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Stories on ethical investing
Is the boom over for alternative energy � or just getting started?
Think long term for solar and wind investments, three experts say.
 
Is your portfolio politically slanted?
Some 34 of the nation's top corporations have agreed to disclose their political spending.
 
Students apply ethics to college endowments
Three current or former student activists in Massachusetts discuss how they influenced their schools to change their investing strategies.
 
Increasingly, individuals get into terror-free investing
Some financial-services companies have taken a while to realize there is demand for such an option.
 
Forget globalization. Here's how to profit from 'localization.'
How ethical investors can get involved in this trend.
 
Does your company's retirement plan include an ethical-investing option?
More businesses are offering plans that let some employees align their retirement portfolios with their values.
 
How do you tell when a firm is really green?
A panel discussion with two experts who research companies that claim to be Earth-friendly.
 
Do you know the political slant of your portfolio?
Increasingly, shareholders want to know the political contributions their companies are making.
 
How do investors factor climate change into their stock-picking equation?
Corporations are catching on to the risks and opportunities of global warming.
 
Don't just buy good companies, sell bad ones
Hedge-fund experts show how they boost returns by 'short-selling' firms that don't measure up.
 
To make amends for emissions, businesses try offsets
Some companies are buying compensation for emissions they can't or won't eliminate.
 
Rolling off more presses: reports on 'social responsibility'
The 2,000 such reports are efforts to provide more disclosure – and to communicate with important stakeholders.
 
'Angel' investors have nerves of steel, hearts of gold
These venture capitalists are in it for profit – and social change.
 
Can you invest in a Nobel Prize-winning idea?
For ethical investors, companies involved in microfinance can offer competetive returns as well as social appeal.
 
Will green power fizzle if oil prices keep slumping?
Two experts on green energy talk about its stock prospects now that oil prices have fallen.
 
How to invest in real estate that makes a difference
Real estate investment trusts that specialize in 'green' developments may appeal to environmentally concerned investors.
 
Can you make a difference by not buying a stock?
In response to ethnic cleansing in Darfur, some states and universities are divesting out of companies with operations in Sudan.
 
 

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