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 […]
If half of the world population consists of women, one would think that having this demographic being represented on a company’s board would just be sound business. Right? However, in 2018, a fourth of publicly held corporations with headquarters in California don’t have any women on their boards of directors. This soon will change. California
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
In a year when virtual reality was all the craze sending people searching for Pokémon “things”, actual reality became quite the surprise as Americans watched the results of the Presidential election. The big 3 items that may see some tweaking include tax reform, regulatory rollbacks, and health care changes. The effects of this will most
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
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
As we all start to scuffle around town, buying BPA-free plastic presents and organic GMO-free liquor infused egg nog, Sustainvest thinks it’s an ideal time to list our top 4 naughty and top 4 nice corporate/investment entities (or people) of 2015. This should help bring up some lively family discussions around the holiday dinner table.
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
Includes: Car Seat Karma The Boom and Inherited IRAs Sustainvest Takes on $35 Billion Pharma Company Non-Profit of the Quarter-COTS Spring has sprung (for most of us) as we enter the 2nd quarter of the year. Companies are sifting through profit and loss statements with corporate earnings announcements due soon which should prove interesting in
