don't Know What SRI is? It's Time to Learn If you don't know what SRI is, or only have a vague idea, it turns out you're in good company. Most registered investment advisors don't know either, and because of it they're missing a big opportunity with their clients.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2006 S.J. Caplan	Stocks With Scruples At first blush, it's hard to deny the allure of potentially saving the world while also reaping investment returns. But questions and conflicts abound. Catch up with last month's SRI developments. Energy Conversion Devices... Green Mountain Coffee Roasters... etc.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2009 Selena Maranjian	These ETFs Help You Do The Right Thing Those who prefer ETFs to funds, and who gravitate toward SRI, can combine those two aims with socially responsible ETFs. Here are two possibilities.
Financial Planning August 1, 2007 Kathy Gevlin	The Coming of Age of Socially Responsible Investing Despite investor interest, at least two surveys suggest that planners are not picking up on the business potential of SRI.
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 Suzanne McGee	The Principled Portfolio Socially responsible investing (SRI) may feel satisfying to clients, but is it prudent investing? For the professional concerned with fiduciary responsibility, that's an important question.
On Wall Street August 1, 2009 Elizabeth Wine	SRI Plows the Path to Profitability Advisors need to know about the trends that have intertwined under the broad umbrella of socially responsible investing in order to help clients interested in going down this path.
Financial Advisor April 2006 Thomas M. Kostigen	Responsible, But Not Responsive People, from individual investors to hedge fund managers, seem to feel that ethical companies perform better. Many of these companies are entirely changing their corporate cultures. However, while socially responsible investing is growing, share prices aren't keeping pace.
Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 Geoff Lewis	Why the CW on SRI Is Wrong Socially responsible investing (SRI) is gaining momentum as a financial advisory specialty and, with a growing range of SRI products and a cadre of top-flight managers in the field, it's getting harder to prove that there is a performance penalty.
Inc. August 2003 Cara Cannella	Where Seed Money Really Comes From Forget about venture capitalists, most people rely on the four F's.
CFO March 1, 2003 Tim Reason	The Holes in Black-Scholes Valuing stock-option grants with Black-Scholes may cause some confusion on the income statement.
Investment Advisor October 2006 Joseph & Kurdas	SRI and Hedge Funds Meeting the special needs of SRI is not for every manager. Who wants to have one hand tied behind their back when figuring out trades?
Registered Rep. June 1, 2006 Geoff Lewis	Advocacy Investing Catnip for Wealthy Clients? Advocacy investing has several important advantages over some conventional social-investing techniques -- not least of them is helping clients actually make money. But for financial advisors, advocacy investing has an even more significant benefit: It is, potentially, catnip for high-net-worth clients.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2008 Ilan Moscovitz & Wade Michels	5 Stocks You Can Feel Good About You can be loyal to both your portfolio and your conscience with these five socially responsible investments.
Investment Advisor December 2006 Robert F. Keane	Hearts & Minds Ultimately, socially responsible investing is just another tool that advisors can use to help clients achieve their financial goals.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Is Socially Responsible Investing Possible? Nobody's perfect. It might be best to pick your battles. When searching for investing contenders, make sure you evaluate them as investments, not just as ethical organizations.
Investment Advisor April 2009 Vaughan Scully	The ETF Advisor: Socially Responsible Investing The first installment of a new monthly feature
The Motley Fool September 23, 2009 Selena Maranjian	Meet 5 Fund Companies That Care These are some of the biggest names in socially responsible fund investing: Appleseed... Calvert... Domini Social Investments... Pax World... Winslow...
Financial Advisor May 2004 Joel Bruckenstein	Software With A Conscience A new online service, IWF Advisor from IdealsWork Financial, may offer advisors a solution to the tricky problem of finding a cost-effective way to align a client's social agenda and financial needs.
On Wall Street November 1, 2011 Anthony Eames	SRI Strategies Move From Niche To Mainstream Here's a provocative statement: in 10 years, nearly all investment strategies will involve some form of sustainable and responsible investment.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Socially Responsible Funds on a Tear Don't be too impressed -- great returns don't always mean much. The trick is finding funds that have a record of fairly consistently outperforming the market average.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2006 S.J. Caplan	Stocks With Scruples What's the latest news on socially responsible investing? Some may say you can't put a price on virtue. Sure you can. Here are a few performance yardsticks: KLD Broad Market Social Index... Calvert Social Index... Domini 400 Social Index... etc.
Investment Advisor June 1, 2011 Barnes & Welsh	Why You Need to Build a Sustainable Business If clients want to put their money in socially responsible investments, wouldn't they want to invest with a socially responsible advisor, too?
InternetNews July 20, 2004 Roy Mark	House Votes to Block Stock Option Expensing The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation supported by the tech industry to pre-empt a proposed federal accounting regulation calling for corporations to deduct the cost of all employee stock options from their profits.
Investment Advisor June 2010 Ray Sclafani	Jeremy Paul and Bud Sturmak Five years ago, a few of Jeremy Paul's more forward-thinking clients came to him expressing a desire for more socially responsible investment (SRI) choices within their existing 401(k) plans.
BusinessWeek March 1, 2004 Louis Lavelle	Options: A Modest Proposal Why not expense part of the cost at grant and the rest at expiration?
The Motley Fool March 17, 2004 Bill Mann	The Best Stock Options Model Are there perfect ways to value stock options? No. But anything is better than this. What's the sign that the Financial Accounting Standards Board is thinking about requiring stock options to be expensed? Lots of trips to Washington by Silicon Valley executives, and pre-emptive bills in Congress. Certainly, someone up there recognizes that accounting is best left to accountants.
The Motley Fool July 11, 2006 S.J. Caplan	Stocks With Scruples If you're just learning about the world of socially responsible investing, then you're right where you should be! At first blush, it's hard to deny the allure of potentially saving the world while also reaping investment returns. Here's an overall view.
The Motley Fool November 22, 2004 Lawrence Meyers	The Myth of Socially Responsible Investing Do investors delude themselves when they invest based on morally relative criteria?
Financial Advisor March 2005 Karen DeMasters	A Passion For Values Some advisors are focusing their practices on socially conscious investing.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Dueling Fools: Socially Responsible Investing Bull The environmental movement has successfully enlisted the aid of businesses to support its efforts. Investing in a manner that supports those efforts is good for your portfolio and for the good of all.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Mutual Funds Pushing for Good Governance Many fund families are supporting reforms for corporate America.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2004 Bill Mann	FASB: Ready to Rumble The Financial Accounting Standards Board announces it intends to require companies to expense stock options.
Financial Planning September 28, 2009 David J. Drucker	From SRI to ESG For years, the myth persisted that SRI funds underperform their mainstream counterparts while requiring additional research, making clients who request such investments a burden to service.
Financial Advisor June 2007 Raymond Fazzi	SRI's Meaning Keeps Growing SRI assets continue to balloon, even as the debate about performance continues to bubble.