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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.
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?
Financial Advisor August 2005 Alan Lavine	Socially Conscious Investing Gets Results Broad acceptance follows solid performance by socially responsible investment indexes and funds.
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.
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 November 8, 2006 S.J. Caplan	Stocks With Scruples Catch up with last month's SRI developments. Broad Market... Calvert... Domini... Russell 3000... etc.
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.
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?
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 June 14, 2007 S.J. Caplan	Stocks With Scruples Catch up with last month's SRI developments. The KLD Broad Market Social Index... The Domini 400 Social Index... Human Rights Watch published a report alleging that Wal-Mart exploits weak U.S. labor... etc.
Investment Advisor May 2010 Robert F. Keane	The Green Advisor: Ideas from a Green Investor A conversation with Amy Domini about social investments.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2006 S.J. Caplan	Read Those Proxy Statements in 2006 Shareholder resolutions are an increasingly important vehicle for shareholder activism of all sorts.
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 January 6, 2012 Alyce Lomax	What to Divest in 2012 Many investors don't lose sleep at night agonizing about the social responsibility of their portfolios, but perhaps more should.
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The Motley Fool December 23, 2005 S.J. Caplan	Who's Naughty? Who's Nice? Want to avoid the market's Grinches? Here's how to put some socially responsible investments in your stocking.
Financial Advisor March 2005 Karen DeMasters	A Passion For Values Some advisors are focusing their practices on socially conscious investing.
The Motley Fool October 10, 2006 S.J. Caplan	Stocks With Scruples The SRI indices actually outperformed the general market again last month, although they still lag in year-to-date performance. So what's been going on?
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.
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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.
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 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?
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The Motley Fool April 17, 2007 S.J. Caplan	Stocks With Scruples Catch up with March developments in socially responsible investing: Broad Market... Domini... Russell 3000... Russell 1000... Bank of America... Hershey... AIG... etc.
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The Motley Fool November 4, 2008 Dan Caplinger	Can You Afford to Be Socially Responsible? Now that the struggling financial system no longer enjoys access to tons of cash and easy credit, will investors decide that socially responsible companies aren't the right place to put their money?
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BusinessWeek January 22, 2007 Roben Farzad	A Bigger Voice For Small Investors With corporations under mounting pressure to acknowledge shareholder rights, ordinary mutual fund managers are increasingly asserting themselves on behalf of smaller investors.
On Wall Street December 1, 2008 Judith Schoolman	5 Questions with Sister Susan Mika The director of the Socially Responsible Investment Coalition discusses her role as an activist investor.
The Motley Fool December 12, 2006 S.J. Caplan	Stocks With Scruples Catch up with last month's SRI developments: ExxonMobil announced its participation... A senior executive of Microsoft at an international Internet conference mentioned... etc.
The Motley Fool November 28, 2005 S.J. Caplan	A Bottom Line With a Human Touch The rising number of corporate sustainability reports signifies a greater focus on socially responsible concerns. Even if you believe that a company's only pursuit should be to maximize shareholder returns without regard to any other effects its activities may have, it makes sense for you to acquaint yourself with these reports.
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The Motley Fool May 4, 2006 Alyce Lomax	Good, Better, Best Corporate Citizens For anyone who has even a passing interest in identifying ethical or socially responsible companies to invest in, a list of such stocks can be interesting reading indeed. Who are the best corporate citizens? Green Mountain Coffee Roasters... Timberland... Dell... etc.
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.
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. July 6, 2010 Stan Luxenberg	Top Crusading SRI Funds To Invest In While some socially responsible funds are avoiding oil producers, other portfolio managers own energy companies that have made innovations in preserving the environment.
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.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2011 Alyce Lomax	Are Special Interests Taking Over Your Companies? Shareholder democracy isn't the problem; passive investing is. I ran a search on Proxy Monitor's site for socially based shareholder resolutions filed at public companies by "special interest" activists from 2008 until the present.
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The Motley Fool November 10, 2010 Alyce Lomax	Big Money Backs Social Responsibility's Rise Investors vote with their dollars in favor of better-behaved businesses.
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.
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.
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