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- Description
- 1 online resource (xxv, 243 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- "Can investors do well financially and do good for the world? Should they try? Many assume that investors "don't care who wins" as long as they are making money. For some investors, this mindset still rings true. Yet, many other investors challenge this stereotype and prefer to "make money mean more." Thus, they have dual goals: making money and doing good. This viewpoint, called sustainable investing, has gained considerable momentum in the last few decades. Sustainable investing delivers value by balancing traditional investing with environmental, social, and governance-related (ESG) insights to improve long-term outcomes. Some view sustainable investing as critical to the sustainability of investing. The book aims to demystify sustainable investing for "average" investors. It uses a question-and-answer format to examine whether such investments have a place in investor portfolios. Each chapter also contains insightful and amusing quotes by investment professionals and others. The book includes six chapters. Chapter 1 examines the changing investment landscape. Chapter 2 explores corporate social responsibility and the evolving responsibilities and obligations of a business. Chapter 3 focuses on the roles of social and religious values in shaping sustainable investing. Chapter 4 discusses the many investment options available to sustainable investors, such as stock, bonds, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. Chapter 5 reviews the performance implications of sustainable investing. This research-oriented chapter investigates the intriguing question, "Can sustainable investors have their cake and eat it too?" Finally, Chapter 6 ends by focusing on building a portfolio with a purpose"--
- Series Statement
- What everyone needs to know
- Uniform Title
- Sustainable investing (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Sustainable investing (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2021057784
- OCLC
- ssj0002574137
- Author
Baker, H. Kent (Harold Kent), 1944-
- Title
Sustainable investing [electronic resource] / H. Kent Baker, Hunter M. Holzhauer, and John R. Nofsinger.
- Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Series
What everyone needs to know
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Holzhauer, Hunter M.
Nofsinger, John R.