YES … according to this article. But be sure to read to the end of this posting before you mail in a check.<\/p>\n
Democrats score bigger returns new data shows | Reuters.com<\/a><\/p>\n According to research released on Tuesday, so-called "blue" companies that fund Democrats and also meet certain ethical requirements topped both the broader stock market and "red" companies that favor Republicans in the last five years. <\/p>\n This means a company’s political leanings could forecast performance as much as more traditional indicators such as price to earnings ratios, executives at New York-based money manager Blue Investment Management fund.<\/p>\n The "Blue Large Cap Index," which includes digital music device and personal computer maker Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O: Quote<\/span><\/a>, Profile<\/span><\/a>, Research<\/span><\/a>) and coffee shop chain Starbucks Corp. (SBUX.O: Quote<\/span><\/a>, Profile<\/span><\/a>, Research<\/span><\/a>) outperformed the market by 13.1 percent and "red" companies by 15.6 percent annually over the past five years, the researchers said. <\/p>\n "There is a myth in America that Republicans are both better for business and at business and I disagree on both counts," Daniel de Faro Adamson, co-founder and CEO of Blue Investment Management, told Reuters. <\/p>\n "Just as Democrats in the White House have a longer-run view on economic success, our data show that Democrats in the boardroom who use progressive leadership techniques are better able to create long-term shareholder value," he said. <\/p>\n Next week the firm, created on a car trip last summer, will launch the first ever mutual funds to focus on Democratic values, putting the firm’s research to a live test.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Anyone who bases their investments decisions on who companies make political donations to (and "also meet certain ethical requirements") needs a serious reality check. HINT: Think data fishing. I’m glad the two funds seed money of one million dollars is coming from the founders pockets.<\/p>\n On the other hand I have some Democratic firends who will probably think this is a grand idea. "Let the buyer beware…"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" YES … according to this article. But be sure to read to the end of this posting before you mail in a check. Democrats score bigger returns new data shows | Reuters.com According to research released on Tuesday, so-called "blue" companies that fund Democrats and also meet certain ethical requirements topped both the broader stock […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5569,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4355\/revisions\/5569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n