How Investing Can Help Fight the Sixth Mass Extinction
Iris. xyz, December 12: Human activities are causing a climate crisis, which is increasingly responsible for pushing various species of animals and plants closer to the edge of global extinction. These include…
ESG investors have nothing to lose but ‘indifference’
Investment News, December 11: Erika Karp, founder and CEO of Cornerstone Capital Group, specializes in environmental, social and governance analysis. She expects socially responsible investing will "grow enormously" in the U. S.…
Conflicting ESG Ratings Are Confusing Sustainable Investors
Bloomberg, December 11: Yet, confusingly for investors, findings from different providers of ESG data and ratings are difficult to compare. “I would caution against relying on these ratings exclusively,” says Erika Karp,…
What you need to know about ‘gender lens’ investing
CNBC make it, December 5: “I worry that people don’t understand the nuance. If you want to empower women, you need women to have access to education, health care, water, education, to…
What’s the biggest risk for ESG investing? Ignoring it
InvestmentNews, December 5: "It's not ESG investing, it's just investing done in more meticulous, conscious and deeply analytical ways," said Erika Karp, founder and chief executive of Cornerstone Capital, during her opening keynote presentation.…
Hearing From The Source Of Social Investing
Financial Advisor, December 5: To get a better understanding of what is happening between the hype, biases, inaccuracies and any substantive change going on, the Institute for Innovation Development decided to reach out…
Cornerstone Capital Group Launches Cornerstone Capital Access Impact Fund
NEW YORK , Dec. 3, 2019 -- Cornerstone Capital Group ("Cornerstone"), an SEC-registered investment advisor whose mission is to help investors achieve targeted impact goals without sacrificing investment performance,…
Black Friday Shopping Preview, Deere Earnings Miss (Podcast)
Bloomberg Radio, November 27: Erika Karp, CEO of Cornerstone Capital Group, walks Carol Massar and Jason Kelly of Bloomberg Radio through the nuances of ESG analysis and sustainable & impact investing (at 12:10).…
Wall Street treads water as trade-fueled rally pauses
Reuters, November 8: “Investors somewhere knew that there was an existing issue regarding the rollback of these tariffs and with record highs being set, a little consolidation is to be expected,” said Michael…
S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record high on U.S. jobs report, China data
Reuters, November 1: “Investors are back in the glass-is-half-full mode,” said Michael Geraghty, equity strategist at Cornerstone Capital Group. “(They) are looking past the ISM and focusing more on the better than expected…
Building A Circular Economy: A Society Where ‘There’s No Concept Of Waste’
Forbes, October 31: Cornerstone Capital Group , an impact investment advisory firm, recently published a report about the circular economy. Read full article here .
Can the stock market march higher without the promise of more Fed cuts?
MarketWatch, October 29: “Looking at the fed funds futures market, investors are anticipating a few more rate cuts before the end of next year, whereas the Fed projections indicate this is the last…
Intentional Design: Embracing the Circular Economy
Iris. xyz, October 25: For investors, forward-thinking asset managers are increasingly incorporating circular economy considerations into their investment processes; “pure play” circular economy investment vehicles, though rare, do exist. The report highlights…
Walmart wants robots in stores. Target doesn’t.
CNN, October 24: Between 6 million to 7. 5 million existing retail jobs are at risk of being replaced over the course of the next 10 years by some form of automation, estimated…
Stocks Rally as Health, Tech Set Pace; Pound Jumps: Markets Wrap
Bloomberg, October 14: “The earnings reports that will be particularly noteworthy are those from companies that are tied directly to the economic cycle,” said Michael Geraghty, equity strategist at Cornerstone Capital Group. “They…
Stocks take a leg higher after report says US, China reached a partial trade deal
CNBC, October 10: “We’ve been in similar situations before, with some kind of trade agreement seemingly at hand, but then the talks collapse,” said Michael Geraghty, equity strategist at Cornerstone Capital Group.…
Tech stocks lift Wall Street as reports brighten hopes of trade deal
Reuters, October 9: “Investors are hoping for an interim deal, they aren’t expecting anything big, but are cautiously optimistic,” said Michael Geraghty, equity strategist at Cornerstone Capital Group. Read full article here…
Cornerstone Capital Group Signs on to Promote Women’s Empowerment Principles
NEW YORK, October 8, 2019 – Cornerstone Capital Group (“Cornerstone”), an SEC-registered investment advisor that helps investors achieve targeted environmental and social impact goals without sacrificing investment performance, today announced that it has signed the…
Do well by doing good with this fund that supports freedom and human rights
MarketWatch, October 1: Eric Hsueh, Director, Manager Due Diligence at Cornerstone Capital Group, an impact investing advisory, cautioned that an investor buying into FRDM needs to have “eyes wide open” because it is…
Wall Street set for best day in two weeks on Trump trade comments
Reuters, September 25: “Its good news that (Trump) thinks the talks are making progress, but ultimately what investors want to see is a signed agreement,” said Michael Geraghty, equity strategist at Cornerstone Capital…