While big banks and asset managers build teams around ESG investing and appeal to investors’ preferences, regulators are scrutinizing the industry. Samantha Lee/Insider While firms continue investing in ESG strategies, critics have taken some wind out of the sails. Regulators are cracking down on greenwashing and the market downturn has hit ESG funds. Insider is…
Monthly Archives: July 2022
An investor’s long-term goals, need for cash, and tolerance for risk all play a part in deciding between bonds or CDs. PeopleImages/Getty Images Bonds and CDs (certificates of deposit) are both fixed-interest investments, popular with investors seeking a low-risk income stream. CDs are federally insured and tend to come with relatively short maturity dates. Bonds often…
Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder) and Hopper (David Harbour) in “Stranger Things.” Netflix “Stranger Things” season four could have had “a couple extra episodes,” Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said. But the season experienced production delays during the pandemic. “It was more financially impacted than a lot of our other projects were,” Sarandos said. “Stranger Things” is…
A tweet from former President Donald Trump is shown on a screen at a hearing held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on June 09, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Photo by Jabin Botsford-Pool/Getty Images A former Trump ambassador said the hearings are having a…
Companies use futures contracts to hedge and mitigate the risk of unexpected changes in prices. Thomas Barwick/Getty Images Futures are financial contracts that investors can use to speculate on the direction that certain assets will move.Futures contracts can derive their value from several different asset types like commodities, currencies, stock indexes, and agricultural items.Investing in…
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss at the ITV Leadership Debate on July 17, 2022. Jonathan Hordle /ITV via Getty Images Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are the final two candidates for the Conservative leadership. Trade minister Penny Mordaunt was eliminated in the final round of votes by Conservative MPs. The pair will now go to…
Hello Games shows no signs of slowing down when it comes to No Man’s Sky. The studio just released the 20th major update, which is called Endurance. The previous big update, titled Outlaws, dropped in April. The focus this time is on fleets and freighters. With Endurance, Hello Games has overhauled freighters. There’s a new…
Google Drive is an incredibly powerful tool for storing and organizing all sorts of data. And best of all, it’s available to anyone with a Google account for free (at least to start). Additionally, because Drive holds all your files in the cloud, it offers some important advantages compared to stashing everything locally on your…
Blizzard is giving away beta access to Diablo 4, as well as a digital copy of the game, for free. The price? A permanent place on your skin. Talk about branding in all sense of the word. Blizzard’s Diablo Hell’s Ink takeover event began in Los Angeles on Saturday and will continue until 10th September….
A new update for Xbox owners brings Discord voice chat to consoles. This will allow for users to “chat with anyone on Discord via voice channels or group calls directly from your console”. Xbox says this will make it easier for us all to connect with fellow users across its various platforms. “Planning a few…