Comments on: Transparent Investing http://www.denuology.com/transparent-investing/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:04:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Saneel http://www.denuology.com/transparent-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Saneel Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:39:30 +0000 http://www.denuology.com/?p=943#comment-9 Art, thanks for the reply. Think it's an interesting premise to tag consumer goods although the barriers are quite high (getting brands to sign up, universal rating of a subjective issue, etc). That said, the core premise is a great one. There's actually a site and app that does this if you're interested in environmental (and some social) issues. Check it: http://www.goodguide.com/ Thanks again for the comments. Art, thanks for the reply. Think it’s an interesting premise to tag consumer goods although the barriers are quite high (getting brands to sign up, universal rating of a subjective issue, etc).

That said, the core premise is a great one. There’s actually a site and app that does this if you’re interested in environmental (and some social) issues. Check it: http://www.goodguide.com/

Thanks again for the comments.

]]> By: art http://www.denuology.com/transparent-investing/comment-page-1/#comment-7 art Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:21:04 +0000 http://www.denuology.com/?p=943#comment-7 with you in spirit but might suggest a couple different manifestations of the concept. 1. sadly, most people's consumption spending far outweighs their investment activity; why not a single social responsibility index printed on labels, akin to the FDA nutritional info (but not just for food)? 2. apply said index to mutual funds (primary vehicles for 401k plans) so they could be viewed along side all the investment objective and past performance data? with you in spirit but might suggest a couple different manifestations of the concept.
1. sadly, most people’s consumption spending far outweighs their investment activity; why not a single social responsibility index printed on labels, akin to the FDA nutritional info (but not just for food)?
2. apply said index to mutual funds (primary vehicles for 401k plans) so they could be viewed along side all the investment objective and past performance data?

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