berryjam@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 22 hours agoIs it worth investing if I can only contribute $50 a month?message-squaremessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1141arrow-down1message-squareIs it worth investing if I can only contribute $50 a month?berryjam@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 22 hours agomessage-square71fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTehdastehdas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-212 hours agoSeveral funds in my bank have ESG in the name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental,_social,_and_governance Other terms in their fund names: fossil-free, climate, forest, sustainable agriculture. Their claims about them: in Finnish: https://www.s-pankki.fi/fi/private-banking-ja-varainhoito/vastuullisuus-ja-vaikuttavuus/vastuullisuus-sijoittamisessa/ in Swedish: https://www.s-pankki.fi/sv/private-banking-och-kapitalforvaltning/ansvarsfullhet-och-paverkan/ansvarsfulla-investeringar/ For machine translation, probably better use Swedish as the source because it shares the Indo-European language family with many of you readers’ target languages, and has more speakers so maybe better translation engine training too.
minus-squareXIIIesq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 hours agoI wasn’t trying to say that ethical funds don’t exist, I’m well aware of them. I was saying that when money is on the line, loyalty and ethics often end up second place.
minus-squareagent_nycto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agoI’m in the sidelines and I didn’t know they existed and wanted to know more so I’m glad they posted it anyway
minus-squareagent_nycto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agoThese are pretty cool and I didn’t know about them! I’m pretty me to investing, do you just look up ESGs or something?
Several funds in my bank have ESG in the name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental,_social,_and_governance
Other terms in their fund names: fossil-free, climate, forest, sustainable agriculture.
Their claims about them:
in Finnish:
https://www.s-pankki.fi/fi/private-banking-ja-varainhoito/vastuullisuus-ja-vaikuttavuus/vastuullisuus-sijoittamisessa/
in Swedish:
https://www.s-pankki.fi/sv/private-banking-och-kapitalforvaltning/ansvarsfullhet-och-paverkan/ansvarsfulla-investeringar/
For machine translation, probably better use Swedish as the source because it shares the Indo-European language family with many of you readers’ target languages, and has more speakers so maybe better translation engine training too.
I wasn’t trying to say that ethical funds don’t exist, I’m well aware of them. I was saying that when money is on the line, loyalty and ethics often end up second place.
I’m in the sidelines and I didn’t know they existed and wanted to know more so I’m glad they posted it anyway
These are pretty cool and I didn’t know about them! I’m pretty me to investing, do you just look up ESGs or something?