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Socially Responsible Investing: A Comparative Analysis For The Bluegrass Community Foundation, Andrew Hedrick
Socially Responsible Investing: A Comparative Analysis For The Bluegrass Community Foundation, Andrew Hedrick
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In the fall of 2010 the Blue Grass Community Foundation began considering whether an updated investment strategy that included Socially Responsible Investing would be advantageous and in line with the mission of the organization. The question was raised whether this type of investing meant that the return on investment from securities currently held in the Foundation’s portfolio had to be sacrificed in order to incorporate this type of investment philosophy into the existing criteria used to invest the organization’s assets.
This paper examines literature relevant to the topic and conducts an analysis of a sample of mutual funds currently available …