sust-mar: ethical investing

Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 07:55:57 -0400 (AST)
From: Paul A Falvo <pfalvo@chebucto.ns.ca>
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The following is submitted in answer to a question posed by Derek Roche on
this list about 2 years ago. It's not entirely on topic, but it's a slow
news day :)

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People have asked before on this list about "ethical investing" and i
finally came across an organisation that helps people do just that:

www.web.net/~sio

One of the encouraging facts they point out is that while here in Canada
there is not enuf data yet to compare conclusively ethical "screened"
funds with regular "rape & pillage" mutual funds, in the US studies over
time have shown that the average ethical fund performs comparably with
unethical funds. Depending on the fund of course. Make sure you get good
advice; visiting the SIO website is a start

make sure you check into service/mamangement fees, etc. I haven't found
those to be any higher with ethical funds. But companies like Investors
Group have high fees period.

And make sure you check out the fine print ... ie what's in the funds. I
discovered that the Credit Union's so-called "Ethical Funds" include a lot
of companies that are not what i would call "ethical". Same for Investors
Group.

Have fun ... and consider investing in a truly ethical investment: my
student loan repayment :) 
~paul :)

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