SCRUPULOUS MARKET GAINS

ETHICAL INVESTING

Ethical and socially responsible investments have been avoided by some investors and advisers on the...

Ethical and socially responsible investments have been avoided by some investors and advisers on the grounds that they do not produce the returns of mainstream investments. However, studies have shown that ethical investments perform at least in line with mainstream investments, and more recently ethical investors have made gains that outweigh the returns of buyers of blue chip stocks. Though ethical funds exclude certain stocks, if they have an adept manager who can pick the right stocks, they should perform well. A good way to construct an ethical portfolio of bonds is to select appropria...