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Impact Investing and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Impact Investors are increasingly adopting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as their own. This can involve mapping investments to specific SDGs or even more thorough strategic alignment through the design of financial products specifically for their achievement. However, there is still a lack of awareness across the financial sector, particularly in the United…
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Meet Clara Richardson-Olguin, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and Flooring Enthusiast
Growing up in the Dominican Republic, Clara Olguin was passionate about many things: music, dance, theatre, and justice. She even has a law degree from the Dominican Republic and a bachelor in Music Management/Voice from Georgia State. However, it wasn’t until the early 2000s that she became passionate about floors. And not just dance floors.…
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What’s the Big Deal About Inequality And What Role Does the U.S. Federal Reserve Play?
Why Does Inequality Matter? The phenomenon of increasing wealth inequality has emerged as one of the major socio-political issues of our time. Whether you turn to TV stations, newspapers, or internet blogs to keep up to date with news and current events, there’s a good chance that you have already seen the topic come up…
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Retail Impact Investing Options
What impact investing options are currently available to retail investors? What is impact investing and how can I participate? These are questions we often hear from individual investors looking to connect their money with meaning. According to the Global Impact Investing Networking (GIIN), impact investing refers to investments that are “…made into companies, organizations, and…
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What is Impact Investing?
A Beginner’s Guide To Impact Investing What is the definition of Impact Investing? At its core, impact investing is about deploying capital with the intent to bring about some socially desirable outcome with the expectation of a financial return. There are two key elements: Baked into this definition is some subjectivity. Specifically, what may be…
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Jeremy Priest – Knotty Ties – Made In The USA, With Purpose
Ties that fit all A tie can say a lot about its wearer. The first ties marked out the court members of Louis XIII, a French king who had admired the neck accessories of the Croatian mercenaries and adapted them as mandatory attire for royal gatherings. The Eveolution of The Necktie In the following 300…
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Yahaira Caraballo – Nail Glam Studio – Sisters Find Success in the South Bronx
Perseverance Breeds Success It’s October 1st, 2013, opening day for Nail Glam Studio and Yahaira Caraballo is nervous. After months of grueling effort, her south Bronx-based nail salon is finally ready and open to the public. The only problem? The public didn’t come. Not on the first day, at least. Like everything that brought her…
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What Is Investment Risk & How Does It Impact Your Investment Planning?
Note: This is a guest post was authored by Sahil Vakil, CEO of MYRA Wealth. MYRA Wealth provides personal finance services for international and multicultural families in the United States. What is investment risk, what shape does it take and how does risk affect your personal financial planning? Investment risk is a complex topic, but every investor…
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Financial Quick Tip: Understanding The “Real” Return on an Investment
How Inflation Impacts Your Investment Returns The goal of investing is always to end up with more money than you started with. But what if a positive return on investment does not actually increase your overall wealth? How is this even possible? If you earn money from an investment but despite the paper gains you…
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How to Get Started Investing With Self-Directed IRAs
The Complete Guide to Self-Directed Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) Individual Retirement Accounts aren’t sexy. What is sexy, however, is retiring with enough money to live your best life after decades of hard work. Today, we’re going to cover how you can leverage self-directed IRAs to invest in non-standard assets that may help diversify away some…
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