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Mutual Fund Helper
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The Mutual Fund Helper is a great resource site that contains a huge amount of information on top mutual funds.
We recommend this site if you are interested in an in-depth discussion of mutual funds.
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The Sudan Screening Tool is Live!
The Sudan Divestment Task Force and Invested Interests
**Press Release**
Washington, DC (PRWEB) September 25, 2006 – The Sudan Divestment Task Force and Invested Interests have created the first online tool allowing individuals to screen their mutual funds for investments in companies supporting the Sudanese government.
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What is an Environmental Screen?
Invested Interests.com
How do you take an issue like the environment, find relevant data on public companies, and turn this information into a successful investment? Invested Interests talks about the sources we access and other online resources that are available to you.
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Investor News - August 2006
Invested Interests.com
As the markets try to figure out the direction of the economy and the effects of inflation, we have some things to consider when looking at any new investments.
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Wal-Mart meet Al Gore
The Grist
'Picture Al Gore standing in a modest auditorium deep in America's heartland before an exultant crowd of Wal-Mart employees, comparing their campaign to lighten the company's environmental footprint to the Allies' righteous struggle in World War II. This after Rev. Jim Ball, head of the Evangelical Environmental Network, likened the giant retailer's greening efforts to the work of Jesus Christ.' grist.com
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Invested Interests.com on ‘Meet the Planet’ – 960AM The Quake
Meet the Planet, 960AM The Quake
Invested Interests is going all shock jock – AM radio style! In June, Brandon was interviewed on Meet the Planet, hosted by Doug Ivey, and broadcast locally on 960AM The Quake – and other stations throughout California and on Sirius Satellite. Obviously a show about the environment, Brandon was asked about what social investing is and if it can be used to benefit the environment.
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More Large U.S. Companies Reporting on Environmental Issues
SIRAN
A growing number of the largest publicly traded U.S.
companies are reporting annually on their environmental and social performance just as
they do on their financial performance, according to a new study by the Social
Investment Research Analysts Network (SIRAN).
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Sudan/Darfur Investment Screen
Invested Interests.com
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May, 2006 – Invested Interests.com announces that it is the first U.S. investment advisor to offer Sudan/Darfur investment screens to website visitors and clients. This data allows investors to screen their current investments, using complimentary tools at Invested Interests.com, for involvement in this region. This is the first time individual investors in the United States have had direct access to this screening information.
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Invested Interests Featured in Alternet
Alternet.org
Read this great article about social investing by Zach Pelta-Heller at Alternet. If you are unfamiliar with Alternet, they are one of the web's best sources of independent journalism. Our site was overrun with traffic after this story was posted!
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U.S. Socially Responsible Investment Assets Grew Faster than Rest of Investment World Over Last Decade
Social Investment Forum
Socially responsible investment (SRI) assets grew faster than the entire universe of managed assets in the United States during the last 10 years, according to the Social Investment Forum’s fifth biennial report on SRI trends.
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Looking for Interns!
Invested Interests.com
Yep, we're looking for some interns to help us with all the work pilling up around the office.
The official title of the position is Marketing and Content Coordinator. In a nutshell, we need some motivated individuals to help us develop and market social investing content to NGOs and relevant websites. We are located in Emeryville, CA, but the position can be filled remotely. Send us an email if you are interested.
This position is perfect for someone that is interested in socially responsible investing and would like to work with a firm that is becoming the online leader in social investing.
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California Clean Tech Compitition
Clean Tech Open
For our visitors interested in starting a clean technology company - check out the California Clean Tech Compitition. This business plan compitition has 5 categories focused on different clean technology topics.
This competition is sponsored by some of the venture firms behind Google and Amazon - so you will be rubbing shoulders with some of the best minds around even if you don't win.
With prizes valued at over $500,000 how can you afford not to participate?
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Net Impact Presentation
Invested Interests
Download Brandon's presentation from the Net Impact Conference.
Let us know what you think.
Many MBA students from throughout the United States attended the panel discussion and showed great interest in social investing.
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Asylum Access Fundraiser - April 23!
Asylum Access.org
Win dinner with Dave Eggers! Snag a round of golf at the Olympic Club! Hear Pagan Kennedy speak! All this and more at Asylum Access's Spring Soiree & Auction on April 23 in the Hastings Skyroom, SF – an afternoon of fun and entertainment in support of refugee rights.
Asylum Access is a San Francisco-based nonprofit that helps refugees get asylum in the first countries to which they flee.
Visit Asylum Access's website to register for the event on April 23.
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We now have Sudan and Darfur Data
Invested Interests.com
We are excited to be the first investment advisor with Sudan and Darfur investment screening data. This is the same data feed that the University of California and CalPERS are using to divest their billion dollar portfolios from the region.
Our investment clients now have immediate access to this information.
Soon, we will also be incorporating this information into the mutual fund database tool.
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Don't withhold too Much!
USA Today
'Taxpayers overpaid their federal income taxes by a record 29% in both 2003 and 2004, according to a USA TODAY analysis of Internal Revenue Service data.'
'The extra withholding gives the government an interest-free loan worth more than $10 billion a year, equal to about $100 per tax return.'
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Ian
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Investing for Retirement when You're Young
Yahoo Finance
'As I told Joseph in yesterday's column, 'Saving when you expect to be rich,' don't pass on the opportunity to contribute to Roth IRA
or traditional IRA accounts in your 20s. Thirty-forty years of investment earnings can make these acorns into mighty oaks.' - author
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stephanie
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The Ultimate Fuel Efficiency Spreadsheet
NHTSA
This is an excel file that lists the fuel efficiency for every car currently manufactured. You can use it to sort, etc.
There is a .pdf on the NHTSA website that is easier on the eyes.
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Jonathan Terry
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Calculating Financial Performance's Link to Environmental Governance
Environment Agency
I found a great research paper by England's Environment Agency.
A great read for those researching the link between financial performance and environmental issues.
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Ian McCann
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100 Top Sustainable Companies as Reported at Davos
Innovest
The companies that have been included on this list have outperformed their index over the last 5 years.
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Gerald
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Hybrid Fever
Corporate Knights
We read Corporate Knights all the time. It's like the Canadian version of Invested Interests!
This article compares and ranks fuel efficient automobiles.
For our non-metric readers (ii Staff included), remember:
1 km = 0.621371192 miles and
1 liter = 0.264172051 gallons
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brandon
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U.S. to probe Toyota hybrid patents
CNNMoney.com
Trade body to investigate whether automaker infringed on patent held by Solomon Technologies.
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no body
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What's Goin' On with Social Investing - 2005
Social Investment Forum
Here's everything you want to know about social investing. The industry has come a long way and continues to be one of the fastest growing investment segments.
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ii Staff
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Emissions Trading Research
Pew Center on Climate Change
Energy credits and trading will only become a larger part of the investment universe. This article details some of the experiences the United States has had with energy trading.
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Tom
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Mom and Pop Coffee
Invested Interests
If you appreciate high quality coffee, but get tired of the same national chain coffee shops, then we have a website you might want to check out. It is Mom and Pop Coffee, and its purpose is simple: to compile a list of unique, independently run coffee shops and to build a database of consumer reviews on these shops.
Karl, the force behind MomAndPopCoffee, is a good friend of Invested Interests. Check out this project. Thanks Karl.
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