Sentences with phrase «if ethical investors»

In much the same way, most investors in cigarette or alcohol companies are quite happy if ethical investors shoo people away from these companies.

Not exact matches

To what extent do you view your investing life as an extension of your personal life?By that I mean to what extent do the personal morals and ethical values of Tim the man govern the investing decisions of Tim the dividend growth investor?If you ask your typical dividend growth investor if they would be willing to invest in a lucrative but immoral venture, say selling child pornography or crack cocaine, the answer would probably be «absolutely not» regardless of the yield, valuation or growth prospects of the underlying venture.And yet, ask that same investor what their thoughts are about Phillip Morris and they would probably describe what a wonderful investment it is and go on about why you should own it.Do your personal morals ever come into play when buying companies, or do you compartmentalize your conscience, wall it off from the part of your brain that thinks about investments, and make your investing decisions based on the financial prospects of the company?The reason why I'm asking is that I keep identifying stocks of companies that I love from an investing perspective but despise on a human level.I can not in good conscience own any piece of Phillip Morris knowing the impact that smoking related illness has on the families of smokers.You might say that the smoker made his choice to smoke so you don't mind taking his money, but his children never made that choice and they are the ones who will suffer when he dies 20 years too soon.

As we've seen, ethical investing — if it has any effect at all — tends to reward unethical investors and punish the virtuous.

True, if «ethical» investors simply remove their money from fossil fuels, the chances are that many other investors will be willing to take their place.

My biggest concern with ABS is the sort of diffusion of responsibility that has occurred in a number of corporate structures (e.g. if an ABS does an ethical wrong, but magically no lawyer there is actually responsible...) and / or undue pressure from investors, just as some firms have faced undue pressure from whale clients.

Here's the exception to that idea: If a seller is so motivated that they want to sell their property at a wholesale price, even after you inform them of the retail FMV of the property, an ethical investor / agent could buy the property and satisfy their client's desire for a quick sale and would list the property as a presold listing and give the broker their share of the deal.

Of course if an investor was not ethical, a coat of paint would cover up the problem for a couple of months.