With life passing by and elders leaving behind estates, many beneficiaries of large portfolios are left with newly found assets and with that, perhaps large taxable gains. After feeling very fortunate for their financial gains, many investors may start to look for ways to “push off” significant capital gains. Though one could just gift away […]
The phrase “variety is the spice of life” was first seen in 1785 in a William Cowper poem. When it comes to investing within your Roth IRA or 401k or brokerage account, there is plenty of variety as of late with daily introductions of new exchange traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds. Investors these days
As we all just sat in our living rooms zoom chatting away these past few years due to a global pandemic, the virtual world became the real world. This may just be the beginning. Enter the Metaverse. Don’t worry. If you haven’t heard this word yet, there are plenty of reasons why not. For one,
In this 1 minute video below, Sustainvest’s founder Dale Wannen wanted to clarify what it is to be an independent investment advisor versus a non-indy. Lets start with old Bernie Madoff as his story always ranks high in all of our Netlix Top 10’s. As most of us know, Bernie Madoff was the infamous ponzi
Tricked ya! Well, as opposed to worrying about what Kim is wearing for next Christmas, instead, spend 3 minutes of your day reading about what you can do to help save the world from climate change. As record heat waves and droughts rattle the nerves, the market for ESG and sustainable investing continues to grow.
Congrats Elon. Well, not really but…in light of the recent news that Tesla CEO Elon Musk earned the first portion of an incentive-based stock payout which is comprised of 1.7 million shares of Tesla valued at about $775 million, perhaps now is an opportune time to discuss CEO pay versus the average employee and something
Sitting on that concentrated stock position? Here at Sustainvest, we occasionally come across clients who are sitting on a large holding of a stock. Simply stated, a concentrated stock position is if you hold more than 10% of your investment portfolio in one stock. And this means stock, like Apple or Google or Zynga (remember
Rejected by Apple and SEC! Months ago, we submitted a proposal to Apple Inc. and have been speaking with their lead attorney. Our proposal was asking them to have some public disclosure on how they handle climate control at their 400 retail locations throughout the world. More specifically, it was asking about their policy when
ARTICLE BY BILL SWINDELL @ THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | May 21, 2017 Dale Wannen isn’t your typical investment adviser: His goal is to get his clients to see green both in their wallets and in their investment portfolios. Wannen operates Sustainvest Asset Management, a Petaluma-based investment advisory firm focused on investing in responsible, sustainable businesses.
With the close of 2016 approaching, it’s that time again where we can sit back and think about what an “interesting” year it has been. In fact, just the news of Brexit and the rather surprising US election results would have been plenty to sit and ponder over some spiked egg nog. Regardless, below is
