Dorothy Hinchcliff's FA green Blog

Dorothy Hinchcliff's FA green Blog

Dorothy Hinchcliff Dorothy Hinchcliff is editor of FA online and FA green, as well as managing editor of Financial Advisor magazine. She has spent more than 15 years as an editor and reporter covering personal finance and other business issues.

January 26, 2012

Flying High

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Eight American companies have been named top sustainable investments by a prestigious investment boutique that annually rates companies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices.
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January 16, 2012

Another Look At Muni Bonds

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Financial advisors typically evaluate the maturities, call features and credit quality of clients’ municipal bond portfolios. But advisors could build business and cement relationships by seeing if the bonds are in line with their clients’ social values, says Harris May, president of Strategic Partners Investment Advisors, a fee-based money manager with $400 million in AUM that specialized in managing muni bond portfolios.

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November 14, 2011

One Less Pork Chop

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Have you noticed the price of pork chops, ground beef and other food items have jumped in the supermarket? No wonder, one report says we're paying the most ever for food, 68 percent higher than five years ago.
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October 19, 2011

Dallas Cowboys And Sweatshops

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Like every other football team this fall, the Dallas Cowboys are under a lot of pressure to make it to the Super Bowl. Unlike some other teams, the Cowboys also are under pressure to stop baby clothes with their logo from being made in sweatshops.
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October 04, 2011

New Findings Provide Financial Reason For Advisors To Consider SRI

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A major reason for advisors to care about whether firms are socially responsible or not was revealed by researchers at the SRI in the Rockies conference in New Orleans.
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August 22, 2011

A New Climate

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In case you haven’t heard, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who quickly has become a leading contender for the Republican nomination for president, is making climate change a campaign issue, saying scientists have manipulated data to support “unproven” theories that humans are contributing to global warming.
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August 11, 2011

Playing Chicken With Your Health

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Have you noticed that more supermarkets and restaurants are selling chicken that's free of antibiotics and hormones? A new study is likely to fuel this trend and may make you decide to buy this kind of fowl if you haven't already.
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August 08, 2011

The Debt Downgrade, Longer Term

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S&P's decision to downgrade U.S. debt is having widespread repercussions including a big upswing in U.S. Treasury buying, but investors will see two longer-term effects that will hurt Treasuries, says Patrick Faul, vice president of credit research at Calvert Investment Management.
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July 20, 2011

Babies And Pollutants

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More evidence emerged this week that pollutants from sources like indoor coal stoves, smoking and vehicle exhausts may put babies at a much higher risk of birth defects.
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July 18, 2011

The Long And Windy Road

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A movie that has been years in the making about the controversy over Cape Wind, a massive wind farm planned in Nantucket Sound off the coast of Cape Cod, will be unveiled next month.
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