UUA Pushes Back on Congressional Critique of Climate 100+ and ‘Woke’ Investing
In a letter, the Unitarian Universalist Association affirmed that it is “freely exercising its faith and beliefs and well within its protected free speech rights” by investing the Common Endowment Fund with climate justice goals.
March Monthly Commentary
Following a rocky start to the first quarter, stocks rallied in March as global currencies strengthened versus the dollar amid renewed investor confidence, and commodity prices showed signs of stabilization. Emerging market equities led the charge with the MSCI EM Index returning 13.2%; the S&P 500 gained 6.8%, swinging back to positive territory year-to-date as […]
SRIC Report to 2013 General Assembly
Rev. Glenn Coleman Farley Chair, Socially Responsible Investing Committee Minister, Sedona UU Fellowship Last night on a Facebook post, our Moderator Gini posed a question: “What would it be like to have thousands of people to talk with about what we might promise in the service of bringing a more just world into being?” I […]
July Monthly Commentary
The Greek debt crisis and a steep sell-off of overheated local equities in China dominated headlines in July. However, it was slowing growth out of China—the world’s second largest economy—that seemed to have the most pervasive impact on markets. Commodity prices experienced a double-dip in July after recovering off first quarter lows with the Bloomberg […]