Tag: Investment

Strive Asset Management Aims to Lure Companies Away From ESG-Based Strategies at Odds with Profitability

As the Walt Disney Company, Coca-Cola, Google, Microsoft, the Atlanta Falcons, and other high-profile corporate entities involve themselves in public controversies over hot-button social topics, and pursue market strategies and internal policies based on Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) principles, rather than the more traditional criterion of profitability, some asset…


Peter Thiel’s New Venture Aims to Lure Companies Away From Environmental Justice Policies

As the Walt Disney Company, Coca-Cola, Google, Microsoft, the Atlanta Falcons, and other high-profile corporate entities involve themselves in public controversies over hot-button social topics, and pursue market strategies and internal policies based on Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) principles, some asset managers increasingly wonder how to invest capital in…


Peter Thiel’s New Venture Aims to Lure Companies Away From Environmental Justice Activism

As the Walt Disney Company, Coca-Cola, Google, Microsoft, the Atlanta Falcons, and other high-profile corporate entities involve themselves in public controversies over hot-button social topics, and pursue market strategies and internal policies based on Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) principles, some asset managers increasingly wonder how to invest capital in…


Bill Gates-Linked $13.5 Million Farmland Purchase Triggers Pushback in North Dakota

The sale of over 2,000 acres of North Dakota farmland to an entity linked to Bill Gates, the fourth-richest man in the world and America’s largest private owner of farmland, has attracted scrutiny from the state’s top prosecutor. Red River Trust, a Texas-based entity with ties to Gates, in November purchased 13 parcels of land…


Powell Says Economic Growth Will Likely Slow as De-Globalization Pressures Build

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he thinks it’s rather “likely” that the forces of de-globalization will mount, leading to a more fractionalized new normal characterized by higher inflationary pressures, lower productivity, and slower economic growth. Powell made the remarks on June 29, during a panel discussion at the European Central Bank’s annual policy forum…


Potential Home Buyers Are Asking—Should I Stay or Should I Go

In 1982, the British punk rock band, The Clash, released their hit song “Should I Stay or Should I Go.”   Forty years later, potential home buyers and sellers are now asking themselves that very same question. With mortgage interest rates currently near 6 percent for a 30-year fixed plan, many would-be home buyers are debating…


Is Now a Good Time to Buy or Sell a Home?

In 1982, the British punk rock band, The Clash, released their hit song “Should I Stay or Should I Go.”   Forty years later, potential home buyers and sellers are now asking themselves that very same question. With mortgage interest rates currently near 6 percent for a 30-year fixed plan, many would-be home buyers are debating…


G7 Leaders Struggle to Cope With Consequences of Green Energy Agenda

Reality is starting to intrude on the G7’s ongoing campaign to dismantle the West’s oil and coal industry. As leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations—the United States, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan—gathered at the luxurious Castle Elmau in Germany’s Bavarian Alps this week, they were forced to admit privately what now…


G-7 Leaders Struggle to Cope With Consequences of Green Energy Agenda

Reality is starting to intrude on the Group of Seven (G-7) nations’ ongoing campaign to dismantle the West’s oil and coal industry. As leaders of the G-7—the United States, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan—gathered at the luxurious Castle Elmau in Germany’s Bavarian Alps this week, they were forced to acknowledge privately what now…


Wall Street Profit Estimates Are Too Rosy, Putting Stocks at Risk, Analysts Warn

Corporate earnings forecasts are too optimistic, a growing chorus of analysts are warning, with the inevitable downgrades likely to put downside pressure on stocks and adding to concerns about a broader economic slowdown, inventory gluts, and weakening consumer spending intentions. Soaring inflation has followed a long run of ultra-loose monetary settings and unprecedented fiscal stimulus,…