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 […]
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
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
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.
When one thinks of shareholder activism, the image of Carl Icahn and his ability to take over companies with his billions of dollars comes to mind. But on the other end of the spectrum is the concept of shareholder advocacy, where small shareholders of publicly traded companies ask firms to make some changes when it
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
As we enter the holiday season, our more cheery and considerate sides most likely start to show (for most of us that is). We start wearing our festive sweaters and think about next year. In line with this, we may start to look at our bank or investment accounts and start to fall back into
What do toilets and donuts have to do with each other? Sustainvest recently introduced a resolution that addresses the current drought situation and the fast growing donut chain. Dunkin Brands (DNKN) plans to double the number of U.S. stores to about 15,000 from a base of 7,000 now. Most of these stores will be on
Happy 2015! Well, what a year it’s been. The bull market of 2014 really never took a chance to relax with corporations continuing to reign in revenues. The scary thing is pundits are calling for this beast to continue doing so into 2015. For the 4th quarter we saw gains over 4% in all 3
As most of us rush to get our holiday shopping done over the next several weeks (or chose to do so while sitting with our tablets at the kitchen table), we will be checking off our lists of who has been naughty or nice. You know who you are! One item to possibly check off
