Investment Questions

What is Sustainable Investing and Why It’s So Important Now

  Ok, so you walk into your local kitchen supplies store looking to buy a new coffee maker.  You see that sweet Cuisinart that uses less electricity, has more safety features and costs that same as the next. No decision here. Right?  Interestingly enough, when it comes to investing, investors still worry that the sustainable […]

Top 5 Reasons To Use A Financial Advisor

In today’s world we have access to a plethora of information at our fingertips. With a click of a button we can get answers to any question. What’s that rash on my arm?  Click a button.  The problem is, when it comes to investing, those answers aren’t always correct or the information is outdated. How

Climate Change Chat: What Wall Street is Thinking

Stop by shared workspace Work Petaluma this Friday!  As tales of weather catastrophes are splattered across our news daily, one has to question whether or not Wall Street is watching as well. They sure are. Dale Wannen, President of Petaluma-based Sustainvest Asset Management, an advisory firm focused on sustainable and responsible investing, will give us

Is Your Portfolio Melting the Polar Caps?

Ok, so climate change is happening. Scientists (yes, those who acquire knowledge) have told us that the earth has warmed 0.8 percent since the late 1800s. They have also reported that the concentration of carbon dioxide has gone from 280 parts per million in 1750 to over 400 parts in 2013. But what does this have