Hi all,
Originally posted this in r/UKPersonalFinance but was advised to post here
I've seen in the past that quite a few folks on here who have Aviva pensions have the Liontrust Sustainable Future Global Growth fund in their portfolio.
I currently have 95% of my pension fund invested in them. However, I spotted the iShares Developed World Fossil Fuel Screened Index Fund (which is a fairly nascent fund) and am considering switching to that for the lower fees (0.08% compared to Liontrust's 0.25%)
Does anyone have experience with the Blackrock fund? Seems quite a similar ethical fund (Liontrust is slightly more teach-heavy) and a fair bit cheaper!
Any thoughts?
I have been searching unsuccessfully to find a partial list of Cenozoic index fossils for an activity I'm putting together. I think the part that's hurting the most is that I'm attempting to search by the epochs rather than simply Neogene and Paleogene. I was hoping somebody here might know of a resource where I can find some index fossils for the Cenozoic epochs that I can use.
Hi folks,
I have been tracking the Divestment strategy that 350.org and other organizations have been pursuing for years now, particularly targeting large institutions (churches, colleges, etc.) It has been interesting to see their progress to date, as well as the failure of most large oil, coal, and gas companies to deliver returns with respect to the market.
One thing that I cannot find is an index fund that caters to personal investors that also divests from these money sinks, but also performs well. I asked Vanguard customer service a few years ago, and they did not have a product like that.
I know Aspiration has their Redwood fund, but it is more an ESG fund and has not had a good return over 5 years: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/REDWX
Basically, I want VUG/VTSAX with no Exxon. Any ideas?
I generally follow all the basic rules and guidelines this community suggests. I use three index funds (US market, international market, bond market) from Schwab with low fees weighted according to my desired risk profile.
But I'd really like to get out of fossil fuels. I both care a ton about climate change and I think over the next 40 years it will be a uniquely poor performing sector.
I want to keep my general approach while also accomplishing this additional goal. With this in mind, do y'all have any index funds you'd suggest?
To keep this discussion productive I think it would make sense not to debate whether or not this is a worthy goal, but I can't stop anyone from voicing their opinion!
So we have plants and animals, like birds and land plants in the fossil record. How do we date these fossils? Well, if we used C14 or racemization dating, we would get young dates. So well, that's disregarded. So what do evolutionists use? Sea shells. From the US Geological Survey of the US Government, here is a list of index fossils:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/fossils.gif
So how is it that a bird fossil is buried with these sea shells? Worse, how about if the bird fossil is buried below sea shells?
This problem didn't go un-noticed by a creationist who is a practicing geologist in the secular world:
http://www.icr.org/article/8769
>Nizar Ibrahim et al. reported that sharks, sawfish, ray-finned fishes, and coelocanths were found in the same rock layers as a Spinosaurus dinosaur in Morocco.5 How can this be? Today’s coelocanths live about 500 feet below the ocean surface and not in freshwater rivers as many paleontologists have proposed. They dismiss the blatant physiological evidence from living specimens and insist that ancient coelocanths must have lived in fresh water simply because they are found in strata with dinosaurs. Where is the logic in this conclusion?
Petrol & fuel taxes or Surcharges should be linked to the pollution index.
A city/Region topping high on pollution index should be charged more & the rest follow accordingly.
The additional revenue then should go towards combating it.
http://fossilfreeindexes.com/fossil-free-indexes-us/
Based on data like this comparison and this, combined with the fact that the entire world scientific community now tells us that we must quit fossil fuels entirely within little more than a generation to avoid running insane climate risks, isn't it time to get out of oil, coal and gas stocks?
I've made this a cornerstone of my stock portfolio. Anyone else doing this?
Hi all,
I've seen in the past that quite a few folks on here who have Aviva pensions have the Liontrust Sustainable Future Global Growth fund in their portfolio.
I currently have 95% of my pension fund invested in them. However, I spotted the iShares Developed World Fossil Fuel Screened Index Fund and am considering switching to that for the lower fees (0.08% compared to Liontrust's 0.25%)
Does anyone have experience with the Blackrock fund? Seems quite a similar ethical fund (Liontrust is slightly more teach-heavy) and a fair bit cheaper!
Any thoughts?
