What Are ESG Funds and Why Are They Under Scrutiny?
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Published 2020-10-22
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All Comments (21)
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“Ultimately, saying that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different from saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say.” ― Edward Snowden
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an ESG fund is kinda like having a food produced labeled 100% nature, there is no legal requirement for it to be any different, but it makes the consumer feel good
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“Insert irrelevant quote here” - Anonymous
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Unless you know how the scores are given, it's hard to trust them.
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"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. " — Thomas Jefferson
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Before you invest in ESG funds I got four by words for you: Sri Lanka economic collapse
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I hate ESG financing its like Go woke or go broke
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All companies might fit ESG in one aspect but fail in others. True ESG investing doesn't exist
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ESG investing is being soundly rejected. Will never gain traction.
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Am I high or does the video just loop the same thing over and over again
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why blame the funds and not the company itself
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What about "single theme"?
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I’ve found exactly this problem with the popular Moneybox app in the uk I selected the esg option and was pretty disappointed when I dug a bit deeper and looked at the companies that make up the msci esg world leader index which its fund aims to track. It’s very underwhelming when you look at the index and you can’t really tell the the difference between it and the Nasdaq.
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Take a look at a six-month view of a solar ticker symbol name RUN. I need a time machine
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Great holdings for moral returns. Of course many tech firms use minerals mined in the worst of conditions in the third world for their hardware. And also who can forget the age-old, tested and trusted criterion of having at least one woman on a board in investing?
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Investing in ESG funds sounds similar to casino shills who attract suckers into the casino in order to be rewarded in turn ,
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what are the differences between these funds and impact investing funds?
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Oh no no no Oil and gas in an ESG fund? So much for the E
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ESG sounds great on paper.. but that’s it.
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Which are the top 10 most successful and largest ESG funds?
