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Shariah Indices Put New Twist On SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) with New S&P/TSX 60 Shariah Index

June 1, 2009 · 4 comments

in Canadian economy, SRI, TSX, indexes, news and updates

Would you invest in a “green energy” mutual fund?  How about an “Islam-friendly ETF”?  This latter option may sound new but the indexes on which it is based have actually been around for a while, and they are growing at an increasing rate.
This past week, Standard and Poor’s introduced a new TSX 60 index which [...]

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Baby Boomer ETF? Basket of Baby Boomer Stocks Expected to Rise

November 7, 2008 · 1 comment

in baby boomers, indexes, investing (general), stocks

This is really interesting.  As reported in the Financial Times, “J.P. Morgan has put together an Aging Population Index to track a basket of stocks that have meaningful exposure to this group in North America. It has outperformed the S&P 500 Index in six of the past eight years in both absolute and risk-adjusted terms.
The [...]

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