by Bill Stoddart | Aug 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
The environmental effects of plastic pollution are immense and pressing. They are articulated by those in the scientific community in a much more nuanced and intelligent way than we could ever manage. But we thought it might be interesting to look at plastics from...
by Bill Stoddart | May 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
What is the difference between ESG and non-ESG funds? Environment, social, governance (ESG) funds differ from their non-ESG counterparts in how they view impact and how they construct and manage their portfolios. Many ESG fund managers and institutions, along with...
by Bill Stoddart | Feb 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Given the last two months in the U.S. stock market, let’s talk about volatility, aka market fluctuation. It’s hard to “keep calm and carry on” when you see your accounts plummeting into the red. Even if you’re a long-term investor and are mentally prepared to weather...
by Bill Stoddart | Jun 5, 2017 | News from the field
Since last November’s election, we have been working diligently to gauge the shift in our country’s politics and understand the implications. It has not been easy. It reminds me of my first attempts at surfing many years ago off Ocean Beach. Choppy sets, short board...
by Bill Stoddart | Jan 5, 2017 | News from the field
Perhaps one of the greatest threats today is that truth seems absent in the popular imagination. It is difficult to envision a more poignant challenge to the Enlightenment’s gifts of rational inquiry and the ideals of life, liberty, and universal equality. Instead, we...
