'sustainable investing' tagged blog posts in The latest news from Janet Hanson

Originally posted on Wallstreetweek.com: http://www.wallstreetweek.com/noise-cancelling-investment-research-esg-analysis-and-sustainable-investing/

By Erika Karp

Recently on an Airbus A330 when settling in to listen to some music or a video from the on-board entertainment system, I was disappointed to find that the armrest had an audio headset already hard-wired to it. When I asked the flight attendant where I could plug in my Bose® QuietComfort® Over-Ear QC 15 Noise Cancelling® headsets, she said I could just use these. I...

Guest Post by Power Circle member Erika Karp. Originally published in Wharton magazine: http://www.whartonmagazine.com/blog/2011/08/lady-gaga-and-succeeding-with-sustainable-investing/

Great investors often demonstrate an extraordinary sense for the rhythm of the markets. Great entertainers seem to have precisely the same skill in their business. 

In seeking strong financial returns for the long run, though, the short-term strategies that seem so prevalent today might undermine the efforts of an investor. In this blog, I...