What Are ESG Funds and Why Are They Under Scrutiny?

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  • čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
  • Investors propelled ESG funds to new heights in 2020, and federal agencies are watching. WSJ explains why regulators have ethical and sustainable investment funds under review. Photo Illustration: Alex Kuzoian
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Komentáře • 98

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY Před 3 lety +168

    “Ultimately, saying that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different from saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say.”
    ― Edward Snowden

    • @arcadealchemist
      @arcadealchemist Před rokem

      100%
      they know this too you see bankers on the news giving up their info to facebook?

  • @tonychao2763
    @tonychao2763 Před 3 lety +47

    an ESG fund is kinda like having a food produced labeled 100% nature, there is no legal requirement for it to be any different, but it makes the consumer feel good

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 Před 3 lety +7

      I saw beer advertised as being made with "All natural barley." There is literally no artificial barley, it's a grain.

  • @ioan_jivan
    @ioan_jivan Před 3 lety +29

    Unless you know how the scores are given, it's hard to trust them.

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY Před 3 lety +103

    "I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. "
    - Thomas Jefferson

    • @pepperonipizza8200
      @pepperonipizza8200 Před rokem

      @Trashthlete Sounds like Thomas Jefferson was right again.

    • @ninjaqade879
      @ninjaqade879 Před rokem

      He was neither the first nor the most famous to recognize the wolf among the sheep

  • @justintime5254
    @justintime5254 Před 3 lety +60

    “Insert irrelevant quote here” - Anonymous

  • @FinancialShinanigan
    @FinancialShinanigan Před 3 lety +42

    All companies might fit ESG in one aspect but fail in others. True ESG investing doesn't exist

    • @domcizek
      @domcizek Před rokem

      SORRY WRONG, MICROSHOFT HAS THE HIGHEST ESG RATING, ALL SOLAR, POWERED,

    • @arcadealchemist
      @arcadealchemist Před rokem

      well if you have a True ESG successful company it's fraud you specilize in or a government backed service where TAX PAYERS are FORCED to pay for it.

  • @RK-jc8oe
    @RK-jc8oe Před 2 lety +4

    ESG investing is being soundly rejected. Will never gain traction.

  • @3m086
    @3m086 Před 2 lety +4

    Before you invest in ESG funds I got four by words for you: Sri Lanka economic collapse

  • @kingofohio5689
    @kingofohio5689 Před rokem +4

    I hate ESG financing its like Go woke or go broke

  • @IDarkCalibur
    @IDarkCalibur Před 3 lety +25

    why blame the funds and not the company itself

    • @reinhardtscheepers6317
      @reinhardtscheepers6317 Před 3 lety +10

      The funds are being blamed for their hypocrisy with regards to their investment strategy and philosophy. They claim to be pro green technology and the environment but also invest in oil and gas companies. If you claim to be for something and try to make that something your flagship reason for investing in your fund, but then invest in companies that go against that which you promote you should expect some backlash.

    • @redexcold9631
      @redexcold9631 Před 3 lety

      They are all bunch of crony capitalist pushing communism

  • @87channels
    @87channels Před 3 lety +14

    Am I high or does the video just loop the same thing over and over again

    • @diegoromero6137
      @diegoromero6137 Před 3 lety +1

      This was the most brain dead video ever, ESG = moral, what the economics smh.

  • @ettavictor4804
    @ettavictor4804 Před 3 lety +19

    Great holdings for moral returns. Of course many tech firms use minerals mined in the worst of conditions in the third world for their hardware. And also who can forget the age-old, tested and trusted criterion of having at least one woman on a board in investing?

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 Před 3 lety +1

      We can impose good behavior on our own miners, but not on other countries. And many exotic metals are only available in a handful of areas.

  • @gregjames2684
    @gregjames2684 Před 3 lety +6

    Investing in ESG funds sounds similar to casino shills who attract suckers into the casino in order to be rewarded in turn ,

    • @owhite777
      @owhite777 Před 2 lety

      just like mutual funds, except about at 30th of the price.

  • @blvckvdvm
    @blvckvdvm Před 11 měsíci +2

    What about "single theme"?

  • @aara-tg7kc
    @aara-tg7kc Před 3 lety +9

    Oh no no no
    Oil and gas in an ESG fund?
    So much for the E

  • @samsonsoturian6013
    @samsonsoturian6013 Před 3 lety +12

    If you want to ESG invest, set your own criteria and pick your own stocks. Don't count on a total stranger to do it for you.

  • @QuestionEverythingButWHY
    @QuestionEverythingButWHY Před 3 lety +22

    'Only when the tide goes out do you discover who is swimming naked'
    ― Warren Buffett

  • @allengreathouse7707
    @allengreathouse7707 Před 3 lety +7

    ESG investing is a total sham. Oil company’s are bad Investments and tech are good ones, not due to ESG, but due to secular unrelated trends

  • @DavidPacJr
    @DavidPacJr Před 3 lety +2

    ESG sounds great on paper.. but that’s it.

