Sustainable Investing

As consumers continue to raise expectations of being social responsibility for our planet, they have also become very aware of companies that are socially aware and taking responsibility for their environmental impact.  Early on, companies taking an active role in being environmentally conscientious tended to be small with products or services that were difficult to…

Terminology: Exchange Traded Funds

An ETF is a security that tracks an index, commodity or a basket of assets. Each ETF has a preselected collection of stocks or bonds. ETFs are less costly than purchasing mutual funds or even buying individual stocks. Each time you buy or sell an individual security you pay trading costs, while an ETF is…

Are We Listening?

In today’s society, people are constantly bombarded with messages telling them what they need and why they need it. Whether through the media or advertisements (via billboards, print, online, TV, etc.), our culture has become unphased at being talked at, rather than listened to. Yet, it is critical that service providers really listen if they…