  • @rohankurian5641
    @rohankurian5641 Před rokem +1

    Who came here after hearing about the Worldwide #Adani #Scam 🤔 Looks like alot of small innocent Retail investors lost money 😪😪😪

  • @tobelizzy3223
    @tobelizzy3223 Před rokem +4

    The polarised view against oil and gas industries is unbearable. The same applies to the glorification of electric vehicles in sustainable development. Don’t experts and analysts at least do a bit of research about the energy mix to see what energy resource charge the EVs? Coal or renewables? How can the EVs charged by primarily coal-fired electricity better than the traditional cars run on petrol?

  • @anushgandhi3497
    @anushgandhi3497 Před 3 lety +4

    what are the differences between these funds and impact investing funds?

  • @masterxDh20
    @masterxDh20 Před 3 lety +2

    this is like a 20 minute video cut into a 5 minute clip

  • @bigsong
    @bigsong Před 3 lety +1

    Take a look at a six-month view of a solar ticker symbol name RUN. I need a time machine

  • @mrpmj00
    @mrpmj00 Před 3 lety +3

    I bought Amazon, Apple, Nvidia, Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Wells Fargo, CRM, Lululemon,
    Broadcom (AVGO), Adobe

  • @rialisimo
    @rialisimo Před 2 lety

    🔵ATTV, do most investors read the fine print when deciding where to put their money into? (No. They're just attracted by the name of the ticker, but don't know which companies are actually included in it)
    🔵ATTV, is there a standard definition of ESG, or what it should include? (No)
    🔵ATTV, have government departments taken notice of this practice? Which ones? (Yes. The US SEC & the Labor Department)
    🔵 Do you agree with this: The Labor Department put in place regulation that would make it more difficult for 401k holders to put their money in ESGs
    🔴In your opinion, does this rule undermine positive social change? Why or why not?
    🔴In your opinion, should there be legislation for the standardization of ESG definitions? (Yes. It gives investors protection and ensures that they get what they're investing in, which are ESG companies)

  • @ThaboHermanus
    @ThaboHermanus Před 3 lety +3

    If there is no standard, then everyone will all create a standard...

  • @kokovox
    @kokovox Před 3 lety +18

    Even with faults most ESG funds are way better for society and climate than the majority of non ESG funds.

    • @DavidPacJr
      @DavidPacJr Před 3 lety +9

      Doesn’t it seem a bit like socialism? And I do say a bit. Or forced diversity?

  • @auro1986
    @auro1986 Před 3 lety +2

    will esg be needed for ai robots?

  • @paulcyhuang-px3ck
    @paulcyhuang-px3ck Před 3 lety

    Which are the top 10 most successful and largest ESG funds?

    • @monke204ah
      @monke204ah Před 3 lety +1

      Dont invest in ESG. It doesnt make a difference. Just innvest in VOO or MGK.

  • @micha-fc8lg
    @micha-fc8lg Před 11 měsíci

    what does excluding gambling have to do with esg??? is this a religion??

  • @raixbox360
    @raixbox360 Před 3 lety +5

    understood 0%

  • @alparslankorkmaz2964
    @alparslankorkmaz2964 Před 3 lety +1

    Nicely explained.

  • @TommyDavidVerbal
    @TommyDavidVerbal Před 2 lety +1

    Obama and ESG exceled together when he took office. The growth went up about 75% while it was about 20% before

  • @rd9102
    @rd9102 Před 3 lety +4

    Yea, not a fan of ESG and it's unintended consequences. Not for me, thanks.

  • @Ramblercast
    @Ramblercast Před 3 lety +3

    I E funds for the left.

  • @nakosimpson7459
    @nakosimpson7459 Před 3 lety

    Yyyt

  • @cinematic_rc
    @cinematic_rc Před 3 lety +2

    two things that don't care about your feelings. Facts and businesses..its about making money

  • @kenlandon6130
    @kenlandon6130 Před 3 lety +3

    Sure. They ain't perfect, but they are better than doing nothing.

  • @crashweaverda
    @crashweaverda Před 3 lety +4

    So when they say there company going to go carbon negative. That means all there employees half to hold there breath?

  • @diegoromero6137
    @diegoromero6137 Před 3 lety +2

    ESGs are a selling point. Wake up sheeple. Just another bundle of stock with fees. Come on Wall Street, you can do better.

  • @chrislapp9468
    @chrislapp9468 Před 2 lety

    Oil, guns and Trump!🇺🇸

  • @rathayou111
    @rathayou111 Před 3 lety

    Bitcoin is raising and investors are making profit.its the best time to invest in bitcoin

    • @marialisa8533
      @marialisa8533 Před 3 lety

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      @jackdaniel3962 Před 3 lety

      Good recommendations
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    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 Před 3 lety

      Cryptos aren't an investment and have their own ESG problems.

  • @lucianavimentani432
    @lucianavimentani432 Před 3 lety

    _Trump - Pence 2020_